Elevate Recruiting · 9 hours ago
Chief Financial Officer
Atlanta, GA
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$350K/yr - $400K/yrElevate Recruiting is seeking a Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to lead and transform their finance organization. The CFO will be responsible for building a high-performance finance team, establishing robust financial infrastructure, and driving strategic financial leadership to support growth and operational excellence.
Staffing & Recruiting
Hiring Manager
Anna (Gasparova) Coumans, CPA (inactive)
Responsibilities
Conduct a comprehensive assessment of the Finance and Accounting organization, identifying top performers and capability gaps
Recruit, develop, and install high-caliber leadership across Controllership and FP&A, ensuring a scalable and effective organization
Establish Finance as a trusted, proactive business partner to Operations and Sales, delivering insights that directly impact margin, growth, and execution excellence
Establish a repeatable, GAAP-compliant monthly close process delivering final financial statements within 10 calendar days
Implement and own a rolling 13-week cash flow forecast with weekly variance reviews and accountability
Define and institutionalize a standardized EBITDA definition and adjustment framework
Lead structured monthly business reviews with executive leaders, clearly tying financial results to operational drivers
Deploy automated KPIs, dashboards, and business intelligence tools across Finance and Operations
Deliver clean annual audits with no material weaknesses or recurring deficiencies
Implement a quarterly rolling forecast cadence to support dynamic decision-making
Lead a bottoms-up, zero-based Annual Operating Plan aligned to capacity, margin, and growth drivers
Build and maintain a multi-year long-range plan aligned with the company’s strategic priorities and value-creation initiatives
Partner closely with the CEO and Operations leadership to quarterback all operating reviews, budgets, and forecast updates
Establish and monitor core working capital metrics including DSO, DPO, DIO, and cash conversion cycle with clear ownership and accountability
Improve accounts receivable through disciplined billing, milestone invoicing, and collections rigor
Optimize accounts payable through vendor rationalization, payment cadence optimization, and automation
Reduce WIP and unbilled balances, translating cash improvements into measurable debt reduction and liquidity enhancement
Define and implement a standardized job-costing framework covering labor, materials, subcontractors, freight, and overhead
Rebuild WIP and unbilled revenue processes to deliver accurate, timely margin visibility
Launch multi-dimensional profitability analytics across customers, projects, services, and geographies
Partner with Sales and Operations to drive margin expansion through pricing discipline, portfolio optimization, and exit of unprofitable work
Embed customer- and channel-level P&Ls into bid/no-bid decisions, pricing strategy, and long-term planning
Build and maintain a perpetual, diligence-ready data room with financial, operational, and legal materials
Ensure Quality of Earnings–ready financials with fully documented adjustments and supporting schedules
Enable leadership to clearly articulate the company’s margin story, scalability levers, and cash conversion profile
Evaluate strategic and operating decisions through the lens of EBITDA quality, net debt impact, and exit multiple implications
Qualification
Required
Proven CFO in a private equity–backed, growth-oriented environment
Demonstrated success building, upgrading, and leading finance organizations
Deep expertise in GAAP accounting, financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and cash flow management
Strong experience with job costing, project accounting, and customer-level profitability analytics
Track record of working capital improvement, debt reduction, and cash generation
Prior experience supporting audits, Quality of Earnings, and exit transactions
Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field
Preferred
CPA and/or MBA preferred
Company
Elevate Recruiting
Elevate Recruiting is a Los Angeles based boutique executive recruitment firm specializing in connecting exceptional finance and accounting professionals with top-tier organizations.
Founded in 2023
2-10 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageLeadership Team
Anna (Gasparova) Coumans, CPA (inactive)
Partner | Executive Recruiter
Odeh Haddad
Founding Partner | Executive Recruiter
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