Confidential · 2 hours ago
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER (FP&A-LED OPERATING PARTNER)
Chicago, IL
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
10+ years expConfidential company is seeking a forward-looking FP&A leader to serve as the CEO’s primary forecasting and decision-support partner. The CFO will own forecasting integrity and be deeply embedded in operations to drive tradeoffs and shape the future of the business.
Marketing & Advertising
Hiring Manager
Cyndi Johnson
Responsibilities
Own Forecasting Integrity and Forward View
Personally own the forecast, outlook, and scenario models
Ensure assumptions are:
Realistic
Stress-tested
Explicitly debated
Continuously pressure-test:
Volume
Mix
Yield
Labor
Pricing
Capacity
Act as the organization’s early-warning system
Use FP&A to Force Tradeoffs
Convert data into clear decision points
Frame options, risks, and consequences
Push leadership to choose when tradeoffs are uncomfortable
Eliminate false precision and over-engineering
The CFO must be comfortable saying:
“Here’s what will break if we don’t act.”
Be Embedded in Operations (Through the Lens of FP&A)
Understand how money is actually made and lost:
On the plant floor
In throughput
In yield
In labor deployment
Spend meaningful time with:
Plant leaders
GMs
Supply chain leadership
Translate operational reality into forward-looking financial insight
This is operational FP&A, not corporate reporting
Act as the CEO’s Second Brain
Independently identify issues and priorities
Bring insight the CEO doesn’t already see
Push back respectfully and early
Support the final decision once made
This role requires judgment, courage, and speed
Build a Forecast-Driven Culture
Simplify KPIs to what actually drives outcomes
Ensure metrics lead to behavior change, not explanation
Raise the organization’s ability to think forward
Upgrade FP&A talent and tools as needed
What This Role Is •Not •
Not a reporting-first CFO
Not a governance-heavy finance leader
Not a passive steward
Not someone who waits for perfect data
Not someone who primarily manages the finance function
Qualification
Required
10+ years of senior finance leadership with deep, hands-on FP&A ownership
Personally run forecasting
Personally run scenario modeling
Personally run assumption discipline
Experience in manufacturing, processing, or asset-intensive businesses
Strong understanding of cost structures
Strong understanding of yield and scrap
Strong understanding of labor economics
Strong understanding of throughput constraints
Curious, challenging, and decisive leadership style
Comfortable with ambiguity
Willing to act on imperfect information
Confident pushing back — without ego
Focused on clarity over consensus
Preferred
Global experience is strongly preferred
Company
Confidential
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Silicon Valley, California US, US
51-200 employeesFunding
Current Stage
Growth StageLeadership Team
Roshan Syed
Global Talent Partner
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