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#jobalert | DIRECT HIRE | CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER | PE-BACKED MANUFACTURING | Kansas City Metro

A growing, private equity-backed industrial manufacturer in the Kansas City metro is hiring a hands-on Chief Financial Officer to serve as the CEO's financial partner through an aggressive, multi-year growth plan. This is not a maintenance or accounting-only seat: the CFO protects financial integrity today while building the financial operating system the business needs to scale - partnering directly with operations, engineering, sales, and project teams rather than reporting results after the fact. Growth is pursued both organically and through acquisition. It is a rare seat for a finance leader who is technically excellent and equally at home on the plant floor, in a project review, and in front of a private equity board.

Competitive base commensurate with experience, plus annual incentive and long-term / equity-style value-creation participation

Benefits include: Health, Dental, Vision, 401K w/ match, PTO, holidays

Based in the Kansas City metro with periodic travel to other company locations (30%+); relocation support available for the right candidate

Overview

Own all finance, accounting, treasury, reporting, and controls for a growing middle-market manufacturer

Serve as a close financial partner to the CEO - the discipline behind an aggressive growth agenda

Build integrated forecasting linking bookings, backlog, schedules, revenue, margin, billing, working capital, and cash

Establish project financial governance: percentage-of-completion / project accounting, estimate-at-completion discipline, margin and change-order visibility

Drive cash and working-capital discipline

Present candidly to a private equity board, sponsor, and lenders, and manage covenant relationships

Lead the finance side of acquisitions - diligence, integration, and post-close performance

Build a scalable finance organization and modern financial systems

Preferred Skills and Experience

Bachelor's in Accounting, Finance, or related field; CPA and/or MBA valuable - but operating impact matters more than credentials alone

Finance leadership in a project-based industrial or capital-equipment business

Command of percentage-of-completion / project accounting, EAC forecasting, backlog, and project cash conversion

Private equity-backed experience - board, sponsor, lender, and covenant readiness

M&A across diligence, integration, and post-close measurement

Operational partnership with sales, operations, engineering, and project teams

Hands-on leadership in a lean organization - builds a stronger team over layers of staff

ERP / reporting transformation in a multi-entity environment

Experience scaling through organic and acquisition-driven growth

Keywords

CFO, Chief Financial Officer, VP Finance, Divisional CFO, private equity, PE-backed, portfolio company, project accounting, percentage-of-completion, POC, estimate-at-completion, EAC, backlog, capital equipment, industrial, manufacturing finance, working capital, cash conversion, milestone billing, treasury, FP&A, ERP, M&A, acquisition integration, EBITDA, board, sponsor, lender, covenants, controllership, GAAP, Kansas City

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