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The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) (Northvale, NJ)

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The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) leads the finance function for the company including financial planning and analysis, accounting, pricing, and credit. The CFO is responsible for creating a high-performance finance culture that emphasizes quality, control, productivity, high standards and results. The CFO is responsible for the recruitment, retaining and ongoing development of the finance organizations that enable the company to deliver superior results. The CFO coordinates implementation of services, policies and programs through the finance staff; ensuring finance processes and systems support the company’s strategic objectives and are in compliance with the all regulatory requirements. The position reports to the CEO and serves on the executive management leadership team; and assists and advises company managers and employees about finance and strategic planning issues.

The position requires attention to detail and accuracy, high energy, forward thinking, the ability to adapt to different environments while maintaining compliance to all regulatory requirements. The CFO must have a strong commitment to help the organization exceed requirements and expectations. The CFO must demonstrate expertise in a variety of finance concepts, practices, and procedures.

Desired Skills and Experience

Essential duties and responsibilities:

• Work with the Company CEO and executive team to establish challenging financial goals, plans, and objectives that support the company’s strategic vision
• Help the organization understand the current state and find ways to improve productivity, SG&A, working capital, and asset utilization.
• Provide key financial, strategic and analytical support to the business.
• Coordinate financial and non-financial performance measures and reporting, forecasting, and budgeting activities across the business.
• Present results, forecasts, and other finance-related activities to management.
• Oversee monthly and quarterly close processes and related controls. Ensure the accuracy, reliability, and integrity of division financial reporting.
• Evaluate, monitor, and ensure effective operation of internal controls and disclosure controls.
• Oversee, review, and report on all GlobTek requirements. Implement timely corrective action when necessary.
• Work with corporate analysis, control, and internal audit to coordinate reviews, evaluate, and communicate findings and implement corrective action, when necessary.
• Analyze and communicate the impact of special situations, including significant capital investments, acquisitions, partnerships, and various agreements.
• Hire, retain, and develop a high-performance finance staff
• Establish and support a work environment of continuous improvement.

Required Education and Experience:

• 4 year undergraduate degree in accounting, finance, business, economics, engineering, or a similar quantitative discipline.
• Ten to fifteen years successful finance experience, trucking or logistics industry preferred
• MBA and/or CPA a plus, but not required.
• At least 5 years in a supervision role developing financial talent within an organization
• A proven track record of success with finance for multiple sites, including forecasting, planning, reporting, pricing, controls, and inventory management. Procurement experience helpful.
• Experience working with business leaders and the management team to help drive significant improvements in operating/financial performance and cash flows.
• Successful track record in driving continuous improvement within an organization utilizing standard lean and six-sigma tools.
• Proven track record of attracting, retaining and developing a finance staff capable of delivering superior results

Personal Trait Profile:

• Business Acumen: Knows how businesses work. Knowledgeable in current and possible future policies, practices, trends, and information affecting the business and organization. Persuades others with fact-based judgments. Poses questions that provoke different thinking about the business.
• Results Oriented: Can be counted on to exceed goals successfully; very bottom-line oriented; steadfastly pushes self and others for results. Has the ability to translate the vision/mission of the organization into actionable, quantitative plans.
• Strategic Agility: Sees ahead clearly; can anticipate future consequences and trends accurately; has broad knowledge and perspective; is future oriented.
• Driving Positive Change: Sets stretch business goals and challenging objectives to create the case for change. Uses best-in-class benchmarks and own direct experience as catalysts for driving change. Can create the urgency for change in a business that is doing well but is likely to face uncertainty and threats.
• Analytical and Thinking Skills: Is able to “deep dive” into the details of the business while staying focused on the big picture. Takes a systematic, structured view of situations, deconstructing them into their fundamental elements. Drives to root causes. Is exceptionally fast at grasping the essentials in complex situations. Can conceptualize both problems and solutions. Identifies key impacts and implications of new information and events. Persistently questions until he/she has gotten to the bottom of things.

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