Chief Financial Officer in Vancouver, Washington - #73225 | VanderHouwen

Description

Job Id: 73225

Chief Financial Officer
Our client is seeking a strategic and highly analytical Chief Financial Officer to serve as a key executive partner in a growing, multi-site manufacturing organization. The ideal candidate is an energetic, hands-on leader who combines financial rigor with operational business acumen, challenges assumptions, and thrives in a lean, fast-moving environment where executives are expected to both lead and execute.

This role is a hybrid model in Vancouver, Washington.

Chief Financial Officer Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise Finance, Human Resources, and Information Technology functions while partnering with executive leadership and ownership on growth, profitability, and organizational strategy.
• Drive financial planning, forecasting, budgeting, cash management, and performance analysis across multiple manufacturing locations, identifying opportunities to reduce costs and improve margins.
• Provide executive-level financial insights, KPI reporting, and performance recommendations to senior leadership, the Board, investors, and other key stakeholders.
• Partner with operations to strengthen inventory management, working capital, site performance, process efficiency, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Oversee M&A financial due diligence and integration support, ERP and technology strategy, cybersecurity, risk management, audit, compliance, and enterprise systems optimization.

Chief Financial Officer Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related required; CPA strongly preferred, with an MBA or other advanced business degree or accounting specific certification considered a plus.
• 15+ years of progressive financial leadership experience, including CFO, VP of Finance, or comparable senior executive experience within a multi-site manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated ability to operate as a strategic, analytical financial leader who digs beyond reported results to identify cost savings, performance gaps, risks, and opportunities for value creation.
• Proven experience leading Finance, HR, and IT functions, with the ability to provide strategic direction while remaining actively engaged in execution within a lean, fast-paced organization.
• Strong M&A experience required; experience within a private equity-backed organization and working with Boards, investors, lenders, and other executive stakeholders is highly preferred.

Salary: $205K–$225K/year + Bonus. (DOE)

Benefits
Benefits are available to eligible full-time employees and include coverage for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long term disability, and matching 401k.

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