CFO

Amarillo, Texas

Our client is in the commodities trading business, and they are searching for a CFO to join their team. This person will be a true business partner to the CEO, Sales & Operations. This position will be located in Amarillo, Texas.

Overview:

The purpose of this role is to be the financial support and partner to the CEO, growing to become a part of the Senior Executive Team to work together to build shareholder value, and provide strategic, operational, and programmatic support to the organization:

• Support the CEO’s strategic and tactical plan development and implementation
• Responsible for leading all aspects of the day to day accounting, financial, regulatory and taxes functions.
• Develop a special relationship with the Board of Directors through the Audit Committee Chairmanship.

Responsibilities:

Lead the company’s programs and efforts in the areas of accounting, financial planning and analysis, and financial aspects of corporate strategy and strategic negotiations.

• Oversee the timely production of monthly, quarterly and annual reports, financial statement and cash flow projections.
• Work with other team members to understand revenue and cost drivers and define appropriate reports for tracking.
• Issue regular status and ad hoc report to senior management.
• Set controls, measures and reports for all purchasing and sales activities to ensure best practices and procedures.
• Create strong partnerships across the organization to drive sound financial decisions in support of capital investments, product valuations, supply chain execution/cost of goods sold and sales performance/profitability.
• Create financial and valuation business models to assist the organization in making strategic decisions around products, partnerships, and investments based on deep and insightful financial analyses.
• Oversee and monitor the banking activities of the organization.
• Oversee the development of the annual operating and capital budgets.
• Ensure adequate cash management to meet the organization’s needs
• Build and develop the account and finance teams as the company grows
• Ensure accounting systems are proficient and able to scale with the growth of the business
• Perform competitive analysis on industry peers and report trends and results to the leadership team.
• The direct connection between business development and finance. Partnering together on planning, modeling, and analysis of future business projects.

Qualifications:

• 15 plus years of accounting experience
• Bachelors Degree in Accounting. MBA / CPA preferred
• Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, ability to prioritize and meet deadlines.
• Ability achieves goals successfully in a fast-paced environment and fluctuating priorities and deadlines.
• Experience with commodity IT systems preferred.
• Leadership experience in organizing, planning and executing projects from conceptualization through implementation and execution across multiple internal and external reporting and organization lines.

Other:

Base, short term and long term bonus potential

Relocation