CFO - Privately Held Enterprise (JC876)

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER Pittsburgh, PA Lead financial strategy for a financially strong, growth-oriented enterprise with national scale, where your treasury expertise and strategic vision will shape the next chapter of an established legacy organization. MUST-HAVES Required Experience: • Prior experience serving as Chief Financial Officer or clearly operating at CFO level within a large, complex organization • Proven leadership of substantial finance organizations with multiple direct reports and broad functional oversight • Deep treasury, banking, liquidity, and capital markets expertise • Experience supporting multi-site / multi-state operations • Strong understanding of cash-intensive, operationally complex business models • Demonstrated ability to partner effectively with operations leadership with a commercial mindset Strongly Preferred: • Experience in privately held, family-owned, or entrepreneurial ownership environments • Background in large privately held enterprises • Experience in multi-location service, distribution, retail, consumer, logistics, or operationally intensive organizations • Track record in companies with substantial employee populations and decentralized operations • Proven success in businesses where treasury sophistication and cash discipline are central to enterprise success Required Leadership Qualities: • The maturity, diplomacy, and executive presence to operate effectively in a long-tenured leadership environment • Financial discipline paired with strategic vision • Ability to balance operational realities with disciplined financial oversight ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY This is not a turnaround or distressed environment. You will join a financially healthy, operationally sophisticated organization positioned for continued growth. The mandate is to build upon a strong foundation by bringing fresh strategic insight, enhanced financial leadership, and the right level of modernization to support the company's next chapter. You will inherit a capable team and established infrastructure while being expected to elevate financial strategy, optimize capital deployment, strengthen banking relationships, and serve as a true commercial partner to senior leadership. TREASURY LEADERSHIP & CAPITAL STRATEGY • Lead enterprise-wide treasury strategy, liquidity management, and long-range capital planning • Oversee cash forecasting, working capital optimization, and enterprise liquidity strategy • Serve as the senior relationship executive with banking partners and capital providers • Bring practical expertise around revolving credit facilities, asset-based lending structures, term financing, and broader capital structure strategy • Evaluate financing alternatives that support disciplined growth while preserving financial flexibility • Provide executive leadership around capital allocation and long-term balance sheet strategy STRATEGIC FINANCE & EXECUTIVE PARTNERSHIP • Act as a trusted advisor to ownership and executive leadership on business strategy, profitability, expansion, and enterprise performance • Partner closely with operational leadership to drive sound decision-making and profitable growth initiatives • Bring a commercially minded finance perspective, not simply reporting numbers, but helping shape the business • Identify opportunities for operational leverage, financial efficiency, and strategic reinvestment ENTERPRISE FINANCIAL LEADERSHIP • Lead a sizable, multi-disciplinary finance organization spanning FP&A, controllership, treasury, tax, credit, collections, risk management, and related financial functions • Build organizational capability, leadership bench strength, and scalable financial infrastructure • Ensure financial discipline across a geographically dispersed, multi-location operating environment • Drive modernization where appropriate while respecting what has already made the organization successful ORGANIZATIONAL COMPLEXITY & OPERATIONAL PARTNERSHIP • Navigate a fast-paced operating environment with significant workforce scale and decentralized operations • Support leadership in balancing operational realities with disciplined financial oversight • Develop visibility into performance across multiple business units and locations • Bring practical leadership experience in businesses with meaningful complexity, operational intensity, and distributed decision-making WHAT MAKES THIS ROLE EXCEPTIONAL Step into a pivotal leadership role within a financially strong enterprise with significant scale, operational complexity, and a strong national footprint. This is a rare opportunity to serve as a strategic business partner to ownership and executive leadership, helping shape the company's financial future while preserving operational discipline, liquidity strength, and profitable growth. You will work with an established legacy organization backed by entrepreneurial ownership with a long-term strategic outlook. This role requires onsite executive leadership presence in the Greater Pittsburgh region.