411 Locals is seeking an experienced and driven Fractional CFO to join the 411 Local’s leadership team.
This is a key role that will report directly to the Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) and work directly with the Chief Executive Officer (CEO).
The CFO will have primary accountability for managing Tax, the strategic investing recommendations and strategic projects support, as needed to support all business units ensuring that we meet their goals by providing quality, simplified and cost-effective financial support and solutions.
To do well in this role you should have experience as a senior financial leader in an international company with complex financials and a multiple business units’ strategy.
The CFO must be well-versed in all aspects of financial management ranging from simple accounting to broad investment and banking operations.
The goal is to protect the company’s revenues and profits to achieve full financial control and sustainable growth.
Minimum Requirements:
- 10+ years of proven experience in a senior financial managerial (Sr.
Director or above) position
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting/Finance; Masters degree in Financial discipline or MBA a plus
- CPA or equivalent international certification preferred
- Experience and demonstrable contract negotiation skills
- Experience with start-ups and early stage growth companies a plus
- Experience in managing teams of 15+ people in an international setting.
- Data-driven, able to review, manipulate and gain insight from data
- Strong interpersonal skills, including excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strong attention to detail & ability to manage multiple priorities effectively
- Strong project management skills, demonstrated ability to deliver on-time and on-budget
Scope of Work:
- Manage, develop and motivate a high-performing cross-functional team responsible for executing all financial functions including but not limited to: tax, investment, M&A, financial planning and accounting.
- Collaborate with the internal clients to ensure alignment on financial goals and execution 3.
Partner with business unit owners and key departments to build and deploy a strong financial mindset and drive the delivery of their financial needs.
- Drive the financial due diligence evaluation of new business and acquisition opportunities as identified by the leadership team.
- Develops investment strategy options to maximize capital while considering cash and liquidity risks
- Evaluate business units financial structure and identify and recommend areas for optimization for growth expansion and cost reduction.
- Perform special projects and global projects, as assigned.
- Provide leadership of all of the following areas:
- Insurance
- Financial and Management Reporting
- Working Capital Management
- Outsourcing tax and accounting services
- Tax reporting and licensing by country, federal, state, and local jurisdictions f.
Banking
- Investments
- Borrowing
- Corporate records
- Advisory to the Chief Executive Officer and President
Common Responsibilities.
Responsible for:
- Developing a detailed and profound understanding about the company, and internal/external clients behavior from the point of view of the Division, team member and customer’s reason and motivation to buy, like, stay, and leave.
- By challenging assumptions about what is possible, and testing, developing better techniques, structures, concepts, and methods for achieving results.
- Measuring, collecting, synthesizing, keeping available and confidential, and implementing the know-how.
- Continuously educating themselves on the trade
- Continuously improving processes to increase effectiveness, and efficiency by simplifying and reducing costs and time waste.
- Developing and leading the people in his/her team in the skill and art of the trade and to be able to take more responsibility, and be ready to step up, as part of succession plans and /or to grow the operation
- Planning, forecasting, tracking, analyzing, and reporting the performance of their department.
8.
Supporting and cooperating with other divisions and departments and aligning plans, forecasts, processes, expectations, timelines, resources, workforce, etc.
with all divisions or departments with which these are connected, and communicating these.
- Participating in forums, projects, focus groups, etc.
with other division and department heads.
10.
Collaborating with Recruiting, HR, Training, and QA on designing and calibrating the requirements for selection, training and quality assurance of the personnel.
- Creating, complying with, and implementing policies, procedures, job descriptions, and guidelines which involves their respective department.
- Managing risks for the company which are generated by or can be managed by the department.
13.
Disputing and escalating wrong decisions, evaluations, and policies and practices if they are not in the interest of the customer, company, and staff.
- Reporting and taking action to prevent and minimize anything that might damage the interests of the customer, the company, and the staff, using the provided channels.
- Protecting the company’s interest and reputation in all activities.
Work Conditions
- Work hours: as per schedule, which may change with advance notice.
Presence before or after these work hours may be required based on business needs.
- Intermittent Travel Internationally may be required
Compensation
- Base salary (depending on experience)
- Performance bonus
Company Values
Get Stuff Done, Deliver Results, Own It!
- Achieve results for the business and for customers
- Be accountable and action oriented
- Take ownership for identifying and creatively solving problems
- Know your numbers and manage them daily
Directly Communicate, Fiercely Collaborate
- Get to the point – be professional, direct, and efficient
- Lead with facts, actions and solutions – not opinions and excuses
- Work together to quickly, efficiently, and effectively solve issues and improve the business
- Passionately debate ideas to get to the best outcome and then once a decision has been made move forward together to make it successful as a cross-functional team
- Be open, transparent, and inclusive with both successes and challenges
Innovate Always and in All Ways
- Entrepreneurial to our core
- Always be looking for new business opportunities and new ways to serve our customers
- Never satisfied with how things are currently and always look to make improvements
- Motivated by creating something from nothing or designing a new way to do something
Domain Experts, Company Experts
- Hunger for knowledge, personal growth, and passion for learning
- Leverage existing true functional expertise and develop new functional expertise
- Develop a profound understanding of the company, internal and external customers, and markets to successfully apply domain expertise
Growth: Customers, Company, People
- Have a growth mindset for our customers, the company and ourselves.
- Personal and people development plus building high performance teams are the foundation for future growth
- Plan and organize eXponential growth, The world is too big for thinking small
- Profitable growth through diversification in products and channels for future stability
- Approach each decision and each obstacle encountered with a focus on creating win, win, win outcomes for our customers, the company, and ourselves.
“Everybody wins”