Client-Facing Chief Financial Officer - Manufacturing Focus (Remote)

Overview

This is a W2, full-time, 40-hour/week position for a fully remote CFO Advisory role.

The organization supports privately held, entrepreneurial businesses across the U.S. with outsourced accounting, CFO advisory services, and HR services. This role works with manufacturing and production-based clients and may also support other client types.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end client relationship, delivering strategic guidance and analysis across financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, risk management, M&A, and capital investment decisions.
• Build and maintain cost accounting structures (standard, job, or process costing), including bills of material, labor and overhead absorption, and lead variance analysis to provide a true picture of margin by product, line, and customer.
• Oversee inventory accounting across raw materials, work-in-process, and finished goods, including physical counts, costing methods, and obsolescence reserves; drive improvements in inventory turns and accuracy.
• Translate plant data (capacity utilization, throughput, scrap and yield, cost per unit) into financial decisions and KPI dashboards that connect the plant floor to the P&L.
• Lead capital expenditure and equipment ROI analysis, manage make-vs-buy decisions, and support working capital strategy; manage lender relationships, borrowing base reporting, and covenant compliance.
• Build pricing and quoting models incorporating raw material and commodity costs, tariffs, supplier terms, and demand shifts.
• Help clients get the most from ERP/MRP systems so costing, inventory, and production data flow accurately into financial reporting.
• Lead structured, impactful client QBRs and deliver service that consistently earns outstanding client satisfaction.
• Proactively manage client scope and margin, and contribute to firm growth by bringing manufacturing credibility to proposals and prospect conversations.
• Lead, mentor, and develop client teams, sharing manufacturing know-how with controllers and accountants to raise firm capability.

Requirements

• 10+ years of progressive experience in financial advisory, strategic accounting, or CFO services, including 5+ years in a senior finance leadership role within a manufacturing or production-based company.
• Hands-on expertise in manufacturing cost accounting, including implementing and maintaining various costing methods, inventory valuation, variance analysis, and product/customer profitability.
• Experience working within manufacturing ERP/MRP systems and partnering with operations leaders on capacity, pricing, and capital equipment decisions.
• Proven leadership guiding mid-market businesses through financial planning, capital strategy, lender relationships, and operational efficiency.
• Strong background in accounting principles, GAAP (including inventory accounting), and forecasting tools.
• Demonstrated ability to serve as a trusted advisor in complex business scenarios including M&A, restructuring, and risk mitigation.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to simplify complex information and build trust with executives, operators, and team members.
• An uncompromising sense of integrity and ethics, along with a passion for mentoring others and fostering a value-aligned culture.

Preferred Qualifications

• Not specified.

Compensation & Benefits

• Salary range: $175,000 - $185,000.
• Full benefits including health, dental, vision, accident, and pet insurance.
• Flexible vacation and a company close at the end of the year.
• 401k plan with company match.
• No busy season.
• Work from your home office with a “Work Wherever” philosophy.

Compensation determination

Pay is determined using national and industry-specific survey data, external equity, and cost of labor/prevailing wage index for comparable roles. New hires are offered competitive compensation with room for future growth, based on experience, education, specialized knowledge, and skills, along with external market rate, internal budget, and internal equity. Candidates with a stronger skill set may receive higher pay.

Assessments / Hiring Process Notes

As part of the recruiting process:

• Two short assessments will be included; results will be considered as part of the overall application.
• A live accounting test via Teams Screen Share will be used to confirm accounting skills.
• Passing the accounting test is a mandatory requirement for the position.

Location

Fully remote.

Employment Eligibility

Offers of employment are contingent upon satisfactory results of a thorough background check and the ability to provide proof of eligibility to work in the US.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Employment is based on merit, competence, qualifications, and is not influenced by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability, or any other legally protected status.