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

Overview

This is a sourced job-board listing for a remote CFO Advisory and outsourced finance leadership role supporting manufacturing and production-based clients.

The organization is seeking an experienced finance leader who can connect plant-floor operations and cost accounting to enterprise financial strategy, own client relationships end-to-end, and lead teams of accounting professionals.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end client relationship, providing strategic guidance across financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, risk management, M&A, and capital investment decisions.
• Build and maintain cost accounting structures (standard, job, or process costing), manage bills of material, and oversee labor and overhead absorption; lead variance analysis to deliver margin visibility 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 metrics—capacity utilization, throughput, scrap and yield, and cost per unit—into financial decisions and KPI dashboards connecting the plant floor to the P&L.
• Lead capital expenditure and equipment ROI analysis, make-vs-buy decisions, and working capital strategy.
• Manage lender relationships, borrowing base reporting, and covenant compliance.
• Build pricing and quoting models accounting for raw material and commodity costs, tariffs, supplier terms, and demand shifts.
• Help clients maximize ERP/MRP systems so costing, inventory, and production data flow accurately into financial reporting.
• Lead structured, impactful client QBRs and deliver service that earns outstanding client satisfaction.
• Proactively manage client scope and margin; 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.

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 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 scenarios including M&A, restructuring, and risk mitigation.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills; able to simplify complex information and build trust with executives, operators, and team members.
• Uncompromising integrity and ethics, 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.
• “Work Wherever” philosophy with independence, freedom, and flexibility working from a home office.
• No busy season.

Employment details and assessments:

• W2, full-time, 40-hour/week position.
• Recruiting process includes two short assessments; results are considered as part of the overall application.
• A live accounting test via Teams Screen Share is required to confirm accounting skills; passing the test is mandatory.

Location

• Fully remote; work from a home office.