Chief Financial Officer

The Opportunity

Steel Partners is undertaking a creative and proactive approach to the recruitment of operating executives. They are seeking talented executives to become the CFO of an individual operating company – one currently in their portfolio.

Steel Partners Holdings L.P. (NYSE: SPLP; ) is a publicly traded diversified global holding company that has significant interests in leading companies in various industries including diversified industrial products, energy, defense, banking, insurance, food products and services, oilfield services, sports, training, education, and the entertainment and lifestyle industries. As long‑term investors, Steel Partners has focused on enhancing value through the implementation of operational excellence, corporate strategic restructuring programs and other components of the Steel Partners culture – what we call “The Steel Way.”

Together, Steel Partners businesses generate $3.4 billion in revenue and employ more than 13,000 people in 18 countries. To find out more about the company, please visit

Handy Tube Corporation is a seamless specialty tubing manufacturer based in Camden, Delaware. As a premium manufacturer, Handy Tube provides customer‑specific solutions for the flow of gas, steam, and liquids in the most harsh and demanding environments. The Company’s process allows it to produce made‑to‑order, seamless, stainless steel and specialty alloy tubing ranging from one inch in diameter to finer than a human hair, and in continuous lengths that can exceed a mile.

Dedicated to high‑quality service and products, Handy Tube’s highly experienced engineers provide expertise on new product development through continuous improvement and lean manufacturing and work successfully with customers globally to take products and projects from initial concept to full‑scale implementation.

The Operating Company CFO (OpCo CFO) is a key organizational leader contributing to strategic creation/planning/deployment, cultural leadership/transformation, and operational execution. The staff positions that directly report to the OpCo CFO will typically include the staff positions of finance and accounting.

The CFO is an integral part of the Operating Company’s senior management team, serving as a true business partner and financial counsel to the leadership team involving strategic planning, decision making, and implementation, compliance and reporting in support of corporate objectives. The CFO is also a primarily interface to Steel Partners including regular interaction with the Steel leadership team.

The CFO will proactively:

• Build a data‑driven culture fostering profitable growth and improved decision making
• Actively seek out and partner with all levels of the business and increase the overall financial acumen
• Ensure accurate and timely submission of segment financial reporting and forecasting to Steel Partners. Provide insight into the business and sound financial analysis for senior management.
• Identify new profit opportunities within the existing business
• Support expansion efforts in existing and new markets; this will come from a combination of organic growth and a robust acquisition strategy. Integral to the acquisition process, participate in pre‑acquisition discussions with target companies, direct the due diligence, valuation and post‑acquisition integration processes.
• Maintain the financial integrity of the organization with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and adequate financial controls that are established and maintained in accordance with Sarbanes‑Oxley.
• Ensure the profitability of the business

The CFO holds full accountability for the integrity of the segment operating companies (OpCo) and segment financial statements, accurately reporting financial and other information that forecasts the companies’ business activity and financial position as required to meet business reporting and financial regulation needs internally and externally. The CFO provides support to Steel Partners to ensure corporate financial policies, procedures and controls are in use and fully effective at the company…