Chief Financial Officer

The Role

Reporting to the ABA Centers CEO (with a dotted line to the ICBD CFO), the ABA Centers Chief Financial Officer (CFO) will be a key member of the executive leadership team and will be instrumental in the ongoing development of the company’s long-term strategy, the continuous improvement of financial processes and controls, and ensuring that the necessary financial rigor exists across the organization.

The CFO will hold primary day-to-day responsibility for planning, implementing, managing, and controlling all financial activities — spanning financial operations, accounting, budgeting, capital and financial planning, capital raises, acquisition analysis, growth modeling, investor relations, and financial reporting.

• Serve as a key member of the executive management team in formulating the company’s future direction and supporting tactical initiatives.
• Monitor and direct the implementation of strategic business plans, and oversee the preparation and presentation of financial information to the executive leadership team.

• Overall responsibility for the administrative and financial operations of the company, including the development of a financial and operational strategy, metrics tied to that strategy and ensuring the necessary financial rigor exists across the whole organization.
• Assess the financial impact of key strategic and operational decisions and implement operational best practices.

• Lead the ongoing development and monitoring of control systems designed to preserve company assets and report accurate financial results.
• Provide leadership of the recently implemented global ERP system, partnering with BI to create actionable reporting for both Finance & Accounting and other business units.

• Provide meaningful and timely information to key stakeholders through robust internal reporting, KPI's, budgeting and forecasting process. Improve data and analytics capabilities to aid in decision making.
• Manage the accounting, tax, FP&A, treasury functions and assist with risk management team.
• Provide leadership of a global ERP system. Partner with BI to create actionable data reports both for the Finance & Accounting Departments and other business units.

• Play a lead role in capital acquisitions - devising strategy, sourcing potential funding partners, and managing the process through to closing.
• Lead acquisition analysis and growth modeling to support disciplined, value-accretive expansion.

• Build and retain a Finance and Accounting team that operates efficiently to support the organization’s rapid growth.
• Teach and explain complex financial issues to non-financial colleagues in a respectful, effective manner - bringing efficiency, improvement, and consistency to operations.

• Maintain banking relationships and monitor cash balances and cash forecasts.
• Manage external audit and tax relationships, deliver accurate and timely financial analytics and reporting, and support new and ongoing business development.

An undergraduate degree in accounting is required with a strong preference for an MBA and/or CPA.

• A minimum of 15 years of progressive financial leadership experience in a high growth startup environment, including senior-level responsibility for broad financial operations and serving as a strategic partner to executive business leaders.
• Proven operational experience with clear accomplishments in driving efficiencies in a complex multi-unit, multi-location environment.
• Highly developed financial analytical/planning skills with emphasis on financial reporting analysis and cash flow management.
• Strong ERP implementation and change management experience.
• A passion for delivering and scaling a highly mission-driven culture that is embedded across ABA Centers and ICBD’s other portfolio companies.
• Sophisticated, hands-on leader with strong commercial acumen who thrives in highly entrepreneurial environments.
• Player coach style can transcend from strategic to hands-on as necessary.
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