Head of Finance & Accounting

Our client is a rapidly growing, private equity-backed professional services company serving the logistics industry. Following a recent acquisition by a leading private equity sponsor, the organization is entering an exciting phase of growth and transformation.

The company is looking to add a Director of Finance & Accounting who will play a critical role in building the financial infrastructure, processes, and team necessary to support the next stage of the business. This is a highly visible position that will partner closely with the CEO and senior leadership team and serve as a key financial advisor to the organization.

This is an excellent opportunity for a finance and accounting leader who enjoys operating in a build-and-improve environment and is interested in a defined path toward a Chief Financial Officer role
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Looking for finance-forward candidates with traditional corporate FP&A experience with a solid knowledgebase in accounting.

• Serve as a trusted financial advisor and thought partner to the CEO and executive leadership team.
• Develop and maintain financial models to support strategic planning, business decisions, investments, and growth initiatives.
• Lead the annual budgeting, forecasting, and long-range financial planning processes.
• Develop meaningful financial and operational KPIs to measure business performance.
• Provide leadership with actionable analysis around revenue, profitability, pricing, headcount, productivity, and cash flow.
• Partner with business leaders to understand performance drivers and identify opportunities to improve profitability and efficiency.
  
  Support the CEO and PE sponsor
• Provide leadership and oversight of the accounting function, ensuring accurate and timely monthly and year-end financial reporting.
• Partner with the accounting team and external resources on the month-end close, reconciliations, accruals, and financial statement preparation.
• Establish and improve accounting policies, procedures, and internal controls as the organization scales.
• Ensure financial reporting is accurate, consistent, and aligned with GAAP and PE-backed company expectations.
• Coordinate with external accounting, tax, audit, and other financial service providers as needed.
• Build, develop, and eventually lead a high-performing finance and accounting organization.
• Assess the current finance and accounting structure and identify opportunities to improve talent, processes, systems, and organizational design.
• Establish scalable processes around budgeting, forecasting, reporting, cash management, and financial analysis.
• Partner with the CEO and private equity sponsor on financial reporting, analysis, and value‑creation initiatives.
• Support acquisition analysis, due diligence, integration, and post-acquisition reporting.

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or a related field.
• 8+ years of progressive experience across finance and accounting, with increasing leadership responsibility.
• Strong FP&A / corporate finance background with a solid foundation in accounting.
• Experience building or significantly improving a finance function, preferably within a growing or PE-backed organization.
• Demonstrated experience with budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, KPI development, and management reporting.
• Strong understanding of financial statements, accounting principles, and month-end close processes.
• Experience partnering directly with senior executives and influencing business decisions through financial analysis.
• Experience leading, developing, or building finance and accounting teams.
• Private equity, M&A, professional services, logistics, transportation, or other asset‑light services experience is highly desirable.

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