CFO, PE-backed Physical Therapy Network Serving Personal Injury Law Firms

CFO, PE‑backed Physical Therapy Network Serving Personal Injury Law Firms

Position: Chief Financial Officer

Location: Garden Grove, CA (Greater Anaheim, Orange, Santa Ana, Irvine, Huntington Beach, and Long Beach areas)

Reports to: CEO

Company: Rapidly expanding, sponsor‑backed, physical therapy network serving clients referred by personal injury law firms.

Chamberlain Advisors is currently conducting an executive search seeking a CFO for our direct client, a rapidly growing private equity‑backed physical therapy network focused on serving clients referred by personal injury law firms. Our client is a critical partner in the personal injury ecosystem, providing high‑quality care that increases the value of a client’s claim. As a member of the executive leadership team, you will serve as the primary financial advisor to the CEO, management team, PE sponsors, and board supporting growth  will be accountable for and provide comprehensive oversight of all financial, capital, and risk‑management functions, actively driving the financial strategy required to manage a growing business with a long, uncertain revenue cycle.

In this highly specialized role, you will be tasked with rigorously managing working capital within a contingency‑based revenue model, where payment is entirely dependent on the successful, often delayed (1‑2+ years), settlement of the legal case. Accomplishing this requires expertise in structuring and optimizing factoring facilities, creating dynamic case risk‑modeling, and driving the internal systems and controls necessary to accelerate the case‑to‑cash cycle while mitigating bad debt exposure and professionalizing the collections function.

• Chief Financial Officer of a company: A senior executive that has managed the financial actions of a company and has ensured monthly, quarterly, and annual consolidated financial reports are accurate and completed in a timely manner. Accountability and strategic oversight of critical finance and accounting division operating functions to include managing cash flow, capital allocations, planning and budgeting, forecasting and analysis, treasury functions, financial integrations, growth, and strategic planning.
• Significant finance function leadership
  : A proven finance professional that has led the core aspects of a company’s finance function and is ready now for promotion to the CFO level.

• Entrepreneurial Spirit and Company Culture Alignment:
  The ideal candidate should have a strong desire to build, grow, and own the outcomes of a business’s success, with a continuous improvement mindset and a willingness to take a hands‑on approach to achieve results quickly. They should have an authentic executive presence and be respected, relatable, and approachable across the organization. The candidate should prioritize team success over individual titles and have experience aligning corporate culture with organizational goals to create a positive and collaborative work environment.
  
  Effectively navigates diverse internal, network provider, and law firm relationships.
• Office of the CFO Acumen: A senior executive that has managed the financial actions of a company ensuring monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports are accurate and completed in a timely manner. Accountability and oversight of critical finance and accounting division operating functions, payroll, accounts receivable, accounts payable, and procurement. Expertly tracks, and monitors income statements, balance sheets, capital structure, investments, cash flow, financial plans, forecasts, EBITA, and tax, analyzing financial strengths and weaknesses and proposing corrective actions where necessary.
• Collaborative Finance Business Partner:
  Candidates should describe themselves as sharp, hardworking, and capable of quickly noticing issues, trends, or opportunities. Able to work upwards (to CEO, Board Members, and Private Equity Sponsors) and across the business (interdepartmental, sales, marketing, operations, customers, suppliers, etc.); can “see around the corners” to add value to the business and be a strong strategic thinker. Drives a culture of data‑driven…