Chief Financial Officer

Clayton Services is searching for a Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to join a thriving, established company in Houston. The Chief Financial Officer will serve as a key member of the executive leadership team and will be responsible for leading the company's financial strategy, accounting operations, financial planning and analysis, and long-term growth initiatives. This position requires an experienced CFO with a strong background in manufacturing and the ability to operate at both the strategic and hands‑on level.

Job Type: Direct Hire

Pay Rate: $225,000 - $250,000 plus bonus

Benefits: Medical, dental, vision, 401(k) w/ match, PTO, and more.

• Lead the company's overall financial strategy and provide financial guidance to ownership and the executive leadership team.
• Oversee accounting, financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, cash flow management, and financial planning and analysis.
• Develop financial models, KPIs, dashboards, and reporting that provide leadership with greater visibility into company and departmental performance.
• Partner with operations, sales, purchasing, logistics, and other departments to improve profitability, efficiency, and decision-making.
• Evaluate margins, costs, pricing, labor, inventory, and operational performance to identify opportunities for improvement.
• Provide financial leadership supporting the company's continued growth, including both organic expansion and potential mergers and acquisitions.
• Evaluate acquisition opportunities, perform financial due diligence, support transaction structuring, and assist with post-acquisition integration as needed.
• Oversee banking relationships, debt management, financial covenants, audits, tax matters, and other external financial relationships.
• Lead and develop the accounting and finance team while mentoring existing team members and building the department to support future growth.
• Assess current financial processes, controls, systems, and reporting practices and implement improvements where appropriate.
• Optimize the use of the company's ERP and other financial systems while identifying opportunities for automation and process improvement.
• Strengthen cost accounting, inventory reporting, margin analysis, and other financial disciplines important to a manufacturing environment.
• Provide thoughtful financial analysis and recommendations while having the confidence to challenge assumptions and present alternative strategies to executive leadership.
• Participate in long-term strategic planning, succession planning, capital allocation, and other major business initiatives.

• Strong strategic finance and executive leadership capabilities.
• Extensive understanding of manufacturing accounting, cost accounting, inventory, margins, and operational finance.
• Ability to translate complex financial information into practical business recommendations.
• Strong understanding of financial statements, cash flow, forecasting, budgeting, working capital, and profitability analysis.
• Experience working across multiple departments and influencing operational and strategic decisions.
• Strong leadership and team-development skills with the ability to mentor and develop accounting professionals.
• Demonstrated ability to identify inefficiencies and improve financial processes, systems, reporting, and controls.
• Strong ERP and financial systems experience; ERP implementation, optimization, or transformation experience is highly preferred.
• Mergers and acquisitions experience is highly preferred.
• Confident executive presence with the ability to communicate effectively with ownership, senior leadership, employees, lenders, accountants, and other outside partners.
• Hands‑on leadership…