Auto Parts Chief Financial Officer

Chief Financial Officer

Replacement Parts Inc. is seeking a Chief Financial Officer to help lead the next chapter of a long-standing, family-built, team-first automotive parts distribution business. This is both a strategic executive seat and a hands-on finance leadership role. The company has a strong, deeply trusted incumbent finance leader in the role currently, but the next CFO needs to bring broader leadership-team partnership, process improvement, technology curiosity, financial insight, and succession stability while still being willing to get into the details of the accounting function.

The right person will be able to sit with the CEO and COO on strategic decisions, support growth and acquisition opportunities, modernize systems/processes, and maintain the accuracy and discipline that have produced clean audits and reliable bank reporting for years.

What Replacement Parts Needs

• A strategic finance leader who can sit at the leadership table and help guide business decisions
• A true working CFO who is willing to produce work, review details, reconcile/understand accounts, and step in when needed
• Strong GAAP/accounting foundation with ability to learn industry-specific complexities such as LIFO inventory accounting
• Experience in distribution, automotive, multi-location, inventory-heavy, or similarly complex operating environments
• Comfort with consolidated financials across multiple entities and related companies
• Ability to own audit readiness, banking/line-of-credit reporting, borrowing base/fixed-charge coverage reporting, controls, and close process quality
• Experience or strong exposure to M&A, acquisition evaluation, purchase accounting, and integration
• Technology-forward mindset, including curiosity around AI, automation, Great Plains / ERP improvement, reporting speed, rebates, inventory systems, and modern finance tools
• Executive presence with humility; someone who can challenge, advise, and lead without ego or a "my way or the highway" style
• High trustworthiness and discretion; this person will have deep visibility into the business quickly
• Long-term orientation. Ideal fit is someone who could spend a significant chapter of their career with the company, not a short-term fixer

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the finance and accounting function across the business
• Partner with the CEO, COO, and leadership team on strategic planning, growth initiatives, and operational decision-making
• Maintain strong financial controls, accurate books, clean audits, and reliable reporting
• Oversee monthly financial review, account reconciliations, consolidated financials, and reporting across multiple entities
• Manage or support financial audits, IRS/state tax audits, P&C / bank audits, workers' comp audits, corporate tax work, and related compliance cycles
• Support bank reporting, line-of-credit requirements, borrowing base, fixed-charge coverage, and lender communication
• Evaluate and improve close timelines, reporting cadence, dashboards, processes, and internal financial visibility
• Help assess acquisition opportunities and support transaction diligence, purchase accounting, modeling, and integration planning
• Review current systems, tools, staffing, and workflows to identify practical modernization opportunities
• Partner with IT and operations on systems, automation, Great Plains / ERP improvements, and process modernization
• Develop and mentor the finance/accounting team, including helping shape the future controller/accounting leadership structure
• Model the kind of respectful, accountable leadership that helps people learn, grow, and stay
• Serve as a trusted executive voice who can identify profitability levers, risks, and opportunities across the company

Ideal Background

• Current CFO, divisional CFO, VP of Finance, senior finance executive, or high-caliber controller from a larger / more complex organization
• CPA strongly preferred
• Experience in a business roughly in the $100M to $1B revenue range is attractive
• Distribution experience is highly preferred; automotive aftermarket / parts distribution would be a home run
• Multi-state or multi-location operating experience preferred
• Strong inventory accounting / operational finance exposure;…