Chief Financial Officer

Fiber Network Services (“FNS”) is a leading provider of outside plant (OSP) construction and maintenance services to cable operators, telecommunications carriers, and broadband providers across the Eastern United States. Founded in 1996 to provide coax splicing services for cable operators, FNS expanded alongside the industry's rebuild momentum of the mid-1990s and has grown its capabilities to include aerial and underground construction, fiber splicing and testing, business fiber installation, fiber relocates, coax splicing, power supply installation and preventative maintenance, and new node activation.

Headquartered in Manassas, VA, FNS operates from 11 offices spanning seven states:
Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Florida. The company employs more than 180 in-house team members, engages hundreds of additional contractors, maintains a fleet of 200+ vehicles, and services more than 1,700 power supplies annually. FNS's client base includes many of the nation's leading service providers, among them Comcast, Cox Communications, Segra, Shentel, Suddenlink, and Windstream.

FNS is privately held and led by its founder, CEO Greg Noles. The company's mission is to be the leader in the industry that all service providers rely on to connect their customers to the world, with a vision of becoming the industry standard for OSP construction and maintenance. FNS's culture is built on four core values:
Accountability, Gratitude, a Driven mindset, and Innovation.

As demand for broadband and fiber connectivity continues to grow, FNS is investing in its people, fleet, and systems to support continued expansion, and is looking to add a proven finance executive to its senior leadership team to build the financial infrastructure needed for the company's next phase of growth.

FNS is looking for a Chief Financial Officer
, located out of our Corporate Headquarters office in Manassas, VA
.

Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer will lead all financial functions for FNS, including accounting, financial planning & analysis, treasury, job costing, risk management, and financial systems. The principal goal of this role is to provide the financial discipline, reporting, and strategic insight necessary to support FNS's continued growth as a privately held, founder-led field services business.

This executive will partner closely with the CEO and ownership to translate operational performance into financial results, build scalable finance processes and systems, and ensure the organization has the capital structure, controls, and reporting needed to support expansion into new markets and offices. The successful candidate will assume ultimate responsibility for the integrity of the company's financial statements, banking and lender relationships, and financial risk management.

The Chief Financial Officer will build and lead a high-performing finance and accounting organization in this fast-paced, growth-oriented industry. He / She will have the ability and experience to quickly identify, recruit, lead, and inspire a team capable of supporting a multi-state field services operation. The successful candidate's responsibilities will also include (but not be limited to):

• Own the monthly, quarterly, and annual financial close process, ensuring timely, accurate financial statements and management reporting for the CEO and ownership.
• Lead the annual budgeting and rolling forecast process and develop job / project-level costing and profitability reporting across FNS's field operations.
• Manage banking, lending, and surety / bonding relationships, including covenant compliance, credit facilities, and capital planning…