Chief Financial Officer

MD Helicopters is seeking a seasoned, hands-on Chief Financial Officer to lead and transform the company’s Finance and Accounting organization.

Reporting directly to the President & Chief Executive Officer, the CFO will serve as a corporate officer and member of the Executive Leadership Team. This individual will provide financial leadership across accounting, reporting, cash management, forecasting, manufacturing finance, government contracting, lender relations and strategic initiatives.

A central mandate of the position is to modernize the Finance function. The successful candidate will have a demonstrated track record of improving financial processes, strengthening controls, building dashboards and management reporting, increasing forecast accuracy, and replacing manual or spreadsheet-dependent processes with sustainable solutions.

This is a builder role requiring a CFO who can operate effectively with the Board and private-equity ownership while also working directly in the details with the Finance team and operating leaders.

• Serve as the principal financial advisor to the President & Chief Executive Officer, Board of Directors, and Executive Leadership Team.
• Lead the Finance and Accounting organization and establish clear accountability, operating discipline, and performance expectations.
• Provide timely and actionable information regarding company performance, liquidity, risks, and outlook.
• Maintain trusted relationships with the company’s private-equity owners, lender, auditors, and other external stakeholders.

• Oversee accounting, financial reporting, treasury, tax, audit, and internal controls.
• Ensure the accuracy, completeness, and timely issuance of financial statements.
• Maintain compliance with U.S. GAAP, contractual requirements, lender requirements, and applicable government regulations.
• Strengthen accounting policies, approval authorities, financial controls and supporting documentation.

• Lead the modernization of Finance processes, systems, automation, analytics, and management reporting.
• Design and implement executive dashboards, key performance indicators, and online reporting tools.
• Establish a disciplined Finance operating rhythm for close, forecasting, cash, profitability, and business-performance reviews.
• Replace manual and person-dependent processes with scalable, repeatable, and well-controlled solutions.
• Improve the speed, accuracy, and transparency of monthly close, forecasting, variance analysis, and profitability reporting.
• Partner with IT and functional leaders to better leverage ERP and business-intelligence capabilities.
• Personally engage in developing, testing, and implementing financial models, dashboards, and process improvements.
• Build a Finance organization that is materially stronger, more efficient, more transparent, and more scalable.

• Provide financial leadership across Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Engineering, Sales, and Aftermarket.
• Oversee inventory, work in process, cost accounting, labor, material costs, overhead absorption, and operating variances.
• Improve visibility into product, program, contract, and customer profitability.
• Partner with operating leaders to improve margins, working capital and forecast accountability.
• Lead contract-cost estimates and estimates at completion.

• Oversee government-contract accounting, pricing, cost allocation, and compliance.
• Maintain working knowledge of FAR and DFARS requirements.
• Ensure Finance systems and processes appropriately support government and commercial contract requirements.
• Experience supporting DCAA or DCMA audits is strongly preferred.

• Lead budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, and long-range planning.
• Maintain reliable profit-and-loss, balance-sheet, and cash-flow forecasts, including a detailed 13-week cash forecast.
• Manage cash, liquidity, working capital, banking, and lender relationships.
• Ensure timely and accurate covenant, borrowing-base and lender reporting.

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