Chief Financial Officer

Description

Martin Inc., a third‑generation, family‑owned industrial distribution and supply company, is seeking a hands‑on, operations‑oriented Chief Financial Officer to serve as a key member of the executive leadership team. This leader will be both the senior financial steward and a strategic operational partner, driving financial discipline, operational excellence, governance maturity, and scalable growth across a multi‑site distribution network.

The ideal CFO brings deep experience in inventory‑driven, lower‑margin, operationally complex businesses, and thrives in a family‑owned environment that values long‑term thinking, trust, and continuous improvement. This role requires a leader who is as comfortable in the warehouse and with branch managers as they are in the boardroom.

• Financial & Operational Leadership
• Lead the company’s financial strategy in alignment with ownership’s long‑term vision.
• Serve as a strategic business partner to ownership, sales, operations, supply chain, and HR.
• Translate financial data into actionable operational insights that improve profitability, efficiency, and scalability.
• Drive financial discipline and accountability across all functions.
• Governance, Risk & Compliance

• Establish governance structures, policies, and standards that promote transparency, accountability, and operational consistency across all branches and functions.
• Strengthen policy management across finance, operations, supply chain, HR, and IT.
• Ensure consistent branch‑level governance, including standardized processes, controls, and reporting.
• Oversee data governance, ensuring accuracy and integrity across ERP, WMS, CRM, and financial systems.

• Lead enterprise risk management (ERM), identifying and mitigating financial, operational, supply chain, cyber, and compliance risks.
• Oversee insurance strategy, including property, liability, fleet, workers compensation, and cyber coverage.
• Implement risk dashboards and reporting mechanisms for ownership and executive leadership.
• Ensure risk‑aware decision‑making in capital allocation, pricing, credit, and operational initiatives.

• Ensure compliance with GAAP, tax regulations, credit policies, safety requirements, and contractual obligations.
• Strengthen internal controls across finance, inventory, credit, and operational processes.
• Partner with HR, operations, and supply chain to ensure compliance with employment law, safety standards, and regulatory requirements.
• Maintain a centralized contract repository and ensure adherence to contract governance protocols.

• Oversee FP&A, including forecasting, scenario modeling, and performance measurement tied to operational drivers.
• Lead the annual budgeting and rolling forecast processes with strong alignment to sales, supply chain, and operations.
• Develop and monitor KPIs specific to industrial distribution: gross margin, pricing discipline, inventory turns, service levels, working capital, ROIC, and branch‑level performance.

• Establish and oversee pricing governance, including matrix pricing, contract pricing, and margin leakage prevention.
• Partner with sales to evaluate customer profitability, rebate programs, and supplier incentives.
• Ensure disciplined pricing execution across branches and customer segments.

• Support operational initiatives related to inventory optimization, logistics efficiency, branch performance, and demand planning.
• Provide financial analysis for capital investments, fleet decisions, automation, and facility expansions.
• Implement branch‑level P&Ls and scorecards to drive accountability and performance.

• Ensure timely, accurate financial reporting in accordance with GAAP.
• Oversee tax planning, audits, regulatory compliance, and internal controls appropriate for a privately held family business.
• Build clear reporting and dashboards that link financial performance to operational outcomes.

• Manage cash flow forecasting, liquidity, and capital allocation.
• Optimize working…