Chief Financial Officer

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As a business partner to Microbiologics’ President & CEO, the Microbiologics Board, and Granite Partners, the CFO is responsible for managing all facets of the company’s financial functions and providing leadership to significantly impact the company’s financial growth, structure, and direction. The individual in this role will succeed the current CFO who is planning for retirement and will help ensure a smooth transition.

The CFO will be an active participant in, and driver of, the organization’s overall strategy with responsibility for managing the accounting, audit and tax, finance, and information systems functions. The CFO will lead all financial administration, business planning, and budgeting. As a key member of the executive management team, the CFO will report directly to the CEO and serve as a true strategic partner in running the business.

The CFO will also collaborate with other leaders throughout Granite Partners and serve as a member of the CFO Affinity.

Major elements of the CFO’s responsibilities include:

• Partnering closely with the CEO as a strategic business leader focused on long-term strategy and growth, including mergers and acquisitions; pricing, costs, and profitability; and capital structure.
• Advising the executive team on long-term growth trends and profitable business opportunities based on research and analysis that lead to value creation.
• Providing strategic oversight of the day-to-day management of the financial, information technology, administrative, and risk management operations of the company.
• Partnering with the leadership team on value creation efforts by using insights from third party valuations to increase shareholder value.

Strategic Business Partner

• Partner with the CEO on all operational and strategic issues as they arise; provide strategic recommendations to the CEO based on business experience and acumen, financial analysis and projections, cost identification and allocation, and revenue/expense analysis.
• Participate in the ongoing strategic planning process as an integral member of the executive management team and provide consultative support to planning initiatives through financial and management information analyses, reports, and recommendations.
• Monitor and ensure investments are optimized and operational excellence initiatives are supported at all levels.
• Lead the M&A process (including joint ventures) in partnership with the CEO by identifying, investigating, negotiating, financing, and integrating acquisitions that further increase shareholder value.
• Oversee long-term budgetary planning, including capital expenditure and facilities management, ensuring alignment with the strategic plan.
• Engage the Board of Directors around issues, trends, and changes in the operating model and operational delivery.
• Research, develop, and implement an optimal long-term debt strategy.

Financial and Operational Management

• Develop a detailed financial plan and five-year forecast, including analyzing, identifying, promoting, and implementing plans, policies, and programs to increase pricing power, enhance the gross margin, expand operating leverage and the EBITDA margin, lean out and accelerate working capital, conserve on and maximize the impact of capital expenditures, manage cash flow, and find other opportunities to grow equity value.
• Develop operational metrics to deepen the analysis of business performance, including product, service, and business unit-level profitability analyses.
• Oversee the preparation and approval of all financial reporting materials and metrics for the Board of Directors; prepare and communicate monthly and annual financial and operational metrics statements and reports.
• Advance the implementation of the new business system (Net Suite) to support anticipated business growth. Ensure information systems are properly designed, installed, and maintained to support the growth of the…