CFO

Conexus

$180K — $250K *
Finance & Insurance
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of senior finance leadership role in a PE-backed organization
  • Experience with managing $500M+ revenue operations
  • Background with service-based roll-ups or acquisitive platforms
  • Strong operational finance understanding and business partnership skills
  • Experience in Construction Services, HVAC, Mechanical Services, or Field Services is a plus
  • Mastery of Percentage of Completion (POC) accounting is preferred
  • Demonstrated leadership in M&A integration

Responsibilities

  • Serve as a strategic financial partner to the CEO, Board, and private equity sponsors
  • Lead finance, accounting, FP&A, treasury, and reporting functions
  • Oversee financial due diligence, integration, and modeling for acquisitions
  • Prepare the company for future transactions with investor-grade reporting
  • Direct forecasting, budgeting, and long-range planning, including cash flow and multi-year models
  • Manage POC accounting and monitor project margin variance
  • Enhance operational dashboards and performance analytics

Benefits

  • Opportunity to influence strategic financial decisions at the executive level
  • Impactful role within a rapidly growing company
  • Dynamic work environment with exposure to multiple operational divisions
  • Opportunity to build and lead a high-performance finance team
  • Engagement in the integration of new systems to improve efficiency
Full Job Description
Key Responsibilities
  • Serve as strategic financial partner to the CEO, Board, and PE sponsors
  • Lead all finance, accounting, FP&A, treasury, and reporting functions
  • Oversee financial due diligence, integration, and modeling for acquisitions
  • Prepare the company for a future transaction and maintain investor-grade reporting
  • Direct forecasting, budgeting, and long-range planning (including 13-week cash flow and multi-year models)
  • Manage Percentage of Completion (POC) accounting and monitor project margin variance
  • Enhance real-time operational dashboards and performance analytics
  • Oversee month-end close, GAAP compliance, audit readiness, and internal controls
  • Drive improvements in working capital, DSO, and cash conversion cycle
  • Partner with operations and pricing leaders to optimize margins across service and contract work
  • Evaluate macroeconomic impacts (tariffs, supply chain, labor) and adjust financial strategy accordingly
  • Provide financial oversight on fleet strategy and CapEx optimization

Team & Structure

Direct and indirect oversight across:
  • Corporate Controller & Accounting Team
  • FP&A Leadership and Analysts
  • Pricing & Operations Finance
  • Payroll, A/R, A/P
  • Regional & Business Unit Controllers across U.S. and Canada
  • Finance organization supporting multiple operating divisions

Systems & Infrastructure
  • Dynamics GP
  • PowerBI and advanced operational dashboards
  • HCM platform currently transitioning to a new system (Workday/Dayforce/ADP evaluation underway)
  • Established audit function with national firm

Must-Have Qualifications
  • Prior CFO or senior finance leadership experience in a PE-backed environment
  • Experience within a $500M+ revenue organization
  • Proven success supporting a service-based roll-up or acquisitive platform
  • Deep operational finance background with strong business partnership skills

Highly Preferred
  • Construction Services, HVAC, Mechanical Services, or Field Services experience
  • Mastery of Percentage of Completion (POC) accounting
  • Demonstrated M&A integration leadership
  • Experience with union labor environments
  • Strong operational KPI and dashboard-driven leadership style

Culture & Environment

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