The Role

Overview

Reporting to the ABA Centers CEO (with a dotted line to the ICBD CFO), the ABA Centers Chief Financial Officer (CFO) will be a key member of the executive leadership team and will be instrumental in the ongoing development of the company's long-term strategy, the continuous improvement of financial processes and controls, and ensuring that the necessary financial rigor exists across the organization.

The CFO will hold primary day-to-day responsibility for planning, implementing, managing, and controlling all financial activities - spanning financial operations, accounting, budgeting, capital and financial planning, capital raises, acquisition analysis, growth modeling, investor relations, and financial reporting.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership

• Serve as a key member of the executive management team in formulating the company's future direction and supporting tactical initiatives.
• Monitor and direct the implementation of strategic business plans, and oversee the preparation and presentation of financial information to the executive leadership team.

Operational Excellence

• Overall responsibility for the administrative and financial operations of the company, including the development of a financial and operational strategy, metrics tied to that strategy and ensuring the necessary financial rigor exists across the whole organization.
• Assess the financial impact of key strategic and operational decisions and implement operational best practices.

Financial Systems & Controls

• Lead the ongoing development and monitoring of control systems designed to preserve company assets and report accurate financial results.
• Provide leadership of the recently implemented global ERP system, partnering with BI to create actionable reporting for both Finance & Accounting and other business units.

Financial Leadership

• Provide meaningful and timely information to key stakeholders through robust internal reporting, KPI's, budgeting and forecasting process. Improve data and analytics capabilities to aid in decision making.
• Manage the accounting, tax, FP&A, treasury functions and assist with risk management team.
• Provide leadership of a global ERP system. Partner with BI to create actionable data reports both for the Finance & Accounting Departments and other business units.

Capital Raising & Acquisitions

• Play a lead role in capital acquisitions - devising strategy, sourcing potential funding partners, and managing the process through to closing.
• Lead acquisition analysis and growth modeling to support disciplined, value-accretive expansion.

Team Building & Leadership

• Build and retain a Finance and Accounting team that operates efficiently to support the organization's rapid growth.
• Teach and explain complex financial issues to non-financial colleagues in a respectful, effective manner - bringing efficiency, improvement, and consistency to operations.

Relationship Management

• Maintain banking relationships and monitor cash balances and cash forecasts.
• Manage external audit and tax relationships, deliver accurate and timely financial analytics and reporting, and support new and ongoing business development.

Requirements

Qualifications

Education

An undergraduate degree in accounting is required with a strong preference for an MBA and/or CPA.

Experience/Attributes

• A minimum of 15 years of progressive financial leadership experience in a high growth startup environment, including senior-level responsibility for broad financial operations and serving as a strategic partner to executive business leaders.
• Proven operational experience with clear accomplishments in driving efficiencies in a complex multi-unit, multi-location environment.
• Highly developed financial analytical/planning skills with emphasis on financial reporting analysis and cash flow management.
• Strong ERP implementation and change management experience.
• A passion for delivering and scaling a highly mission-driven culture that is embedded across ABA Centers and ICBD's other portfolio companies.
• Sophisticated, hands-on leader with strong commercial acumen who thrives in highly entrepreneurial environments.
• Player coach style can transcend from strategic to hands-on as necessary.
• High level of EI and the requisite executive presence and cultural versatility needed to influence a broad range of internal stakeholders & external stakeholders.

Location, Travel and Role Expectations

This is a full-time position based in ABA's corporate offices in Fort Lauderdale, FL with ability to travel as needed, possibly for extended periods of time.

Benefits

Benefits
• 21 paid days off (15 days of PTO, which increases with tenure, plus 6 holidays)
• 100% paid family health insurance premium
• 100% premium paid for dental and vision insurance for family.
• Concierge medical doctor for employee
• 100% premium paid for long-term disability
• SERP (Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan) for employee
• Generous 401(k) match
• Annual C-suite bonus program