Chief Financial Officer

UDC•Englewood, CO

83d•$230,000 - $260,000•Onsite

About The Position

UDC is seeking a Chief Financial Officer to join its Leadership team. This executive role is responsible for shaping the company’s financial strategy and guiding the organization through its next stage of growth. The CFO serves as a strategic partner to the CEO and Leadership Team, bringing financial insight, business acumen, and leadership to key organizational decisions. The role is based at one of UDC’s offices in Englewood, Colorado, or Waukesha, Wisconsin. The CFO leads UDC’s overall financial strategy, financial planning and analysis, accounting operations and reporting, business planning, and performance management. The role also oversees human resources, contract administration, and commercial administration. The CFO will develop finance into a strategic business partner by providing timely insights, forecasting performance, improving operational economics, and supporting executive decisions. The position provides executive oversight of strategic planning, budgeting, forecasting, accounting, financial operations, payroll, human resources, administration, contract governance, business partnership, performance metrics, and finance systems and process improvements. Direct reports include the Director of Finance & Accounting, Director of Finance Planning & Analysis, and VP Human Resources.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in business, accounting, finance, or a related field.
15 or more years of progressive financial leadership experience.
Experience leading finance for a professional services, engineering, consulting, technology services, or similar project-based organization.
Demonstrated success partnering with executive leadership teams.
Strong experience in financial planning and analysis and oversight of accounting and financial control operations.
Deep understanding of business drivers, operational finance, and performance management.
Ability to lead administrative functions, including Human Resources and Contract Administration.
Strong executive communication and presentation skills.
Experience building financial models and supporting strategic decisions.
Ability to influence across departments without direct authority.

Nice To Haves

MBA strongly preferred.
Experience supporting unleveraged, privately owned, or high-growth companies.
Experience implementing or optimizing ERP and business intelligence platforms.
Experience scaling organizations from approximately $100 million to significantly larger enterprises.
Broad executive leadership experience over administrative functions.
CPA preferred, but not required.
Executive presence with strong communication skills.
Strategic thinking and strong commercial acumen.
Strong analytical skills and business judgment.
Comfort challenging assumptions using data.
Collaborative and influential approach across functions.
Ability to simplify complex financial concepts.
Focus on continuous improvement.
Comfort operating in a fast-growing environment.
Calm under pressure and high personal integrity.

Responsibilities

Advise the CEO, executive leadership team, and UDC Board members on financial and strategic matters.
Develop financial strategies that support long-term growth, profitability, and enterprise value creation.
Lead annual strategic planning and long-range financial planning.
Evaluate expansion investments, new service offerings, and international partnership opportunities.
Build financial models for strategic initiatives and business cases, and develop scalable financial infrastructure.
Lead budgeting, forecasting, rolling forecasts, scenario modeling, and resource and capacity planning.
Develop executive dashboards and KPI reporting, analyze profitability, and improve forecasting accuracy and decision support.
Identify operational opportunities to improve margins and cash flow.
Provide executive oversight of payroll, including compliance with government tax regulations, benefits deductions, and financial auditing standards.
Lead Accounting and Finance team operations and ensure timely, accurate monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reporting.
Maintain internal controls and financial governance; oversee cash management, tax coordination, audits, and banking relationships.
Ensure compliance with accounting standards and regulatory requirements, and improve accounting processes through automation and technology.
Provide executive leadership for Human Resources, including compensation and incentive plans, workforce planning, organizational design, leadership development, succession planning, benefits strategy, and culture.
Oversee office administration, facilities, corporate insurance, business licensing and records, business continuity planning, operational support services, and corporate-services vendors.
Oversee customer contract review and approval, commercial risk assessment, contract compliance, contractual obligations, change orders, financial exposure, client billing terms, and commercial governance.
Coordinate with legal counsel as required for contract administration.
Partner with Operations leadership to improve project profitability and support Sales leadership with pricing, contract economics, and revenue analysis.
Collaborate with HR on workforce planning and compensation strategy and provide financial insight for major customer contracts and commercial decisions.
Establish a culture of accountability through meaningful operational metrics.
Develop and manage enterprise performance metrics, including revenue growth, EBITDA, gross margin, project profitability, utilization, backlog, cash flow, working capital, forecast accuracy, operational productivity, and return on invested capital.
Partner with the Director of Finance & Accounting to develop a modern finance organization using cloud-based ERP and business intelligence tools.
Improve financial reporting automation and dashboards, guide finance-related systems implementations and process improvements, and champion data quality and enterprise analytics.
Supervise direct reports and perform associated management duties, including interviewing, hiring, training, assigning and directing work, appraising performance, addressing complaints, resolving problems, and rewarding or disciplining employees.