Director/Fractional CFO - Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) - Outsourced Accounting & Finance
About The Position
At EisnerAmper, we look for individuals who welcome new ideas, encourage innovation, and are eager to make an impact. Whether you’re starting out in your career or taking your next step as a seasoned professional, the EisnerAmper experience is one-of-a-kind. You can design a career you’ll love from top to bottom – we give you the tools you need to succeed and the autonomy to reach your goals. EisnerAmper has experienced significant growth and is seeking a Director/Fractional CFO for our Outsourced CFO & Accounting Services group. In this role, you will serve as the fractional CFO for a portfolio of high-growth Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) and Technology clients — many of them venture-capital (VC) and private-equity (PE) backed — providing financial leadership and strategic counsel to founders, CEOs, and their boards. Your deep knowledge of e-commerce, wholesale, and subscription/recurring revenue models — combined with inventory, trade spend, SaaS metrics, and unit-economics fluency — will ensure our clients have the expert advice, data, and insights necessary for optimal decision-making. You will guide clients through fundraising (debt and equity), investor pitch decks, board presentations, and the financial rigor that institutional investors expect. Beyond client delivery, you will lead and build our internal Finance team - mentoring FP&A analysts, controllers, and accountants, setting standards for CPG and technology engagements, and shaping how the practice scales. Please note that this is a fully-remote position, but you must be available to work Eastern and/or Central time zones and on occasion PST zones.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or a related business field
- 20+ years of accounting or finance experience
- CFO-level experience with small, scaling, and/or start-up companies in CPG and/or technology
- Expertise across CPG revenue models (e-commerce, wholesale, retail) including inventory and trade spend; manufacturing experience
- Prior client service experience in consulting or a similar setting
- Prior supervisory experience
Nice To Haves
- Advanced degree (e.g. Masters) in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or a related business field
- CPA license or a candidate for CPA, preferred
- Direct experience working with VC- and/or PE-backed companies (fundraising, investor reporting, board-level engagement)
- Proven experience leading and developing a finance/accounting team and/or technology/SaaS metrics and unit economics
- Ability to draft customized financial policies and procedures for clients
- Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate and manage at all levels, including remote teams
- Executive presence: articulate, with excellent verbal and written communication
- Creative, effective problem-solving skills
- Highly detail-oriented, able to juggle multiple client requests simultaneously
- Highly driven, self-motivated, and deadline-oriented
- A hands-on, roll-up-your-sleeves mentor and coach to both internal and client teams
- Comfortable with a wide variety of financial software packages and an interest in AI-enabled FP&A tooling
- Experience using AI platforms and tools, including Claude, Copilot, and ChatGPT.
Responsibilities
- Client Financial Leadership: Analyzing complex financial information to provide accurate, timely, and strategic recommendations to clients’ management teams for decision-making.
- Supporting the fundraising strategies and efforts of CEOs/founders across both debt and equity, including VC and PE rounds.
- Advising on the financial diligence, reporting, and KPI expectations required by institutional investors and PE/VC sponsors.
- Preparing for and attending Board of Directors’ meetings, including investor pitch decks and board presentations.
- Ensuring financial models and reporting reflect GAAP (e.g., revenue recognition).
- Analyzing trends in financial metrics and KPIs specific to CPG (margins, trade spend, inventory turns) and technology (ARR/MRR, CAC, LTV, burn, runway) clients.
- Continually monitoring metrics and highlighting trends and unexpected variances.
- Supporting employee option plans and cap table management.
- Evaluating clients’ current processes to drive efficiencies and improve performance.
- Performing ad-hoc reporting and analysis and proactively delivering strategic insights.
- Overseeing all aspects of client engagements to ensure satisfaction and the timely delivery of accurate, insightful financial deliverables.
- Acting as the primary point of contact for clients and expanding services to existing relationships.
- Finance Team Leadership: Leading, coaching, and mentoring the internal Finance team (FP&A team as well as other CFOs), supporting both their technical development and career growth.
- Establishing best practices and industry standards for CPG and technology engagements across the team.
- Managing and allocating EA Group Finance resources across client engagements to ensure quality and timeliness.
- Driving automation and efficiency by exploring and implementing modern accounting and FP&A software, including AI-enabled tools.
- Participating in business development - networking, BD calls, and seamless introductions to extended firm services (tax, Outsourced HR, etc.).
Benefits
- flexibility to manage your days in support of our commitment to work/life balance
- culture that has received multiple top “Places to Work” awards
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
