Enterprise Chief Financial Officer

PLA Buyer LLC•Fort Smith, AR

2h•Hybrid

About The Position

PLA is hiring an Enterprise Chief Financial Officer to lead finance across our Solutions and Services divisions. This is a full-time, ongoing executive role reporting directly to the CEO and serving on the Executive Team. The CFO sets enterprise-wide financial standards, owns consolidated reporting, and leads budgeting, treasury, audit, and tax. Divisional accounting teams report to their division COOs and partner with the CFO through a functional relationship. You will work closely with the CEO, COOs, our private equity sponsor, lenders, and the Board.

Requirements

Executive role reporting directly to the CEO
Serve on the Executive Team
Work closely with the CEO, COOs, private equity sponsor, lenders, and the Board
Partner with IT and division leaders on implementation

Responsibilities

Set and maintain accounting policies, financial controls, reporting definitions, and close calendars applied consistently across both divisions.
Own the enterprise reporting process and present results and analysis to the CEO, sponsor, lenders, and Board.
Review and guide the monthly and year-end close, working with the accounting team that performs consolidation.
Lead the enterprise budget and forecast, challenge divisional assumptions, and deliver variance analysis.
Lead liquidity planning, cash forecasting, banking and lender relationships, covenant reporting, and capital investment review.
Oversee external audit and tax, internal controls, and financial compliance, coordinating with Legal on entity and transaction matters.
Set priorities for finance technology and common data definitions, partnering with IT and division leaders on implementation.
Advise COOs on the structure, staffing, and development of divisional accounting teams, and support the Solutions COO in an advisory role in evaluating and improving the Solutions accounting organization.
Support the CEO and Executive Team on financial strategy and transaction readiness.