Virtual / Fractional CFO

We are looking for stellar Virtual CFOs who want to support an interesting mix of businesses while building and managing strong client relationships. This opportunity is for you if you’re ready to take on new challenges and work with clients ranging from cutting-edge startups to private equity funds and everything in between.

If you are an experienced accounting & finance professional with an impressive ability to think on your feet, learn quickly, and solve problems - we want you!

Our Virtual CFOs are critical members of our clients’ finance department, bringing financial planning & analysis and leadership expertise to drive business intelligence and strategy for growing businesses. They build financial forecast models, annual budgets, operating plans, profitability & variance analyses, and cash flow models.  They lead and work on a broad variety of special projects such as KPI analyses, cohort analyses, inventory demand planning, due diligence support, and M&A support.  Virtual CFOs are also often involved as functional analysts in custom software development work we specialize in to supercharge our client’s back office.

This position directs the work of FP&A Managers and Sr. Financial Analysts on our staff to provide hands-on mentoring while benefitting from a team-based approach to divide and conquer on each work assignment. This is a position that is proactive and solution-oriented, supporting clients in the fast-paced world of startups and high-growth SMBs.  Virtual CFOs have the opportunity to increase their earnings with us through profit-sharing bonuses and other executive compensation awards.

Responsibilities

• Mentor and direct the work of FP&A Managers and Sr. Financial Analysts on our staff
• Responsible for overall fiscal operations: direct our dedicated accounting teams on their functions supporting the full monthly accounting cycle of client businesses
• Supervise client engagements and occasionally direct the client’s own internal accounting & finance team
• Maintain useful relationships with outside partners and vendors engaged with each client business
• Develop short-range and long-range financial plans to achieve established corporate goals and maximize client profitability
• Provide ongoing financial analysis and modeling to a range of company leaders in support of key business decisions
• Present timely and valid interpretation of operating results to board of directors and senior management team of clients
• Provide sound leadership in complying with financial and legal requirements
• Attend client board meetings (virtually)
• Support clients with investor capital raise activities and bank debt negotiations
• Prepare for and support buy-side and sell-side due diligence for client businesses
• Analyze current market trends and competition of clients’ industries
• Collaborate with others to solve ad-hoc technical finance and accounting challenges
• Assist with systems implementations and custom software solutions

Qualifications

• 12+ years in a financial role with at least 8+ years as a finance leader
• Strong understanding of equity and debt financing
• familiarity with managing startup equity cap tables
• Proven track record in successfully supporting growth using strong analytical skills and effective financial modeling and tracking
• Experience leading financial budgeting and financial planning process
• Ability to oversee and review corporate accounting functions
• Solid understanding of financial compliance requirements and experience implementing and managing financial policies
• Proactive and client-centric attitude
• Fast learner w/ability to effectively prioritize and manage time
• Hungry for experience in fast-paced, dynamic business environments

Proficient in

• Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets, PowerPoint, learning new software

Location

• Remote, Full-time time, and Part-time positions available | US only

About SPRCHRGR

SPRCHRGR (pronounced "supercharger") is a consultancy providing highly skilled team members across a variety of complementary disciplines.  Our services include expert-level accounting and finance strategy, reporting, data visualization and analysis, business process streamlining, customized technology solutions, and more.  We say, “cut out the vowels, get there faster!” – which is essentially what we help businesses do, get to their goals faster.