Chief Financial Officer

Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
Confidential Client | Construction Services | On-Site Executive Role

About the Opportunity
Our confidential client is seeking a high-performing Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to join their executive leadership team in Arlington, Texas during a critical growth phase. Reporting directly to the CEO, the CFO will play a pivotal role in building the finance team, strengthening systems, and guiding the firm through its next five to ten years of significant expansion. This is an on-site executive role requiring a leader who can combine strategic vision with operational execution.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Financial Leadership – Develop and lead long-term financial planning, continuously refining forecasts (short-term through 24 months) to anticipate capital needs and support aggressive growth objectives.
• Investment & M&A Support – Build financial models, perform risk analyses, and lead due diligence for acquisitions, ensuring seamless post-acquisition integration and performance tracking.
• Financial Reporting & Controls – Oversee monthly closings, audits, and board-ready financial statements; ensure compliance with GAAP and regulatory requirements.
• Performance Management – Establish and track financial KPIs across departments; design dashboards to improve transparency, accountability, and decision-making.
• Cash Flow & Capital Management – Maintain visibility on daily cash positions, optimize working capital, and manage debt structures, credit facilities, and capital allocation.
• Relationship Management – Build strong partnerships with banks, lenders, consultants, insurers, benefit providers, and internal stakeholders.
• Team Building & Development – Recruit, mentor, and lead a high-performing finance team (Controller, FP&A, and accounting staff) to support growth and scale.
• Systems & Process Optimization – Enhance and optimize newly implemented ERP and financial tools to enhance automation, consistency, and reporting across the business.
• Strategic Partnership – Act as a trusted advisor and sounding board to the CEO, shaping strategy, providing insights, and modeling operational excellence.
• Legal & Compliance Support – Partner with legal, operations, and management teams on bonding, contracts, audit readiness, and regulatory compliance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field (advanced degree or MBA preferred).
• CPA or other advanced financial credentials strongly preferred.
• 10+ years of progressive finance leadership experience, including at least 5 years in the construction industry.
• Strong expertise in GAAP, cost accounting, budgeting, forecasting, and cash flow management.
• Proven experience building and leading high-performing finance and accounting teams.
• Strong systems and process improvement orientation, with hands-on ERP optimization experience.
• M&A expertise including financial modeling, due diligence, integration, and synergy realization.
• Prior leadership experience in a scaling middle-market company

The Ideal Candidate
This role is suited for a hands-on financial executive with the vision and drive to scale a construction services company toward $200M in annual revenue.   The CFO will be both a strategic thinker and an operator, capable of leading through complexity, building infrastructure, and fostering a culture of accountability, ownership, and growth.