Chief Financial Officer

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• Develop and execute long-term financial strategy aligned with corporate objectives and ESOP goals.
• Drive profitability initiatives including margin expansion, overhead optimization, pricing discipline, and project-level improvements.
• Lead ROI modeling for capital investments, service-line development, and geographic expansion.
• Champion enterprise-wide cost‑saving, automation, and operational efficiency initiatives.
• Provide long‑term financial leadership focused on sustainable, profitable growth and enhanced employee‑owner value.
• Lead, mentor, and develop high‑performing teams across Finance, Accounting, Tax, ESOP, Risk, and Audit functions and work in close partnership with Treasury leadership to ensure alignment across capital, liquidity, and enterprise risk initiatives.
• Promote a culture of transparency, accountability, continuous improvement, and operational excellence.
• Build organizational capability through professional development, succession planning, and leadership pipeline development.
• Responsible for government contracting oversight, including compliance with accounting and reporting requirements.
• Partner with operations to improve project profitability, billing accuracy, cash cycle performance, and resource utilization.
• Enhance cost management, pricing strategies, overhead allocation methodologies, and margin optimization across all geographies and business lines.

• Direct all financial reporting functions, ensuring accuracy, integrity, and GAAP compliance.
• Oversee monthly, quarterly, and annual close cycles across all subsidiaries and business units.
• Present financial results, forecasts, KPIs, and strategic analyses to the CEO, Board, ESOP trustees, and executive leadership.
• Ensure corporate practices—inclusive of distributions, ownership structure, and M&A activity—comply with requirements necessary to maintain S-Corporation status.
• Maintain a strong internal control environment, ensuring robust policies, procedures, and segregation of duties to mitigate financial, operational, and compliance risks.
• Ensure cross-company consistency and audit readiness across all financial operations.
• Improve processes and systems to streamline workflows, reduce manual effort, and enhance financial visibility.
• Review contracts as required and provide financial input on significant commercial terms.
• Oversee company-owned real estate assets and participate in lease versus buy decisions for capital equipment.
• Establish and enforce corporate financial policies such as delegations of authority, capitalization, procurement, intercompany transactions, expense management, and transfer pricing.
• Ensure accounting policies related to claims management are consistently defined, tracked, and accounted for across the enterprise.
• Own all accounting policies across the enterprise, including documentation, communication, enforcement, and training.
• Oversee the review, modernization, and simplification of accounting policies.
• Lead an immediate, comprehensive update of all accounting and financial policies to align with the new ERP system (D365 F&O), including financial dimensions, workflows, approval hierarchies, and internal controls.
• Ensure policies are consistently applied across all subsidiaries and offices, support audit readiness, and meet regulatory requirements.

• Lead planning, coordination, and completion of external financial audits. Serve as primary liaison with external auditors, ESOP trustees, valuation consultants, and regulatory agencies.
• Oversee ESOP audits and ensure compliance with ERISA, Department of Labor, and IRS requirements.
• Direct internal audit activities including control testing, risk assessments, compliance reviews, and remediation efforts.
• Ensure compliance with federal and state audits, maintaining proper documentation and timely responses.

• Evaluate risk financing options, including captives, self-insurance layers, and…