Chief Financial Officer; CFO

Chief Financial Officer

Lead with purpose. Own the outcome. Do the right thing the right way. If you're someone who values ownership, purpose, and people, we'd love to welcome you to the Life Cycle Engineering way.

We are an employee-owned, mission-aligned federal government contractor seeking an experienced Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to join our Executive Leadership Team (ELT) and serve as a strategic partner to the CEO and Board of Directors. This is a rare opportunity for a CFO who values ownership, legacy, and people-first leadership as much as technical excellence and regulatory rigor. As an ESOP company, our success is directly tied to the success of our employee-owners.

The CFO will help steward this ownership culture—ensuring financial strength, ESOP sustainability, and transparency—while guiding growth, recompetes, and strategic evolution.

Why This Role Is Different

Real Strategic Influence — This is not a back-office CFO role. You'll help shape strategy, support growth initiatives, optimize contract profitability, advise on risk, and help the business scale in a highly regulated environment.

Hands-On Leadership with Impact — You will lead within a Corporate Services Group (Accounting, Contracts, IT & Business Optimization, Human Resources, and Business Development & Capture), combining strategic vision with a practical, hands-on approach.

Employee Ownership with Meaning — You won't just manage an ESOP; you'll protect and grow it. As ESOP steward, you'll partner with the external trustee, oversee valuations and repurchase planning, and ensure ERISA compliance.

High-Trust, Family-Oriented Culture — We operate with accountability, mutual respect, and care for one another. Executives are trusted, supported, and expected to lead with integrity and empathy.

The Details

As a key member of the Executive Leadership Team (ELT) and partner to the CEO, the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) leads financial strategy, compliance, and fiscal management of a primarily government contracting organization. This role ensures full compliance with federal contracting regulations while supporting sustainable growth, contract profitability, and operational excellence. The CFO collaborates with other executives in strategic and corporate planning and risk management.

The CFO is responsible for the following functions of the Corporate Services Group (CSG):
Accounting;
Contracts; IT & Business Optimization;
Human Resources; and BD & Capture. The CFO also serves as ESOP steward, coordinating with the external trustee, managing annual valuations, repurchase obligation planning, and ensuring ERISA compliance. The CFO must adapt to evolving demands in an autonomous, deadline-oriented environment.

Financial Strategy & Executive Leadership

• Develop and execute financial strategies to support growth and ESOP sustainability, including repurchase obligation funding
• Advise the CEO, ELT, and Board on financial performance, risk, and growth initiatives
• Align financial planning with S-Corporation tax implications and pass-through entity compliance
• Support strategic planning for recompetes, contract extensions, and new contract pursuits, including forward rate analysis and potential pool rate or structure changes
• Lead financial due diligence for potential mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures
• Establish and sponsor executive-level lean projects that increase productivity and optimize revenue and profit opportunities

Team Leadership

• Provide strategic and operational leadership to the LCE/CSG organization
• Foster leadership development within the CSG
• Ensure credibility of the CSG by delivering timely and accurate support services
• Lead change effectively by building commitment in a collaborative team environment
• Address accounting issues with a hands-on approach, coaching the accounting team on policies and procedures
• Establish organizational accountability to meet deliverables and performance goals within LCE values and strategic goals

Government Contract Compliance

• Ensure compliance with FAR, DFARS, CAS, and agency-specific regulations
• Oversee indirect rate structures, cost accounting standards, and cost allocations
• Identify and manage…