Chief Financial Officer; CFO

Overview

Chief Financial Officer

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 in search of an experienced Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to join our Executive Leadership Team (ELT) and serve as a strategic partner to the Chief Executive Officer (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. You’ll play a central role in stewarding this ownership culture—ensuring financial strength, ESOP sustainability, and transparency—while helping guide the organization through growth, recompetes, and strategic evolution.

Why This Role Is Different

Real Strategic Influence
This is not a back-office CFO role. You’ll have a seat at the table shaping strategy—supporting growth initiatives, optimizing contract profitability, advising on risk, and helping the business scale in a highly regulated environment.

Hands-On Leadership with Impact
You’ll lead within a Corporate Services Group (CSG) combining strategic vision with a practical, sleeves-rolled-up approach.

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

High-Trust, Family-Oriented Culture
We operate with a strong sense of accountability, mutual respect, and care for one another. This is an environment where executives are trusted, supported, and expected to lead with integrity and empathy.

The Role Details

As a key member of the ELT and partner to the CEO, the CFO is responsible for leading the financial strategy, compliance, and fiscal management of a diversified business comprised primarily of Department of Defense (DoD)/Government Contracting (Gov Con) business but also industrial private sector consulting. This role ensures full compliance with federal contracting regulations while supporting sustainable growth, contract profitability, and operational excellence.

The CFO will play a leadership role with other executives in strategic and corporate planning and risk management. The CFO is responsible for the following functions of the CSG:
Accounting;
Contracts; IT & Business Optimization;
Purchasing; and Security. Additionally, the CFO serves as ESOP steward, coordinating with the external trustee, managing annual valuations, repurchase obligation planning, and ensuring ERISA compliance. The CFO must be able to adapt to continually evolving demands and thrive in an autonomous and deadline-oriented environment.

Key Responsibility Areas

Financial Strategy & Executive Leadership

• Develop and execute financial strategies to support the growth and success of our business, including ESOP sustainability and repurchase obligation funding
• Advise the CEO, ELT, and Board on financial performance, risk, and growth initiatives
• Ensure alignment of 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 from the executive level a series of optimization or lean projects that increase the productivity of the LCE team and optimize revenue and profit opportunities

Team Leadership

• Provide strategic and operational leadership to the LCE/CSG organization
• Provide effective leadership development within the CSG organization
• Ensure credibility of the CSG by promoting timely and accurate support services to all operational groups
• Lead change effectively by building commitment in a collaborative team environment
• Utilize a hands-on approach to address accounting issues…