CFO - Private Equity - Remote

Joy & Grace is conducting a confidential executive search for a Chief Financial Officer on behalf of a growing, private equity-backed, multi-location operating company. This opportunity is being presented under the Joy & Grace brand while the employer remains undisclosed at the early stage of the process. The position is a senior leadership role reporting directly to the Chief Executive Officer and partnering closely with the Board and ownership group.

Opportunity Overview

This is not a traditional controller-style CFO role. The organization is seeking a strategic financial leader who can drive financial performance, improve operational visibility, support growth initiatives, and help build scalable infrastructure for the next stage of the business. The CFO will serve as a hands-on executive partner across finance, operations, and long-range planning.

The company is in a growth phase and is focused on strengthening forecasting, improving decision support, and evaluating acquisition opportunities. The role includes meaningful exposure to executive leadership, board interaction, and enterprise-wide decision-making in a performance-driven environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with the CEO, executive leadership team, Board of Directors, and ownership group to develop and execute financial strategy.
• Lead budgeting, forecasting, financial planning and analysis, scenario modeling, and KPI development.
• Oversee core financial functions including accounting, treasury, tax, audit, cash management, reporting, and compliance.
• Provide timely and accurate monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reporting in accordance with GAAP.
• Improve financial visibility into business performance, labor utilization, operational efficiency, and working capital.
• Support mergers and acquisitions through financial evaluation, due diligence, modeling, and post-acquisition integration planning.
• Manage banking, lender, investor, audit, and