Chief Financial Officer (Cleveland)

Chief Financial Officer (CFO)

Location: Greater Cleveland Area

Katalyst group is partnered with a growing organization is seeking a strategic and hands-on Chief Financial Officer to join its executive leadership team. Reporting directly to the CEO, the CFO will lead all aspects of finance, accounting, treasury, compliance, financial planning, and business strategy.

What You'll Do

• Lead financial planning, forecasting, budgeting, and reporting
• Oversee cash flow, capital allocation, risk management, and compliance
• Partner with executive leadership to drive strategic growth initiatives
• Lead audits, tax, and financial reporting activities
• Develop and mentor accounting, finance, and payroll teams
• Enhance financial systems, controls, and operational scalability
• Serve as a trusted advisor to leadership, investors, lenders, and key stakeholders

What We're Looking For

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field; CPA and/or MBA preferred
• 10+ years of progressive finance and accounting leadership experience
• Strong background in strategic finance, treasury, compliance, and financial operations
• Proven experience building and leading high-performing teams
• Expertise with ERP systems, financial reporting, and advanced Excel
• Experience working with boards, investors, lenders, or private equity environments is a plus

This is an excellent opportunity for a finance executive who enjoys partnering with leadership, driving business performance, and building scalable financial infrastructure in a growth-oriented environment.

About Katalyst Group

Katalyst Group is a provider of executive search, project and interim placement

solutions with expertise in supporting Accounting, Finance, and Business

Transformation executives with special projects created by workforce gaps. As a

human capital partner for our clients, we solve business problems across

organizations in the areas of Risk and Compliance, Governance, and Technology.

Katalyst was founded in 2019 to help finance executives rapidly assemble project

resources to address special projects, and recruit individuals for key hires within

their respective organizations.

The Katalyst team are former accounting, finance, program and project

management professionals that have made a career of curating networks and

connecting the dots. Our values-based culture extends to those we engage;

therefore, we are selective and discerning about the organizations we support to

ensure they are a good fit for those we represent.