Chief Financial Officer

The Chief Financial Officer serves as a key member of the executive leadership team and a trusted strategic business partner to the President, CEO and Board of Directors. This role carries broad enterprise-wide accountability, with direct oversight of Finance, Accounting, and Tax, as well as operational advisory influence across the organization. The CFO is a forward-thinking leader who balances fiscal discipline with growth-oriented thinking, enabling the business to scale with confidence and clarity. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Serve as a trusted advisor and thought partner to the President, CEO, executive team, and Board of Directors. Translate business strategy into financial plans, providing data-driven insights that shape key decisions around acquisitions, capital allocation, and financing needs. Champion a culture of accountability, transparency, and continuous improvement across all functional areas. Build, lead, and develop a high-performing finance and accounting organization, including talent acquisition, mentoring, organizational design, and succession planning for key finance roles. Represent the company with lenders, auditors, and regulatory bodies. Set the strategic direction for finance and accounting, ensuring alignment with overall business objectives and long-range plans. Manage cash flow, liquidity, working capital, and banking relationships for the company and partnership arrangements. Manage enterprise risk, insurance, and capital allocation. Develop and execute capital structure and funding strategy, including debt, equity and credit facilities. Partner with the President and CEO on the M&A strategy in alignment with corporate growth objectives. Lead acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, and strategic investments from origination through close. Hold functional leaders accountable for the integrity of financial reporting, internal controls, budgeting, forecasting, and treasury management. Provide strategic oversight of the company’s tax posture, ensuring the overall approach balances compliance obligations with sound tax planning. Partner with Operations, Sales, and HR to improve margins, productivity, and cost structure. Partner with HR leadership on high-impact decisions such as compensation philosophy and labor relations. Provide financial and analytical support for operational decision-making. Oversee commodity risk strategy, including hedging through futures, options, and forward contracts. Serve as CFO and Board member to partnerships; participating in governance, strategy, treasury and oversight. Lead and maintain relationships with lenders, including negotiation of credit facilities, borrowing base arrangements, amendments, and renewals; serve as a primary contact for bank groups and agents. QUALIFICATIONS: Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, business administration, or a related field. CPA, CFA, or MBA strongly preferred. 15+ years of progressive financial leadership experience, with at least 5 years in a senior executive role. Proven track record of overseeing multiple functional areas. Deep expertise in financial planning & analysis, GAAP reporting, and internal controls. Demonstrated ability to serve as a strategic business partner. Strong experience managing and developing high-performing, cross-functional teams. Hands-on, roll-up-your-sleeves leadership style, equally comfortable setting strategy and diving into the details. A leader of uncompromising integrity who models the values, accountability, and ethical standards expected of others. Equal Opportunity Employer This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws.For further information, please review the Know Your Rights notice from the Department of Labor. #J-18808-Ljbffr Agri Beef Co.