Chief Financial Officer

Job Description

Job Description

ROLE SUMMARY

The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) leads Falcon’s global financial strategy, operations, and risk management, supporting profitable growth, operational discipline, and long-term sustainability. As a strategic partner to the President and trusted advisor to ownership, the CFO ensures financial insight drives enterprise decision-making.

This role requires deep manufacturing finance expertise, comfort operating at both plant and board levels, and the judgment to steward a family-owned, multi-generational business with international operations.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Financial Strategy & Leadership

• Serve as a strategic partner and trusted advisor to the President, shaping enterprise direction and major business decisions.
• Own Falcon’s long-range financial strategy, including development and stewardship of 5-year strategic planning.
• Translate company strategy into actionable financial plans, forecasts, and capital allocation decisions.
• Balance hands-on financial rigor with enterprise-level perspective, ensuring accuracy, insight, and sound judgment.
• Provide financial leadership for growth initiatives, acquisitions, divestitures, and geographic expansion.
• Balance short-term performance with long-term stewardship in a family-owned environment.
• Develop and oversee enterprise scorecards that align strategy, performance, and accountability across the organization.

Financial Planning, Analysis & Reporting

• Own enterprise forecasting, including annual budgets, rolling forecasts, and long-range financial planning.
• Ensure timely, accurate, and consistent production of financial reports and data across all entities.
• Establish and enforce close timelines, reporting standards, and accountability for on-time delivery.
• Deliver decision-ready financial reporting to the President, executive team, Board, and shareholders.
• Prepare and present comprehensive financial materials for quarterly Board and shareholder meetings.
• Proactively surface insights, risks, and trends to support informed decision-making.
• Analyze manufacturing performance drivers such as labor, materials, overhead absorption, tooling, capital utilization, and margins.

International Operations & Manufacturing Finance

• Oversight of financial operations across U.S., Mexico, and China locations, ensuring consistency, transparency, and control.
• Act as enterprise currency manager, overseeing foreign exchange exposure, mitigation strategies, and reporting.
• Partner closely with plant leadership to improve margins, cost control, costing accuracy, and operational efficiency.
• Manage transfer pricing considerations and cross-border financial risks.

Accounting, Controls & Compliance

• Lead global accounting operations, financial close, audits, tax, and compliance activities.
• Maintain strong internal controls, governance, and financial integrity across all entities.
• Ensure compliance with U.S. and international statutory and regulatory requirements.
• Serve as primary liaison to external auditors, tax advisors, banks, legal counsel, and other financial partners.
• Ensure global tax compliance for the business and coordinate tax-related matters impacting shareholders.

Capital Structure, Cash & Risk Management

• Lead cash flow management, working capital optimization, and liquidity planning.
• Oversee debt management, banking relationships, and financing strategies.
• Evaluate and prioritize capital expenditures, tooling investments, and automation initiatives.
• Identify financial, operational, and geopolitical risks and develop mitigation strategies.
• Support scenario planning and stress testing related to economic cycles and customer concentration.

Leadership & Team Development

• Lead, develop, and hold accountability for the global accounting and finance function.
• Establish strong relationships, clear expectations, core processes, operating structure, and development paths for finance team.
• Foster a disciplined and detail-oriented finance culture that enables enterprise-wide collaboration.

Family-Owned Business Stewardship

• Serve as primary financial liaison to family ownership and shareholders.
• Quarterback financial matters related to trusts, shareholder agreements, governance structures, and ownership reporting.
• Plan, run, and support quarterly Board meetings and shareholder meetings.
• Act as a trusted steward of the business, balancing fiduciary responsibility with Falcon’s values and legacy.

 

SUCCESS INDICATORS

• Improved financial visibility and decision-making across the organization.
• Cost based analysis that allows for growth in profitability.
• Strong cash flow, disciplined capital allocation, and margin improvement.
• Trusted partnership with executive leadership and ownership.
• Scalable financial systems and processes that support growth.
• A proactive, cohesive, and highly communicative finance team.

REPORTING STRUCTURE

• Reports directly to the President.
• Member of the executive leadership team.
• Works in the Corporate Office five days a week.