Chief Financial Officer at Modern Executive Solutions – Atlanta, Georgia

About Modern Executive Solutions

Modern Executive Solutions is a fully integrated talent management consultancy with a specific focus on developing diverse, modern leadership teams. We provide services that include talent and organization strategy, culture and change management, leadership assessment and development and executive search. Everything we do is forward-looking and focused on creating modern organizations, leadership team and leaders. We are headquartered out of Atlanta, Georgia but work on a remote-first basis with employees across the United States and a team also in the United Kingdom. As a part of our embedded purpose to change lives for the better we donate 10% of our annual profits to charities that support youth and education in order to develop the diverse talent of tomorrow.

Chief Financial Officer (CFO)

Location: Preference for U.S. Eastern or Central Time Zone
Travel: ~1x per quarter; proximity to a major airport or easy travel to Atlanta preferred

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The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) is a key strategic partner to the CEO and will lead all finance-related functions of the firm. This executive will be accountable for planning, implementing, managing, and controlling all financial and risk management activities, including:

• Financial strategy development and execution
• Metrics aligned to strategic objectives
• Control systems to preserve company assets
• Accurate, timely financial reporting and forecasting
• Interpreting financial data to guide business investments

The CFO will build and lead a world-class, global accounting and finance organization and provide leadership across finance, accounting, budgeting, business planning, and administration. In addition, this role will oversee the Legal function, including client contracts and vendor agreements.

The ideal candidate will bring experience in:

• Founder-led and PE-backed environments
• Scaling organizations from $50M to $150M–$300M in revenue
• Private Equity transactions
• Bank and investor relationships
• Geographic expansion, particularly in Europe and APAC

The successful candidate will:

• Serve as a strategic partner to the CEO, offering complementary expertise and constructive challenge
• Develop subject-matter expertise across competitive, economic, financial, regulatory, and risk environments
• Collaborate with the executive team to align capital, resources, and priorities with strategic objectives
• Lead finance and legal strategies, processes, systems, tools, and initiatives aligned to short- and long-term plans
• Partner with business unit and functional leaders on strategy development and execution
• Build and develop high-performing teams, driving continuous improvement and succession planning

Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)

• Strategic planning, annual budgeting, and monthly forecasting
• Rapid analysis of results to identify risks, opportunities, and action plans
• Support hiring and funding decisions for senior leadership roles

Controllership

• Accounting under US GAAP and/or IFRS
• Accurate and timely consolidation and management/statutory reporting

Risk & Operations

• Business insurance strategy and risk mitigation
• Vendor management

In partnership with the CEO and executive team:

• Lead inorganic growth initiatives (M&A, divestitures, geographic and capital investments)
• Manage investment banker relationships
• Negotiate transaction price, terms, and conditions
• Lead post-acquisition integration and post-completion analysis

• Optimize capital structure
• Lead debt and equity financing/refinancing
• Manage interest rate strategy and hedging
• Maximize free cash flow and cash management
• Oversee foreign exchange hedging

• Optimize international, federal, state, and local tax strategy
• Ensure regulatory compliance
• Oversee timely and accurate tax filings and reporting

• Run the Deal Desk, including pricing strategy and contract approvals
• Monitor deal performance to optimize profitability and close rates
• Review and negotiate contracts, NDAs, and partnership agreements
• Proactively mitigate legal and contractual risk

• Proven strategic partner to a CEO with an ownership mindset for growth initiatives
• Global or multi-regional executive leadership experience
• Demonstrated track record of profitable organic and inorganic growth
• Experience scaling through geographic and product/service expansion
• Strong understanding of marketing, innovation, and professional services economics
• History of cost optimization and continuous improvement
• High integrity, sound judgment, and disciplined risk-taking
• Experience managing compensation, short-term, and long-term incentive plans

• People-focused leader who embodies culture and values
• Performance-driven with a strong sense of urgency
• Influential communicator across all stakeholder levels
• Entrepreneurial, proactive, and solutions-oriented
• Highly collaborative with strong emotional intelligence
• Resilient and adaptable in dynamic environments
• Culturally aware with a global mindset
• Strong decision-making and execution capability
• Advanced financial modeling, scenario analysis, planning, and forecasting skills
• Experience with Lean, Six Sigma, or similar methodologies
• High learning agility and practical business judgment

🎓 MBA and/or CPA preferred

Modern Executive Solutions is an executive search and integrated advisory firm committed to increasing diversity and inclusion within boardrooms and leadership teams globally. With a cross-industry lens and deep functional expertise, Modern identifies emerging and diverse talent others overlook. Every search is customized and underpinned by rigorous intelligence and assessment.

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