[Remote] Chief Financial Officer

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Koniag Energy & Water is seeking its first sector-level Chief Financial Officer to partner with the CEO and lead finance integration, ERP modernization, reporting, and project accounting. The CFO will also support growth and M&A and provide executive oversight for Human Resources and Information Technology.

Responsibilities

• Lead finance integration of the Houston acquisition and Canadian operations
• Establish a consolidated multi-entity, multi-currency finance structure
• Personally lead KEW's ERP transformation, including project planning, governance, implementation partner management, stakeholder alignment, budget oversight and deployment
• Today our companies operate on different Microsoft Dynamics 365 platforms, including Business Central and Finance & Operations. The CFO will assess the current environments, select the long-term architecture and lead consolidation onto a scalable platform capable of supporting future acquisitions
• Standardize chart of accounts, close processes, internal controls and project accounting practices
• Drive digital workflows, reporting automation and AI-enabled finance processes
• KEW intends to incorporate AI-enabled tools into finance and operations, including close management, account reconciliations, forecasting, workflow automation, analytics and decision support
• Identify and deliver operational and back-office synergies across businesses
• Serve as both executive sponsor and active project leader throughout the ERP transformation effort, driving process design, reporting architecture, data standards, user adoption, and organizational change management
• Own monthly, quarterly and annual close processes
• Prepare consolidated financial statements and executive reporting packages for KEW leadership, the Board and Koniag corporate finance
• Serve as KEW's primary finance liaison to Koniag leadership and corporate finance, ensuring alignment on reporting, budgeting, capital planning and governance
• Maintain a strong internal control environment and manage external audit relationships
• Ensure compliance with ASC 606 revenue recognition requirements
• Oversee percentage-of-completion accounting, change orders, retainage, estimates-at-completion and project margin performance across engineering, automation, field services and construction projects
• Manage consolidation of Canadian operations, including foreign currency translation, remeasurement and intercompany transactions
• Lead annual budgeting, forecasting and cash flow planning
• Personally lead the development and refinement of consolidated reporting packages during the integration and transformation period while establishing scalable long-term reporting processes
• Remain actively involved in close processes, consolidations, reporting design, and financial analysis rather than relying solely on delegated resources

Skills

• 15+ years of progressive finance leadership experience
• Minimum 5 years serving as CFO, Divisional CFO, VP Finance, Corporate Controller, or a combination of senior finance leadership roles with significant responsibility for accounting, financial reporting, consolidations, and ERP implementation
• Experience within industrial instrumentation and controls, engineering, construction, electrical contracting or field services organizations with project-based revenue
• Strong project accounting expertise, including WIP reporting, job costing, percentage-of-completion accounting and ASC 606
• Demonstrated acquisition and post-merger integration experience
• Experience operating within complex multi-entity organizations
• Multi-currency experience, including USD/CAD environments
• Proven ERP implementation and finance systems transformation experience
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Dynamics 365 (Business Central and/or Finance & Operations)
• Experience implementing AI-enabled finance tools
• Ability to lead distributed teams while maintaining a hands-on approach
• CPA and/or MBA required
• Candidates who advanced from Controller or Corporate Controller roles into CFO positions are strongly encouraged to apply
• Must be comfortable operating in a lean, high-growth environment where the CFO is expected to function as both a strategic leader and an individual contributor when necessary
• Experience leading finance organizations in acquisitive, high-growth environments
• Experience with government contracting, including DCAA-compliant accounting systems, federal cost structures, prevailing wage requirements and certified payroll processes
• Experience overseeing HR and IT functions
• Demonstrated experience personally leading ERP implementations, finance system integrations, reporting consolidations, chart-of-account standardization, and post-acquisition finance integration efforts

Benefits

• Remote (Texas preferred)

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