Chief Financial Officer

Fahrenheit Advisors has been retained by SPC Mechanical a mechanical construction company based in Wendell North Carolina to recruit a strategic and experienced Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to lead the finance function.

COMPANY OVERVIEW:

Founded more than 60 years ago SPC Mechanical is a privately held employee-owned construction firm with offices in Wendell Zebulon Elon and Charlotte North 2025 SPC reached a defining milestone by becoming 100% employee-owned through the creation of an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). This transition secures the companys legacy in the hands of the people who know it bestits employees.

Built on the values of hard work integrity and teamwork established by founders Buren and Peggy SPC continues that tradition through its ESOP by rewarding every team member with a meaningful stake in the companys future. Today more than 350 employee-owners carry forward that original vision and pride building not only high-quality projects but also a shared future together.

Another cornerstone of SPCs success is the depth of expertise among its construction professionals and the wide range of capabilities they bring to every project. Always at the forefront of industry advancements the SPC team leverages state-of-the-art technologies and processes to strategically plan and manage projects of all sizes scopes and complexities. Each employee plays a vital role collaborating across departments to ensure consistent successful project delivery.

POSITION SUMMARY:

This is an opportunity to join a highly collaborative executive management team and to make a significant personal contribution to the purposeful strategic growth of a well-established company by leading the evolution of their existing CFO role to an increasingly value-adding strategic focus.

Specific Responsibilities include:

Core Financial Functions

1. Overall leadership responsibility for the existing high quality accounting function (and department) with all its relevant reporting transactional and fiduciary responsibilities.
2. Board reporting and engagement
3. Manage the capital strategy and serve as primary liaison to outside lenders banking and other institutions
4. Design and manage the companys employee incentive plans
5. ESOP Management
6. Risk Management
7. Outside Investments

Strategic Focus

1. Build and sustain strong trust-based relationships with internal teams partners and clients to support collaboration drive successful project delivery and strengthen long-term business performance.
2. Strategic Financial Planning for all aspects of the company
3. Building relationships with
4. Engage and support operating company leadership in their pursuit and execution of their work and their respective business units strategies
5. Engage operating company leadership generally in the collection and analysis of project industry market and bid-estimate data
6. Further establish company and project financial performance parameters with ensuing oversight and analysis
7. CEO & President support and counsel
8. Assist in broadening business acumen among operations personnel.
9. Be a connector across the company

As opportunities arise SPC Mechanical would like to engage in the purposeful acquisition of new business units and anticipates that the new CFO will play a crucial role in planning and executing those transactions.

KEY REQUIREMENTS:

The successful candidate will be an experienced finance executive with a minimum of 10 years of experience. S/he will have prior experience serving as a corporate or division-level leader and have had oversight of a similarly sized organization.

Other key requirements include:

• A commitment to the Companys Core Purpose Core Values and sustainable employee-ownership
• Demonstrated competence as a strong commercially focused financial manager with both a broad and deep repertoire of financial knowledge and skills.
• Proven experience building mentoring motivating and leading high performing teams and attracting and retaining top talent.
• Skilled at highly efficient working capital management and the creation of meaningful long-term projections.
• Exceptional competency in financial analysis and management/project accounting.
• Possess excellent written and verbal communication skills which allows her/him to communicate sensibly to both the financially astute as well as those whose financial acumen may not be high but who given their role are critical to the success of the mission.
• Demonstrated ability to think out-of-the-box in improving corporate performance by influencing colleagues and management to improve returns on specific projects and the business as a whole.
• Demonstrated success in achieving financial expectations and driving contract performance by focusing on the detail of contract terms and award and driving contract performance to deliver value.

PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS:

• A hands-on collaborative results-oriented executive with the ability and confidence to quickly earn the respect of the executive management team and the Board.
• Must be able to establish credibility and be a leader who both speaks and acts with authority gained through experience and who has sufficient know-how to impact the business in a powerful way.
• Will exhibit the highest standards of professional integrity and ethics.
• Possesses the desire to lead and develop the people in her/his organization to achieve their maximum performance levels.
• Able to adapt to and accommodate existing cultural norms.
• Able to challenge existing non-beneficial cultural norms and effect change through patient persuasion.
• Comfortable with ambiguity and working within an environment that is not hierarchical or title-focused.
• High-energy; able to work well with multiple priorities and global responsibilities.
• Flexible and adaptable seeks out and is open to new ideas and approaches.

LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES:

Builds and Leverages Relationships

• Builds strong cross-functional and client relationships
• Collaborates with team members
• Trusts and respects people
• Acts with integrity honesty and humility

Communication

• Communicates clearly and openly
• Listens actively to others
• Influences others
• Able to communicate effectively to groups from a wide array of backgrounds

Delivers Results

• Achieves individual and team performance objectives
• Exceeds customer expectations
• Drives growth and business development
• Takes action and shows a strong work commitment

  Drives Innovation and Change

• Seeks out opportunities for continuous improvement
• Encourages and pursues innovative solutions
• Learns grows and adapts
• Initiates and leads change efforts

Leads Others

• Provides direction and structure
• Sets high performance expectations and holds others accountable
• Recruits selects and builds strong teams
• Motivates and inspires team members
• Coaches and develops others to their potential

Makes Decisions and Solves Problems

• Thinks and acts strategically
• Demonstrates analytical thinking skills while having an entrepreneurial mindset
• Uses sound judgment and critical thinking
• Makes clear and objective decisions
• Develops and leverages business industry and functional knowledge

EDUCATION:

An undergraduate degree in finance or accounting is required; an advanced degree (MBA) and/or accounting certification (CPA CMA CA) is preferred.

Required Experience:

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