Divisional CFO

Job Title: Divisional CFO (Foodservices)

Location: Cincinnati OH (within 60 miles)

Required Industry Experience: Retail or Distribution

Summary:

As the Divisional CFO you will serve as the senior financial architect responsible for the divisions financial accuracy stability and longterm strategic health. Reporting directly to the Division President with regular interaction with the Corporate CEO and CFO you will oversee all aspects of financial reporting internal controls performance steering treasury and risk management. You will drive margin improvement workingcapital optimization and commercial decision support while ensuring compliance with both IFRS (for group reporting) and GAAP (for operational practices). Leveraging strong analytical insight ERP optimization experience and deep knowledge of KPI management you will guide the organization through continuously evolving business conditions in the food services sector.

Responsibilities:

• Serve as a strategic advisor to the Division President converting financial insights into clear actionable recommendations that support decisionmaking.
• Lead the stabilization and longterm strengthening of divisional financial performance ensuring operational viability and resilience.
• Manage complete and timely financial reporting in alignment with group deadlines ensuring full compliance with IFRS and maintaining GAAP integrity in operational accounting.
• Oversee treasury operations cash conversion cycle liquidity management and workingcapital strategies to optimize cash flow.
• Develop maintain and continuously improve a robust corporate steering system for key financial and commercial KPIs creating transparency into performance drivers and countermeasures.
• Lead the annual budget cycle rolling forecasts and longrange planning; produce scenario models and variance analysis against prior year plan and forecast.
• Drive margin improvement initiatives and partner with Operations and Supply Chain to mitigate material labor and cost volatility.
• Build and refine sophisticated financial models to evaluate performance stresstest scenarios and support strategic priorities.
• Monitor and report on essential KPIs including COGS labor cost % waste/shrinkage cashflow workingcapital metrics and profitability measures.
• Ensure strong internal controls documented processes and compliance with federal state and local financial regulations.
• Lead internal and external audit activity preparing audit documentation and ensuring findings are resolved quickly and accurately.
• Oversee accounting functions including expense management AP vendor program reconciliation and margin/grossprofit analysis.
• Manage relationships with external auditors tax advisors banks and other financial partners.
• Mentor develop and integrate the divisional Finance and Accounting teams fostering a highperformance culture focused on accuracy speed and continuous improvement.
• Support alignment with parent company governance communication and reporting expectations.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in finance Accounting or a related field required.
• MBA in Finance or Accounting is strongly preferred.
• CPA and/or CFA credentials desired.
• Extensive experience leading financial teams in corporate or matrix environments.
• Demonstrated success in financial stabilization cost containment and cashconversion improvement.
• Sector experience in food services multiunit operations or perishable inventory management strongly preferred.
• Advanced skills in financial modeling treasury management and KPI reporting.
• Experience designing optimizing or integrating ERP systems.
• Deep knowledge of internal controls risk management frameworks audits and regulatory compliance.
• Strong leadership capabilities with the ability to influence crossfunctional partners and drive accountability.
• Datadriven mindset with a commitment to automation transparency and scalable processes.

Organization is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin age disability protected veteran status or genetic information.

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