CFO Advisor
 YOU ARE HERE : Home / Career / CFO Advisor 
Click here to download job description as a pdf


Position Description: CFO Advisor

For the outsourced client company, the CFO is responsible for the management of working capital, cash flow, budgeting/projections, preparation of financial statements, management of the annual review, and income tax planning and compliance. The CFO maximizes return on financial assets by establishing/recommending financial policies, procedures, controls, and reporting systems. The CFO reports to the President of LGI and the outsourced client's designated executive.


Primary Client Focused Responsibilities
  • Oversee outsourced client's financial management to include developing financial, accounting, billing, internal control and budget policies and procedures as required.
  • Recommend state-of-the-art financial technologies, processes, and procedures.
  • Approve and coordinate changes and improvements in automated financial and management information systems for the client.
  • Establish and maintain appropriate internal control safeguards. Ensure records systems are maintained per generally accepted accounting standards.
  • Determine client's financial and accounting agendas. Respond accordingly.
  • Oversee client financial management projects including acquisitions and required capital.
  • Coordinate the preparation of financial statements, financial reports and special analyses
  • Analyze and project cash flow, cost controls, cost reduction opportunities, capital investment needs and expenses to guide business leaders. Analyze financial statements to pinpoint potential weak areas.
  • Serve on strategic planning, goal setting and policy-making committees as required.
  • Interact with client managers to provide consultative support to planning initiatives through financial and management information analyses, reports, and recommendations.
  • Hire, mentor, coach, and develop accounting department employees to improve their capabilities, performance, and impact.
  • Manage all aspects of banking relationships


Primary LGI Focused Responsibilities
  • Develop a pipeline to produce new clients using activities such as publishing articles, developing an effective networking program, attending events with potential clients/networking sources, conducting or helping with speaking engagements
  • Write effective proposals using the LGI template
  • Maintain frequent contact with clients.
  • Submit weekly, monthly required reports on time and to standard. Typical reports relate to networking, contacts, backlog, projected hours status, proposals, calendar and hours worked
  • Attend all LGI management/strategic/fellowship meetings.
  • Fully develop each client by matching recommended actions to available opportunities.
  • Maintain earned commission level where CFO can survive any business slowdowns.
  • Demonstrate loyalty to LGI and its team members.


Minimum Requirements: Knowledge, Abilities, Values, Skills

  • Knowledgeable of finance, accounting, budgeting, and cost control principles including Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP Compliance).  Has applied experience in creating control procedures from "the ground up".
  • Demonstrate ability to develop effective marketing approaches.
  • Experienced in group speaking
  • Build key relationships with referral sources.  
  • Demonstrate proficiency in using financial software (accounting packages and Excel).
  • Experienced in utilizing automated financial and accounting reporting systems.  Report monthly/quarterly results to Senior Management team and the Board.
  • Possess ability to analyze financial data and prepare financial reports, analyses and cash-flow projections.
  • Possess professional written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Willingness to work a flexible schedule and travel to out of town locations if required.
  • 5+ years accounting/finance experience as a CFO or equivalent with at least 10 years of overall financial experience.
  • Ability to maximize use of limited resources.
  • Highly analytical with a hands-on approach and ability to be detail oriented.
  • Excellent project and time management skills.
  • High degree of exposure to formal business processes.
  • Flexible in a variety of situations.
  • Demonstrated experience as a leader, team-player and mentor.
  • Intrinsically motivated. High degree of emotional intelligence.
  • Unquestionable character, integrity, loyalty, responsiveness, commitment.  
  • Experienced in working through difficult financial situations with companies.


Minimum Educational Requirements
  • Bachelors degree in Accounting or Finance


Benefits and Compensation
  • 401k
  • Holiday, vacation & sick pay
  • Health insurance (one-half)
  • Non Qualified benefit plan
  • Flex time

Click here to download job description as a pdf

Please email resumes confidentially to sclumley@lgiservices.com.
Print View   Site Map   Login