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Chief Financial Officer
Organic Snack Foods Company
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Our client is a family-owned organic snack brand serving health-conscious consumers through major retail and club channels. |
SITUATION ANALYSIS
Our client recently entered a transformative phase marked by new ownership, commercial expansion and growing momentum across major retail channels. The business has benefited from significant investment and new account wins, alongside an expanding product range and increased manufacturing needs. These developments underscored the need for stronger financial leadership to manage the complexities of rapid growth, optimize financial operations and support sustainable scalability in a competitive market.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
The Chief Financial Officer serves as a critical strategic partner to the CEO, providing the financial insight that drives sound decisions and long-term value creation. The role owns financial planning, budgeting, forecasting and reporting, maintains compliance with GAAP and regulatory requirements and leads relationships with financial partners while managing capital structure and performance communications. Partnering closely with operations, the position optimizes cost management, streamlines supply chain financial inputs and strengthens profitability. It also carries responsibility for building a high-performing finance team, implementing robust financial systems and aligning financial strategy with business objectives.
SUCCESSFUL PLACEMENT
Our placement is a growth-oriented finance executive who has spent his career scaling mid-market consumer products and manufacturing businesses from early growth through and beyond significant revenue milestones. Most recently they helped more than triple revenue at a food brand, financing manufacturing capacity and facility expansion while improving margins and leading diligence through a potential sale. Across earlier roles they implemented enterprise financial systems, executed acquisitions and drove operational cost reduction, pairing entrepreneurial instinct with the discipline of a Big Four-trained accountant.
