Job Description

Job Title: Chief Financial Officer U.S. Operations

Location: Fort Worth, Texas

Reports To: Group CFO & Divisional Leadership

Employment Type: Full-time

Position Overview

We are seeking a strategic and hands?on Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to lead the financial management of our U.S. subsidiaries and serve as a trusted business partner to divisional Managing Directors. This role is pivotal in driving growth, ensuring financial discipline, and delivering timely, accurate insights, with a strong focus on operational execution, profitability, and value creation. The CFO will act as the primary financial interface between U.S. operations and Group Finance in the UK, with responsibility for robust reporting, governance, internal controls, and commercial finance across all U.S. entities.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic & Operational Leadership

• Partner closely with divisional Managing Directors and senior leadership as a true business?partner CFO to drive execution against target operating models and strategic priorities.
• Work with management to translate operating and financial targets into actionable plans, ensuring alignment across finance, operations, and commercial teams.
• Lead, develop, and unify finance teams across U.S. subsidiaries, fostering a performance?driven culture focused on accountability, transparency, and value creation.
• Drive continuous cost control and efficiency initiatives across U.S. operations, ensuring disciplined expense management while supporting growth objectives.
• Identify, recommend, and lead strategic actions aimed at improving profitability, margin performance, and return on investment.
• Support strategic initiatives, including potential M&A, integration efforts, and post?acquisition optimization, in collaboration with Group Finance.

Back?Office Integration & Synergies

• Lead the identification and realization of back?office synergies across U.S. businesses, including finance processes, systems, controls, shared services, and organizational structures.
• Standardize financial processes and reporting where appropriate to improve efficiency, scalability, and consistency across the U.S. platform.
• Collaborate with Group Finance and U.S. leadership to support integration initiatives that enhance operational effectiveness and cost efficiency.

Group Interface & Reporting

• Serve as the principal liaison between U.S. subsidiaries and Group Finance.
• Deliver timely, accurate monthly management reporting, forecasting, and variance analysis.
• Ensure alignment of U.S. financial reporting with Group policies and IFRS?based standards.

Financial Planning, Budgeting & Analysis

• Lead the annual budgeting process in coordination with Group Finance.
• Support divisional leadership in long?term strategic planning.
• Implement rigorous cost control frameworks and ensure adherence to budgets.
• Collaborate on cost savings initiatives, including group?level procurement.
• Conduct financial analysis, scenario planning, and performance monitoring to guide decision?making.
• Identify risks and opportunities while providing actionable insights to U.S. and Group leadership.

Audit & Compliance

• Oversee annual audits and coordinate with external auditors.
• Ensure compliance with U.S. GAAP, IFRS (for group accounts), tax regulations, and local statutory requirements.

Financial Controls & Procedures

• Maintain and enhance internal control and governance frameworks across U.S. operations.

Treasury & Banking

• Manage treasury operations, credit lines, intercompany funding, and cashflow forecasting.
• Maintain strong relationships with U.S. banks and financial institutions.
• Ensure compliance with loan covenants and reporting obligations.

Insurance & Risk Management

• Oversee all U.S. insurance programs, including renewals, claims, and coverage adequacy.
• Implement and monitor risk mitigation strategies.

Qualifications

• CPA or equivalent professional financial qualification preferred.
• Minimum 10 years of senior financial leadership in U.S.?based operations.
• Strong expertise in U.S. GAAP and IFRS reporting standards.
• Proven experience in FP&A, cost control, and budgeting.
• Demonstrated success working with corporate finance and cross?border operations.
• Exceptional analytical, organizational, and communication skills.
• High integrity, strong sense of ownership, and self?motivation.

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