Manager - CFO Services
PHG Advisory: https://www.phgadvisory.com/ PHG is an advisory firm offering strategic CFO services and bookkeeping for founder & family-owned businesses in North America. PHG assists small to medium sized businesses with revenue of $1-$100 million with accounting/bookkeeping, monthly reporting, forecasting/budgeting, implementing key performance indicators and other strategic financial advisory services. PHG also has a buyside M&A arm where it works with blue-chip multibillion dollar private equity firms to originate and execute deals. Role Description Thisl role serves as a strategic financial partner and trusted advisor to a portfolio clients, providing fractional CFO services that drive business growth and profitability. You'll own the end-to-end client relationship,from annual strategic planning and budget development to monthly financial advisory and performance insights. This is a hands-on CFO role where you'll roll up your sleeves to build financial models and reporting packages while also serving as a strategic thought partner to business owners and leadership teams. You'll translate complex financial data into actionable business strategies, challenge assumptions, and guide critical decision-making. This position is remote and requires availability during U.S. business hours.
Qualifications
- Minimum 4 years of experience in FP&A, financial due diligence, or fractional CFO/advisory roles
- Excellent knowledge of accounting and financial processes (budgeting, financial closure, reporting, etc.)
- Expert in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
- Prior experience independently developing, maintaining, and enhancing reporting models and monthly reporting packages (PowerPoint)
- Familiarity with QuickBooks preferred
- Solid understanding of facility services / construction accounting processes (job costing, revenue recognition / WIP adjustment, drop shipped inventory model, and in-house vs. subcontracted labor structuring)
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- QuickBooks knowledge a plus
Responsibilities
- Serve as fractional CFO and primary financial advisor to portfolio of clients, building trusted relationships with owners and leadership teams
- Identify opportunities to expand services and add value to existing client relationships
- Contribute to firm-wide best practices, tools, and methodologies
- Develop and maintain excel based budgeting, forecasting, and financial modeling tools for clients
- Develop PowerPoint based monthly performance reports to provide critical insights in delivering compelling strategic recommendations that will drive improved performance and optimal resource allocation
- Lead ad hoc analysis as needed, drive process and system improvements to ensure continued evolution of efficiencies
- Execute operational tasks independently (e.g., development of tools / templates for client use, tasks requested by client, slide deck development, etc.)
- Set up tools and to utilize client software / apps to access client data
- Quality check one’s own work product to ensure that it addresses the subject question, flows logically, and is free from error
- Support client M&A and succession planning