CAAS Chief Financial Officer

Join to apply for the CAAS Chief Financial Officer role at Barnes Dennig. Build a Brighter Future – Together, with Barnes Dennig Client Accounting & Advisory Services (CAAS). As Client Accounting & Advisory professionals, we assist our clients in delivering complete, accurate, consistent, timely, and insightful day‑to‑day perspective and insight, helping our clients operate efficiently and effectively. We’re creative problem‑solvers whose work sets the bar for others. As a Chief Financial Officer (CFO), your focus will be on providing quality services through a comprehensive suite of operational accounting and finance support to companies across a variety of core industries in the Midwest Market. You will have the ‘hands‑on’ opportunity to support and lead clients during periods of transformation or instability. Your contributions better enable our clients to advance and expand their current and long‑term objectives. You will be a key member of a growing practice that values the input of all personnel levels and have opportunity to immediately contribute to the upward mobility of the team. In this role, you will need to exemplify a passion for client service, seek to provide deeper tangible and intangible value to our clients well beyond regulatory compliance, and broaden their accounting and finance expertise. Responsibilities Take full ownership of and execute as an expert and leader in all aspects of financial planning, reporting, accounting controls, and administration. Work with client to set financial policy and be an active participant in, and driver of, the overall strategy. Drive capital planning, risk management, ratio and KPI analysis, and board of director interactions. Manage cash flow and forecasting, directing financial accounting. Provides consultative and participative decision‑making advice to Leadership and operational department heads. Ensures that operating management is receiving needed financial information on a timely basis in order to facilitate decision‑making. Formulates and manages policies, procedures, and objectives to ensure the most efficient and professional finance program. Guide and develop staff (internal/external) in their individual growth and refinement of critical thinking and communication. Provide project management expertise by managing multiple clients, work, and deadlines. Foster and build opportunities for our clients, communities, and people. Ability to effectively and efficiently manage multiple client engagements. Build strong client relationships and becomes a key member of client management team. Ability to develop key external business network and becomes service and industry thought leader. Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance required. 15+ years of work experience in accounting required. Self‑driven, skilled at time management and project organization: must be able to balance multiple projects and deadlines and drive projects forward successfully. Ten years or more of supervisory experience. Ability to effectively and efficiently manage multiple client engagements. Build strong client relationships and becomes a key member of client management team. Ability to develop key external business network and becomes service and industry thought leader. Strong interpersonal skills and ethics that generate and sustain a positive team atmosphere and professional environment. Ability to respond to emergencies when needed. Confidentiality with all data and information. Ability to interact with all levels inside and outside the organization, take initiative, anticipate problems and formulate resolutions, exercise good judgment/decision making, prioritize and multi‑task, work independently, etc. As one of the leading Certified Public Accounting and business consulting firms in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana, serving closely‑held, growth‑driven companies to achieve financial success with innovative ideas, personal attention and global resources, Barnes Dennig offers a strong compensation and benefits program, top technical leadership training, a mentor program, an Emerging Professional's network, a Women’s Initiative, a focus on diversity, equity and inclusion, along with driving many philanthropic ventures, including an annual community outreach day, etc. Known for being a unique firm, we have received numerous awards and recognition for our culture, talent, and service, including being named a Top Workplace, a Best Places to Work and a recipient of the Alfred P. Sloan Award for workplace flexibility. Barnes Dennig is an equal opportunity employer with policies designed to ensure equal opportunities in recruitment, employment, promotion, compensation, training and development without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, age, religion or creed, disability, national origin or any other protected status. Employment details Seniority level: Executive Employment type: Full‑time Job function: Finance and Sales Industry: Accounting #J-18808-Ljbffr