- Location
- Houston, Texas, United States · published
- Workplace
- Hybrid
- Type
- Full-time
- Department
- Finance
- Seniority
- C-Level
- Source
- Workable
Description
Keller Executive Search is recruiting on behalf of a rapidly growing healthcare services business seeking its first Chief Financial Officer. This newly created position offers the opportunity to build a finance function, shape acquisition-led growth and establish the financial capabilities needed to support a planned future exit.
Reporting to the CEO and working closely with executive leadership, you will combine strategic influence with hands-on ownership. Your initial priorities will be financial planning, performance monitoring and tax strategy: establishing reliable forecasts, making business economics visible and guiding reinvestment and capital allocation. The mandate is to create a fully functioning finance department that supports confident decisions throughout expansion.
For an accomplished healthcare finance executive, or a senior finance leader ready for a first CFO appointment, this role offers ownership of both operating foundations and the strategic agenda. You will lead acquisition finance, develop a tax-efficient approach to growth and prepare the business for a future sale. Equity options offer potential participation in the value you help create.
Key Responsibilities
- Build and lead the finance function, establishing clear accountabilities, scalable processes and appropriate controls.
- Establish reliable monthly close and consolidated reporting, with oversight of payables, receivables, payroll and treasury.
- Own annual budgets, rolling forecasts, cash forecasts and long-term financial planning.
- Develop service-line, contract and site-level margin reporting and actionable performance indicators.
- Advise executive leadership on growth priorities, pricing, reinvestment and capital allocation.
- Own for-profit tax strategy, including multi-entity structures, multi-state exposure and coordination with external advisers.
- Lead healthcare acquisition finance, including valuation, diligence and transaction structuring.
- Create repeatable acquisition integration processes that align reporting, controls and planning.
- Develop an exit-readiness roadmap, including quality-of-earnings preparation, documented earnings adjustments and transaction materials.
- Develop the finance team and external adviser relationships needed to support expansion.
- Introduce appropriate automation and analytical tools to improve efficiency and decision support.
Additional Information
- Permanent position.
- Phoenix/Scottsdale or Houston proximity preferred; remote candidates are welcome.
- Hybrid working is available, with remote arrangements also considered.
- Travel is expected to be less than 5% for Phoenix-based candidates.
- Relocation assistance is not available.