We are a pioneering incubator and accelerator dedicated to transforming the association and non-profit sector. We invest in companies at both the start-up and growth stages. Through our investment and infrastructure, we empower organizations within our family to not just participate in the future, but to shape it, utilizing cutting-edge technology, especially artificial intelligence (AI).
Our extensive experience in the sector and support services in finance, HR, operations, sales, and marketing allow our companies to focus on their core strengths. Simultaneously, our in-house experts navigate the constantly evolving landscape of technology and business trends, keeping our companies ahead of the curve.
As part of the Blue Cypress network, organizations stand at the vanguard of innovation in the non-profit world. In addition, we have a powerful distribution flywheel with well over 1,000 clients across our family of businesses. As a result, our family member companies gain access to a large and rapidly growing client base.
Our Core Purpose at Blue Cypress is:
Fueling Innovation to Maximize Social Sector Impact
Through our dedication to growth and transformation, we aim to bring transformative business solutions to the social sector space.
About You:
You are an aggressive, deeply technical, and no-nonsense CFO. You live eat and breathe data and have forgotten more about Microsoft Excel than most of your peers will ever know. You get along well with others on the team but have no issue pushing boundaries and getting well into the growth zone but questioning existing processes and ideas and looking for ways to advance the business. You’ve been through a lot already in your career, yet, your energy and drive looking ahead is greater than ever before. You’re looking for a massive challenge to level up in your career and do good while doing well.
Job Summary:
At Blue Cypress, we're at a critical inflection point in our portfolio and growth. As our Chief Financial Officer (CFO), you'll be the key financial architect of our future, guiding us through an ambitious period of expansion and innovation. You’ll oversee our current part-time Controller and Staff Accountant, with a mandate to scale the team over time..
Key Responsibilities:
Day to Day Accounting Oversight: We are a small company. Its about the fundamentals first. Getting in place great processes and building internal controls so that we can scale safely and efficiently. We have a lot of good things in place already, and at the same time, we know we need to retool just about everything in the coming years to keep up with the growth we have planned. You must be a hands-on accounting expert. You can’t think of any task as “beneath you” or something you would only delegate. All of us here roll up our sleeves. You can’t think of that as an exception either, we need someone deeply hands on now, and someone who’ll stay that way and not let go of the wheel as we grow. It’s not everyone’s cup of tea, but to be the right person for us, it needs to be yours.
Financial Leadership & Strategy: We’re looking for a seasoned financial leader to help us architect rapid growth on a global scale including a heavy level of planned M&A activity on both buy and sell side.
Team Building: Oversee the current part-time Controller and Staff Accountant and recruit additional staff over time as we grow.
Operational Excellence: Review existing systems, processes and controls. Implement systems and procedures to enhance financial controls, support our explosive growth, and ensure compliance with GAAP standards and regulatory requirements.
Financial Reporting: Present clear and accurate monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements, and communicate these insights to the executive leadership team.
Budgeting & Forecasting: Lead the annual budgeting and planning process, comparing financial plans to actual results and recommending corrective actions as needed.
Cash Management: Revenue is Vanity, Profit is Sanity and Cash is KING. If you don’t love that expression, this isn’t the place for you. We play this game to win and cash is the primary day to day metric that all businesses need to obsess over. You will own this and drive the whole company hard to think about cash conversion cycles, optimizing cash efficiency with deal structure, and forecasting on a high frequency basis with deep process accountability across the enterprise.
M&A Support: Lead the financial efforts for M&A activity within our portfolio, including preparing for exits, managing data rooms, and working with outside investment banks. Support acquisitions as needed when strategically interesting opportunities arise.
Process Improvement and AI: Foster a culture of continuous improvement to identify, develop, and implement process changes that increase efficiency and enhance financial controls. Explore and experiment with AI tools and process enhancements to more efficiently deliver on recurring tasks and projects.
Cross-functional Collaboration: Partner with our CEO and other senior leaders to prepare financial updates and analyses, ensuring alignment across the organization. Of particular note, the Blue Cypress Operating System (BCos) is our comprehensive system for strategy and execution. It is based on the principles of Scaling Up, EOS and the work of Jim Collins. You’ll be instrumental in crafting and continually improving this critical element at BC.
Qualifications:
AI intrigues you, more than just theory, you’ve been actively working with a variety of AI tech for some time now and can demonstrate competence in the basic tools, not just curiosity.
You have extreme Excel skills. You’re better at Excel than most anyone you know and probably have forgotten more about it than most people will learn in their lives!
You have a proven track record extremely high pressure environments and thrive in them. You’ve been a CFO or another senior level financial role and are ready for this challenge.
Experience with Microsoft Business Central or a strong technology background capable of being the "Power User" to provide guidance to various business users.
Experience with SaaS business models, professional services organizations, and labor efficiency management.
Expertise with various revenue recognition methodologies appropriate for SaaS, services and managed services types of businesses.
International experience including Transfer Tax Pricing, international money transfer, and compliance.
Strong operational experience to assist in improving labor operational efficiency, lowering costs, and improving profitability through greater labor utilization.
Experience with contracts, contract renewals, and service and product pricing.
Bachelor’s degree, or above, in Accounting
Certified Public Accountant (CPA) current in any USA state.
Prior experience working in public accounting is highly desirable. You must also have experience working within a small to mid-sized business post-CPA firm experience..
Experience with mergers and acquisitions and company formations is a plus.
We are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace and welcome individuals from diverse backgrounds to apply. If you're passionate, have an entrepreneurial spirit, a deep sense of curiosity, and a commitment to experimentation and learning, we would love to hear from you!
Employment type
Full-time
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