Chief Financial Officer

• Strategic leadership role in a high-growth private company.
• Strong growth trajectory executing proven strategy
• Partner with entrepreneurial Managing Director / Owner.

This is an outstanding opportunity to partner with an entrepreneurial Managing Director / Owner.

The company has a proven strategy and is moving into the next phase of growth. It has an entrepreneurial leader with the vision and ambition. It has the team, capabilities, and financial strength to exploit a significant market opportunity. This opportunity is for an ambitious CFO who wants to bring their expertise and skills to help build a world-class company. 

The Role

The core responsibilities of this role will be to maximise the company’s growth, profitability, and long-term value. This role is broader in scope than a ‘traditional’ CFO role and will be a key strategic partner for the Managing Director / Owner.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Build, lead & develop team.
• Strategic planning process.
• Optimise business, grow profits, fix problems.
• Finance, accounts, cashflow, reporting.
• Commercial, projects, risk, banking, disputes.
• People, performance, recruitment.
• IT infrastructure, systems, support.
• Property, facilities, capital projects.
• Acquisitions (incl integration).

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate will be an outstanding leader who wants to be part of building a world-class company.

You will be intense, restless, competitive, driven to get things done and thrive under pressure. You will be highly analytical, a critical thinker, exceptional with numbers, structured, and goal-oriented. You will like variety, managing multiple priorities, and working at a fast pace. You will be a decision-maker, who fixes problems, believes in progress over perfection, and is driven to win.

The ideal candidate would have the experience below:

• Strong career progression in finance, commercial, or general management (clear ‘A-Player’).
• Experience in a high-growth private business working for the owner, ideally including putting in place the processes and systems required to ‘professionalise’ the business during this critical growth stage.
• M&A experience doing ‘bolt-on’ business acquisitions, including integration. 
• Commercial experience, including contract negotiation and dispute management. 

Beaver is a privately owned, entrepreneurial company led by Josh Beaver. Its main business specialises in the design and manufacture of mineral process technology for the mining industry. Its vision is to build a world-class company that dominates its target niche markets globally. With a proven strategy, the required capabilities, and attractive industry trends, Beaver is well-positioned to grow its business to $250m+ over the next 5-7 years.

Why This Role?

This is an outstanding opportunity.

The company has a proven strategy and is moving into the next phase of growth. It has an entrepreneurial leader with the vision and ambition. It has the team, capabilities, and financial strength to exploit a significant market opportunity. This opportunity is for an ambitious CFO who wants to bring their expertise and skills to help build a world-class company.

Key reasons this is an outstanding opportunity for the right person are:

• Ambition – be part of a leadership team delivering an ambitious growth strategy
• Autonomy – have complete autonomy and accountability for your function.
• Reward – be well rewarded with strong alignment to owner.
• Partner – partner closely with an entrepreneurial leader to build a world-class company.

To find out more, please call Beth Underwood at Miller Leith on 0481 108 ***.

Apply via the link with your resume and cover letter (explaining your suitability and motivation for the role).

An Executive Brief covering the role in more detail will be made available to qualified candidates.