Chief Financial Officer - CLevelCrossing

Employ is seeking a dynamic, growth-oriented Chief Financial Officer to guide the company’s continued growth acceleration and enterprise value creation. The successful candidate will have proven experience scaling private equity-backed SaaS/enterprise software companies through organic and M&A led growth strategies.

The Employ CFO will have a broad range of leadership responsibilities, from board room discussions and public speaking engagements to hands-on oversight of Employ’s finance, legal, operations, IT, and Security teams and be a key member of the Employ executive leadership team. They must thrive in a high-growth, fluid, and metrics-oriented environment, with a deep passion for driving results. This role reports to the CEO of Employ.

CFO Responsibilities:

1. Lead finance, legal, business intelligence, IT & Security teams
2. Serve as a key member of the Employ executive leadership team
3. Assess, evaluate, and optimize financial performance
4. Manage strategic planning and budgeting process
5. Partner with the Executive Leadership Team to establish and achieve yearly top and bottom-line financial objectives
6. Partner with CEO on M&A strategy, transactions, capital fundraising and integration planning
7. Optimize and improve the efficiency of internal Company operations
8. Implement, maintain, and audit internal financial controls, policies, and procedures
9. Prepare and present regular financial reports as required by management and Board of Directors
10. Strong leadership presence. Internal/external storyteller and simplifier
11. Public speaking – both internally and externally with industry analysts and investors
12. Manage the preparation and support of all external audits and diligence requests
13. Oversee the management of the Company’s capitalization table

CFO Requirements:

1. Experience scaling a $100M company to $500M and beyond either as a CFO or senior executive finance executive
2. Proven experience in a private equity or public company high growth business; prior experience taking a company public a strong plus
3. Strategic/operational CFO who will be a strong business partner to the CEO and be externally facing to customers/partners/board of investors
4. Previous experience in high growth, enterprise software environments and track record of successfully scaling a SaaS business
5. Experience with M&A (both buying and selling) and post-acquisition integration
6. International business experience
7. Deep SaaS model experience, services a plus
8. Direct and indirect customer acquisition model experience
9. “Hands-on” financial team leadership approach
10. M&A and integration experience
11. Ability to influence and motivate staff inside and outside immediate span of control
12. Outstanding communication and presentation skills
13. Excellent analytical, reasoning, and problem-solving skills
14. CPA or MBA preferred

This position is based in our Waltham, MA office. This role requires the ability to travel as needed.

About Employ:

Employ empowers organizations of all sizes to overcome their greatest recruiting and talent acquisition challenges. Offering a combination of purpose-built intelligent software technologies, services, and industry expertise, Employ provides businesses of all sizes with powerful solutions for recruiting a diverse workforce. Through its JazzHR and Jobvite technologies, coupled with NXTThing RPO services, Employ serves more than 12,000 customers across all industries.

Employ is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are solely based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications without regard to race, gender, religion, ethnicity, age, or any other status protected by the laws and regulations where we operate.