Job Title: Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
Reports To: CEO
Position Overview
Allen Distribution is seeking a Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to serve as a strategic and operational partner to the CEO and the Executive Team during a period of accelerated growth. As a privately held, family-influenced organization, the CFO will balance entrepreneurial agility with financial discipline, ensuring the company scales responsibly while preserving its core values.
This is position is focused on strategic initiatives, strengthening financial infrastructure, improving visibility into performance, and aligning finance with operations across a growing distribution network.
Key Responsibilities
Develop and execute plans to support long-term strategic initiatives
Build and scale the finance function, including FP&A capabilities
Develop site-level and customer-level profitability reporting
Partner with operations to track labor, throughput, and margin
Lead forecasting, and scenario modeling
Support expansion decisions with ROI and capital planning
Lead cash flow management, banking relationships, and capital structure execution
Implement scalable financial systems and reporting tools
Ensure compliance, controls, and risk management
Serve as a member of executive leadership team
Build and develop high performing leaders within the FP&A team
Establish KPI frameworks aligned with EBITDA, cash flow, and ROIC
Drive initiatives around working capital optimization.
Qualifications
Masters degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field
1015+ years of financial leadership experience
Experience in logistics, distribution, or supply chain
Proven ability to scale finance functions in high-growth environments
Strong financial modeling and operational finance expertise
Leadership Style
Engaged and builder mentality
Strong business partner to operations and ownership
High accountability
Practical and solutions-oriented
Effective communicator across all levels
Success Metrics
Improved visibility into profitability across sites and customers
Accurate and forward-looking financial forecasts
Strong cash flow management and capital discipline
Implement decision-grade reporting for CEO and operations leaders
Scalable financial infrastructure to support growth