Chief Financial Officer (CFO)

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Romeo, MI, USA
In-Office
Expert/Leader
Aerospace • Automotive • Industrial • Manufacturing
The Role
Lead global financial strategy, planning, reporting, accounting, treasury, risk management, M&A, and operational finance for a multinational manufacturing company. Advise the CEO and shareholders, optimize costs, cash flow, capital investments, and working capital, ensure global compliance and controls, and build a high-performing finance organization. Significant domestic and international travel is required.
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Job Title: Chief Financial Officer (CFO)  

Reports to: Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

Direct Reports: Finance Directors, Legal Director, Shareholder Services


Would you like to work for a company where ambitious spirits and creativity thrive? L&L Products offers a culture that grows talent and flourishes with innovation. It is a place where you are encouraged to take control of your own professional development by using L&L’s extensive training opportunities to craft solutions to the industry’s hottest problems. Here is where quality of work, product and relationships are a priority. 

L&L Products is built on the basic philosophy that good people working together, listening to each other’s ideas with an open mind and everyone wanting to do a little better each day will ensure our success. Our existence is full of wise principles, sacrifices and victories, laughs, and lasting memories that tell us exactly who we are. How we came to be great company, the caring family that we are today.


Duties / Responsibilities of this position: 

Financial Strategy & Business Partnership

  • Develop and execute the company’s financial strategy to support growth, margin expansion, and strong cash generation.
  • Serve as a trusted advisor to the CEO and shareholders on strategic initiatives, capital investments, and enterprise risk.
  • Support long-term strategic planning, including new plant investments, geographic expansion, and product portfolio optimization.
  • Balance near-term financial performance with sustainable long-term value creation.

Manufacturing & Operational Finance 

  • Partner with operations, supply chain, and commercial leaders to improve plant performance, cost structure, and productivity.
  • Oversee global product costing, standard cost systems, variance analysis, and margin management.
  • Lead working capital optimization initiatives across inventory, receivables, and payables.
  • Guide capital expenditure (CapEx) planning, ROI analysis, and post-investment performance reviews.

Financial Planning, Reporting & Analysis 

  • Lead global budgeting, forecasting, and long-range financial planning processes.
  • Deliver accurate, timely financial reporting and actionable insights for executive leadership and shareholders.
  • Define, monitor, and communicate KPIs related to manufacturing efficiency, profitability, cash flow, and growth.
  • Ensure appropriate transparency while maintaining confidentiality consistent with a privately held company.

Accounting, Controls & Compliance 

  • Ensure compliance with U.S. GAAP and local statutory requirements across international subsidiaries.
  • Maintain robust internal controls and governance appropriate for a private manufacturing enterprise.
  • Oversee external audits, tax compliance, and statutory filings across multiple jurisdictions.
  • Ensure proper accounting for inventory, fixed assets, capital projects, intercompany transactions, and global transfer pricing policies.

Treasury, Cash Flow & Risk Management 

  • Manage global cash flow, liquidity, and banking relationships.
  • Optimize capital structure and oversee debt facilities, as applicable.
  • Manage foreign exchange exposure, commodity pricing risk, and other financial market risks.
  • Oversee insurance programs and enterprise risk management activities.

Mergers, Acquisitions & Strategic Investments 

  • Evaluate and execute acquisitions, joint ventures, and strategic investments aligned with growth objectives.
  • Lead financial due diligence, valuation, transaction structuring, and integration planning.
  • Ensure effective post-acquisition integration and realization of financial and operational synergies.

Leadership & Organizational Development 

  • Build, lead, and develop a high-performing global finance and accounting organization.
  • Embed finance business partners within operational functions to strengthen decision-making.
  • Foster a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and financial discipline.
  • Ensure succession planning and ongoing talent development within the finance organization
Job Requirements:
  • Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field (required).
  • MBA, CPA, CFA, or equivalent professional credential (preferred).
  • Minimum 15 years of progressive finance leadership experience, including senior executive roles.
  • Significant experience in a manufacturing environment, preferably within a multinational organization.
  • Strong background in cost accounting, inventory management, and capital-intensive operations.
  • Experience working with owners, family shareholders, or private-equity sponsors strongly preferred.
  • Strong operational and commercial acumen with a hands-on leadership approach.
  • Deep understanding of manufacturing economics and global supply-chain finance.
  • Proven ability to lead complex organizations across regions, cultures, and facilities.
  • Pragmatic, results-oriented, and effective at translating strategy into execution.
  • High integrity, sound judgment, and commitment to ethical business practices.
  • Clear, confident, and persuasive communicator with executives, shareholders, and operational leaders.
  • Significant travel required, including international flights up to 15 hours; approximately 9+ trips per year.
Competencies: 
  • Performance Driven
  • Communication 
  • Customer Centric
  • Passion/Values
  • Innovation
  • Safety/Sustainability
  • Collaboration 
  • Leadership
  • Ability to travel extensively by car or plane, domestically & internationally 
  • Continuous sitting 
  • Extensive computer use (keyboard, mouse, monitor)
  • Occasional standing and walking 
  • Rare climbing of stairs, bending & stooping  
  • Excellent total compensation package
  • 100% company paid medical, dental, and vision
  • Onsite medical clinic
  • Generous 401K contributions
  • Top-notch wellness program with a focus on your total well-being

Physical Demands Analysis: 

  • Ability to travel extensively by car or plane, domestically & internationally 
  • Continuous sitting 
  • Extensive computer use (keyboard, mouse, monitor)
  • Occasional standing and walking 
  • Rare climbing of stairs, bending & stooping  
  • Excellent total compensation package
  • 100% company paid medical, dental, and vision
  • Onsite medical clinic
  • Generous 401K contributions
  • Top-notch wellness program with a focus on your total well-being
Benefits
  • Excellent total compensation package
  • 100% company paid medical, dental, and vision
  • Onsite medical clinic
  • Generous 401K contributions
  • Top-notch wellness program with a focus on your total well-being
Equal Opportunity Employer

L&L Products does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, weight, height, marital status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law. L&L Products will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities unless doing so would result in undue hardship. 

Skills Required

  • Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field
  • Minimum 15 years of progressive finance leadership experience, including senior executive roles
  • Significant experience in a manufacturing environment
  • Strong background in cost accounting, inventory management, and capital-intensive operations
  • Strong operational and commercial acumen with a hands-on leadership approach
  • Deep understanding of manufacturing economics and global supply-chain finance
  • Proven ability to lead complex organizations across regions, cultures, and facilities
  • Pragmatic, results-oriented, and effective at translating strategy into execution
  • High integrity, sound judgment, and commitment to ethical business practices
  • Clear, confident, and persuasive communication with executives, shareholders, and operational leaders
  • MBA, CPA, CFA, or equivalent professional credential
  • Experience in a multinational organization
  • Experience working with owners, family shareholders, or private-equity sponsors
  • Significant travel, including international flights up to 15 hours and approximately 9 or more trips per year
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The Company
100 Employees
Year Founded: 1958

What We Do

L&L Products is a family-owned, business-to-business applied engineering and materials science company. It develops customized and standard material and engineering solutions for static sealing, acoustic improvement, vibration reduction, structural reinforcement, and composite components. Serving automotive, aerospace, commercial vehicle, rail, and industrial customers, it combines research and development, materials science, engineering, prototyping, testing, and global manufacturing to deliver lighter, stronger, quieter products.

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