The Role
Lead finance and accounting for a growing agriculture business, partner with the CEO on capital strategy, manage lender relationships and debt, oversee systems and core financial processes, build a small finance team, and support M&A diligence and financing.
Summary Generated by Built In
- Lead the finance and accounting function at a growing food production company
- Serve as a key strategic partner to the CEO and executive leadership team
- $250–280K+ base salary + annual bonus + equity; remote within California
Responsibilities
- Partner with the CEO on capital structure, capital allocation, and long-term financial strategy
- Own lender relationships and debt strategy, including refinancing and covenant management
- Lead cash and working-capital planning, including a recurring 13-week cash flow forecast
- Work with operations leaders to analyze production costs, facility and product-level economics, labor efficiency, and capital investments
- Translate financial and operational data into decisions that improve margins and asset performance
- Bring independent, rigorous financial judgment to executive decisions
- Set the multi-year direction for finance and accounting as the company scales
- Build and manage a lean finance team, determining what should be handled in-house, outsourced, or automated
- Modernize the financial systems and reporting stack, including ERP, FP&A, BI, Databricks or similar data platforms, and operational data
- Replace manual reporting with automated, real-time tools that enable self-service analysis, monitor KPIs, and flag performance changes
- Oversee month-end close, A/P, A/R, budgeting, forecasting, and management reporting
- Support due diligence, financing, and integration for M&A initiatives
Qualifications
- 7+ years in an enterprise-wide financial leadership role
- Experience in an asset-heavy business such as food production, manufacturing, industrial services, logistics, or distribution
- Track record of building or scaling a finance function
- Experience modernizing financial systems and implementing ERP, BI, cloud data, automation, or reporting platforms
- Strong understanding of operational finance, cost structures, capital investment, working capital, and unit economics
- Ability to turn complex financial and operational data into clear recommendations and measurable action
- Strong analytical judgment and clear, direct communication
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or a related field required
- Experience with acquisition-led growth or M&A integration preferred
- Must be based in California and willing to travel within the state
Skills Required
- 7+ years in an enterprise-wide financial leadership capacity
- Food, agribusiness, or manufacturing experience
- Experience building or scaling a finance function
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business, or a related field
- Strong analytical skills and clear, direct communication
- Experience with acquisition-led growth or M&A integration
- Must be based in California
- Willing to travel within California
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The Company
What We Do
3P Partners is an executive search and recruiting firm focused on the consumer packaged goods (CPG), food and beverage, agribusiness, and logistics sectors. Founded in Visalia, California, it helps companies identify and place senior leaders across finance, human resources, operations, engineering, supply chain, and commercial functions. The firm serves more than 200 food and beverage companies across North America, Australia, and New Zealand.
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