Chief Financial Officer (CFO)

This is a U.S. based position. All of the programs we support require U.S. citizenship to be eligible for employment. All work must be conducted within the continental U.S.

Who we are:

Raft (https://goraft.tech) is a customer-obsessed non-traditional small business with a purposeful focus on Distributed Data Systems, Platforms at Scale, and Complex Application Development, with headquarters in Reston, VA. Our range of clients include innovative federal and public agencies leveraging design thinking, cutting edge tech stack, and cloud native ecosystem. We build digital solutions that impact the lives of millions of Americans.

We’re looking for an experienced Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to support our growing efforts and join our passionate team of high-impact problem solvers. This is a unique opportunity to help build and shape a game-changing organization where we put our customers and people first.

About the role:

The CFO will lead all day-to-day financial & accounting operations, with functional responsibility for accounting, accounts payable and receivable, payroll, and provide support to external auditors on annual and quarterly financial statement reviews.  Responsibilities also include production of recurring financial reports to support the broader executive team and board, proper maintenance of accounting records, accurate processing of financial transactions, administration of a comprehensive set of controls and annual budget process designed to support strategic decision making, actively monitor corporate investment spending & research and development for the high ROI, mitigate risk, ensure that reported results comply with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and other regulatory agencies, adhere to contract management standards.

What we are looking for: 

• Leads from a CFO seat or has significant, high-quality senior finance experience in comparable companies.
• Successful track record working in high-growth, technology focused companies.
• Experience at one or more companies backed by venture capital or private equity firms, with an understanding of best practices and processes surrounding institutional investors, ideally with quality growth-oriented sponsors investing with a similar growth stage thesis.
• Strong understanding of best practices in private equity ecosystems, including ability to budget against investments, manage the company towards and articulate key components of an investment thesis, and support value creation initiatives (i.e., tuck-in or transformative M&A, growth investments, among others)
• Demonstrated ability navigating a firm’s transition from small business or set-aside contracts to prime full and open work.
• Experience accelerating top line revenue while also expanding gross margins and EBITDA.
• Preferred experience with both service and product offerings, with an understanding of leveraging IP and proprietary technology across a customer base
• Experience defining, reporting, and exceeding KPIs to Board, executive leadership team, and broader company, with the ability to both monitor quantitatively and craft a narrative behind the financials.
• Strong preference, but not required, to have led at least one exit, ideally to a strategic acquirer.
• Demonstrated ability and successful track record of identifying, leading and improving financial planning best practices.
• High level of qualitative messaging in connection with financial reporting that communicates a point of view and cogent story of company’s position.
• Strong understanding of M&A process with ability to work in conjunction with and support sponsor workstreams on various components of an acquisition process.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide leadership to all accounting and finance areas of the organization.
• Provide useful financial insights, analysis, and recommendations to assist management in formulating and executing business plans and achieving goals.
• Provide financial analyses and models, as needed, for pricing decisions, contract negotiations and various investment decisions.
• Ensure that all financial transactions are processed accurately, in a timely manner, and in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, maintaining a strong system of record for all financial accounts and transactions.
• Develop, implement, and maintain processes and controls that are current best practices related to transaction processing.
• Prepare and analyze accurate monthly financial and management reports, involving month-end closing procedures and reconciliations, including income statement, balance sheet, cash flow statemen