Chief Financial Officer

*We have a strong preference for this role to be in the DMV area (hybrid in Arlington, VA or Silver Spring, MD), but open to remote/U.S. based candidates.
Reporting to Altarum’s Chief Executive Officer, we have an exciting opportunity for a Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to be responsible for leading Altarum in the formulation and execution of its financial strategy. The CFO will play a hands-on role in managing and overseeing finance and accounting functions directly. The CFO also plays a key role supporting operational and financial goals, helping the business scale, and identifying and capturing revenue growth and investment opportunities. Additionally, the CFO may be asked to oversee other functions as part of their responsibilities.

The CFO fosters, promotes, and develops leadership behaviors and performance that creates a collaborative, accountable culture where commitments to customers of the CFO and their reports are consistently met or exceeded.
Key Responsibilities & Ideal Candidate:

Business Strategy & Growth

• Provides financial and business leadership, supporting organizational transformation and growth. 
• Agile and forward-looking leader with deep experience in government contracting. 
• Highly skilled in identifying and managing key drivers for the organization’s financial health and leads in a manner that ensures key results, business goals, and strategic objectives are achieved consistently.
• Creates and articulates an inspiring vision for the organization, not only for the areas they are directly responsible for, but the enterprise as a whole.
• Seeks and analyzes data from a variety of sources to support decisions and to align others with the organization's overall strategy.
• Employs an entrepreneurial and creative approach to developing new, innovative ideas that will stretch the organization and push the boundaries within the industry.
• Effectively balances the desire/need for broad change with an understanding of how much change the organization is capable of handling; to create realistic goals and implementation plans that are achievable and successful.

General Management

• Sets clear and challenging goals while committing the organization to improved performance, acting tenaciously and holding self personally accountable in driving results.
• Comfortable with ambiguity and uncertainty and adapt nimbly and lead others through complex situations.
• Adept at taking calculated risks, seeking input and data from various sources to anticipate potential threats or unintended consequences of decisions.
• High degree of integrity and forethought in their approach to making decisions; they act in a transparent and consistent manner while always considering what is best for the organization.
• Command of Federal government contracting, including regulatory compliance, indirect rate management, and Federal reporting and audits.
• Highly involved in the day-to-day financial and accounting operations, ensuring precision and compliance across all activities. 
• Leverages technology to streamline processes, enhance efficiency, and provide real-time insights that support strategic decisions. 
• Utilizes advanced financial tools and systems helps the organization scale effectively, meeting the demands of growth and transformation.

Team Leadership & People Development

• Attracts and recruits top talent, motivates the team, delegates effectively, celebrates diversity within the team, and manages performance; widely viewed as a strong developer of others.
• Perseverance in the face of challenges and exhibits a steadfast resolve and relentless commitment to higher standards, which commands respect from followers.
• Self-reflective and aware of their own limitations; they lead by example and drive the organization's performance with an attitude of continuous improvement by being open to feedback and self-improvement.

Relationships & Influence

• Naturally connects and builds strong relationships with others, demonstrating strong emotional intelligence and an ability to communicate clearly and persuasively.
• Inspires trust and followership in others through compelling influence, powerful charisma, passion in their beliefs, and active drive, grounded in a strong ethical foundation.
• Encourages others to share the spotlight and visibly celebrate and support the success of the team.
• Creates a sense of purpose/meaning for the team that generates followership beyond their own personality and engages others to the greater purpose for the organization.

Additional Responsibilities

• Lead managers of departments and indirectly, their employees
• Plan, develop, implement, and direct the organization’s business systems an