The Herring Group

Role Description The Herring Group is seeking a Financial Leadership Partner (CFO Level Consultant) to work remotely in Texas or Georgia. This role involves: - Holding a portfolio of SMB clients (companies with $3M–$50M in revenue) as their outsourced financial leader. - Owning the models, forecasts, dashboards, and KPIs that leadership actually uses. - Helping owners and management teams translate numbers into decisions every month. - Pushing clients on pricing, labor efficiency, and identifying leaking margins. - Improving methodology, delivery, and tools through client engagements. Qualifications - 10–20 years of experience in financial leadership roles such as CFO, Controller, FP&A Director, Principal Consultant, or Business Owner. - Experience working inside SMBs, understanding owner concerns. - Ability to build financial models and facilitate impactful conversations. - Preference for focused work hours (30–35 hours per week) over longer, unfocused ones. - Desire for meaningful, interesting, and challenging work with high autonomy. Requirements - Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or Economics, or an MBA preferred. - Minimum 10 years of experience in financial leadership. - Hands-on experience supporting small to mid-sized businesses ($3M–$100M+ in annual revenue). - Proven ability to drive profitability improvement, margin expansion, and cash flow optimization. - Advanced proficiency in financial modeling, dashboards, and analytics tools. - Exceptional communication, presentation, and relationship-building skills. - Ability to manage multiple client engagements concurrently in a fast-paced consulting environment. - Previous business owner or entrepreneurial experience is considered a strong plus. - Must reside in Texas or Georgia. Benefits - Health insurance. - PTO and vacation. - Simple IRA match.