The Challenge
A multi-location automotive retail and service organization with integrated warehouse and distribution operations needed a Chief Financial Officer to support its next growth phase. This was not a role focused on reporting and board presentations.
The company needed a strategic partner and operational leader able to shift seamlessly between boardroom, back office, and retail environments. The ideal candidate could improve reporting infrastructure, support systems implementation, manage inventory-heavy environments, create financial discipline across locations, and build scalable infrastructure to support expansion.
The role required experience leading a $75M–300M+ company and a willingness to work onsite. Faced with this difficult profile, the company turned to Alliance Resource Group.
The Solution
Alliance recruiters identified the technical skills and leadership style that the role required. Then, the team quickly searched its deep network of finance executives for true “operator CFOs” whose experience was not mainly strategic or corporate.
The recruiters vetted that select pool of CFOs further, evaluating their skills in accounting, FP&A, treasury, systems, and operational leadership. This method enabled Alliance to present two exceptional candidates who precisely met the role’s requirements within 24 hours and three more within the week.
After expedited interviews, the client made an offer, which its preferred candidate accepted.
The Outcome
The new CFO brought hands-on operational and financial leadership experience across $75M–$300M+ organizations, with deep expertise in multi-location finance, inventory management, and financial transformation. From first contact with Alliance to offer acceptance, the hiring process took just over one month.
Leveraging Alliance’s network of pre-vetted talent significantly reduced time to hire, and the CFO immediately began evaluating and strengthening the accounting team to support the company’s rapid growth.