Chief Financial Officer

March 10

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Apex Wheels

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Apex Wheels is a company specializing in aftermarket wheels and automotive accessories. They offer a variety of products including wheels, spacers, center caps, TPMS & valve stems, and centering rings. Apex Wheels provides resources such as vehicle fitment guides and customer support to enhance the performance of vehicles. They also offer a wholesale dealer portal and encourage prospective dealers to join the network. The company emphasizes real performance and offers a replacement program, along with extensive customer support services.

11 - 50 employees

Founded 2007

📋 Description

• Are you tired of crunching the numbers for a dull industry? Are you a data-driven financial leader with a passion for motorsports? Do you want to make your own mark on a business that’s hungry to grow and evolve? If this sounds like you, then keep reading. We’re in search of our first Chief Financial Officer to take us to the next level. • Apex is a leading provider of high-performance automotive wheels and accessories, catering to the motorsport and performance car enthusiast community. We have a strong vision for the future, a powerful narrative about our products, and an enthusiastic team to execute our plans. We’ve been in business for over 17 years and our team of 40+ staff are spread out remotely across the USA. • Take over the financial reins from our CEO and provide dedicated focus to our numbers, elevating our attention to cashflow, budgets, spend, and department efficiency. Your success is measured by how hands off the CEO can be for day-to-day financial operations, how well you can boost the decision making of our management teams, and how helpful you can be during our fund raising process. • As Apex’s CFO, you’ll play a crucial role in driving our financial strategy for growth and profitability. You’ll need to implement new processes and workflows in order to remove the CEO from the current accounting process. One of your first major projects will be to support our CEO as he works with our investment bank to secure growth funds for both Apex and a joint venture for a dedicated factory. You’ll support the due diligence process, and all post-funding reporting requested by investors. • Currently, the day-to-day is handled by one talented Senior Accountant, and many of the automations we put in place. The must-do items get done but we’re missing a critical layer of review and reporting. We aren’t looking for a CFO to lead an army of accountants. We’re looking for someone who brings us the analysis, wisdom and decision-making that we need to get through this upcoming funding raise and to make better decisions. While the team is small, this will initially be a more hands-on role, establishing and delivering those reports or working through special projects to help cut various costs. You’ll scale the team as the company grows. • The company is hungry for a leader who can give dedicated attention to key metrics. We want our Customer Service Managers to be thinking about cost-per-call in their analysis, not just calls taken per day. We want our Purchasing Managers to think about rent and interest rates when deciding how much product to hold on hand. We want a data-driven CFO to work with our COO to elevate our reporting so that we don’t get fooled by vanity metrics, or look at an incomplete picture. • Apex has never had a CFO before - we're at a very exciting time in our company evolution! We will want to work on a short-term contract basis with potential CFO candidates before making a formal offer of employment. We might choose to work with multiple individuals before making a decision.

🎯 Requirements

• A Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, business administration, or a related field required. A master's degree in finance, accounting, or business is preferred. • CPA, CFA, or other relevant financial certification is strongly preferred. • 10+ years of progressive financial experience, with at least 5 years served in a senior leadership role. • Experience supporting mergers, acquisitions and investor reporting in a senior leadership position required. • Experience in identifying and mitigating financial risks, including operational, credit, and market risks. • Experience supporting compliance, audits, due diligence, Quality of Earnings, etc. • Experience with eCommerce-based businesses that hold inventory and distribute products is required. • Proficiency in financial modeling, forecasting, and analysis. • Knowledge of regulatory and compliance requirements, including tax laws, audit standards, financial reporting, GAAP, IFRS, and financial compliance requirements. • Experience with financial software and systems (ERP: Netsuite preferred. Third-party budgeting and reporting tools.) and ability to implement system enhancements. • Advanced proficiency in Excel or other spreadsheet software. • Technical proficiency with Mac, Slack, Google Suite, Payroll systems (Rippling), performance management systems (Lattice), Project Management systems (Click-Up) is preferred. • Proven experience leading, building, and developing high-performing finance and accounting teams. • Prior experience working in a remote working environment. • Ability to occasionally travel to HQ in California (estimated to be less than 4 times per year for leadership summits and team-building events). • Successful candidates for this position must pass a background check, including a credit check, a criminal background check, institutional and educational validation, work history validation, and personal reference checks.

🏖️ Benefits

• Base annual salary between $180,000 - 250,000 depending on experience • Work remotely from anywhere in the contiguous US • 100% Apex paid employee medical, dental, and vision benefits with buy-up options • Robust company contributions towards dependent medical benefits • 401k with employer matching • Paid vacation leave • Paid sick leave • Paid holidays • Professional development assistance • A flexible working environment where work/life integration is encouraged • Support your track addiction with reimbursements for HPDE and autocross event registration fees • Eligibility for the SEMA college grant and loan forgiveness program • Casual in-office dress environment where T-shirts, jeans, and shorts are welcome • Employee discounts and freebies on Apex products and swag • Participate in company activities including karting, spectating at races, track days, and more