Chief Financial Officer

Aery Aviation is an aerospace and defense company headquartered in Newport News, Virginia. We modify, integrate, maintain and operate special-mission aircraft for government and commercial customers. Aery holds an FAA Part 135 air carrier certificate and FAA Part 145 repair station certificates, with operations in Newport News, VA; San Diego, CA; and Cleveland, OH, and a corporate presence in Atlanta, GA.

Our work spans aircraft modification and systems integration, engineering, maintenance and repair, and contracted flight operations supporting the Department of War (DOW) and other federal customers, defense prime contractors, and commercial and medical-aviation operators.

This is a full-scope CFO role in a company where your decisions show up directly in the results, and complex enough that the job takes real technical depth: government cost accounting, multi-site regulated operations, capital-intensive assets and customers who expect audit-ready compliance.

You will lead the finance organization, serve as principal financial advisor to the Executive Committee and Board, and carry a clear mandate to build — people, systems, reporting and controls — to match where the business is going. If you want a seat where finance is treated as a business function rather than a scorekeeping function, this is that seat.

• →Lead financial strategy, budgeting, forecasting, FP&A, accounting, treasury, tax, audit, compliance and internal controls.
• →Serve as principal financial advisor to the Executive Committee and Board of Directors.
• →Deliver accurate, board-ready monthly financial reporting within 15 business days of month-end, and shorten the close from there.
• →Own liquidity: maintain a rolling 12-week cash-flow forecast reviewed weekly with the Executive Committee, alongside a rolling 12-month revenue forecast.
• →Manage working capital, capital allocation, financing activity, banking relationships, credit facilities and covenant compliance.
• →Ensure government-contract billing, cost accounting and financial systems comply with applicable FAR, DFARS, DCAA, contractual and customer requirements, including the annual incurred cost submission.
• →Own the indirect rate structure and maintain visibility into direct and indirect cost, overhead, G&A, program margin and contract profitability.
• →Establish program- and customer-level financial reporting, and partner with Program Management, Operations, Engineering, Contracts and Business Development to act on it.
• →Set and monitor financial and operational KPIs; surface variances, risks and corrective actions early.
• →Evaluate investments, pricing, partnerships, acquisitions and financing alternatives on their economics.
• →Maintain strong internal controls, delegated authorities and risk-management practices, including insurance and bonding.
• →Lead relationships with auditors, tax advisors, lenders, insurers and other financial partners.
• →Build, develop and lead a high-performing finance and accounting team.
• →Drive improvement in ERP, reporting, automation, business intelligence and financial process, with executive oversight of assigned IT, cybersecurity and data governance.

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration or a related discipline.
• 15+ years of progressive finance and accounting experience with significant senior-leadership responsibility.
• Prior experience as a CFO, Vice President of Finance or comparable senior finance executive.
• Strong command of financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, cash management, corporate finance, cost accounting and internal controls.
• A track record of building and executing financial strategy in a growing, operationally complex organization.
• Experience presenting to executive leadership and/or a board of directors.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, communication and decision-making skills.
• High integrity, discretion and sound business judgment.
• Strong proficiency with ERP, financial reporting and business-intelligence systems.
• U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Secret security clearance.
• Develop, implement, integrate systems requirements for Aery success.
• On-site presence required.
• Ability to travel up to 10%

• Experience in aerospace, aviation, defense, government contracting, aircraft maintenance, engineering or another regulated industry.
• Experience supporting aircraft operations, MRO, engineering, aviation services or special-mission programs.
• CPA, CMA, CFA, MBA or a comparable advanced credential.
• Experience with M&A, private equity, capital raising, investment banking, ERP implementation or finance transformation.
• Experience in a privately held, entrepreneurial or rapidly growing middle-market company.

Aery Aviation job descriptions are meant as summarizations only.
They do not necessarily reflect all duties and responsibilities of a position.

For Aery Aviation, the question isn’t: “Can we?” When others are limited in the common approach, Aery Aviation jumps into higher gear asking, “How can we do this?” and then proceeds into problem-solving for customers. This is what customers appreciate most about Aery Aviation - avid tenacity. It’s not cookie cutter production that Aery Aviation is cultivating; it is projects that inspire the Aery Aviation work-family to come together and brainstorm, excited to come to work every day because there is always something inventive and interesting to work on.