Chief Financial Officer (Savannah)

Chief Financial Officer / VP of Finance

Location: Coastal Georgia / South Carolina Region

Compensation: Approximately $250,000 Annually

Reports To: CEO and Ownership

Position Overview

A large, high-growth diversified enterprise is seeking a strategic and operationally strong Chief Financial Officer / VP of Finance to lead the finance and accounting function across a complex multi-entity organization. This individual will provide executive financial leadership for a business approaching $1B in annual sales and overseeing 42 entities across automotive, real estate, parts distribution, and rental operations.

This role is ideal for a finance executive who can balance strategic leadership with hands-on oversight in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment. The CFO will partner closely with ownership, the CEO, and the enterprise board to support continued growth, improve reporting visibility, strengthen controls, and lead a large accounting organization through expansion and transformation.

Company Overview

The organization has experienced significant growth, expanding from 350 employees in 2012 to 808 employees in 2025 . Its portfolio includes:

• Automotive Groups: with dealership and ancillary operations
• 14 Dealerships: across Georgia and South Carolina
• AutoParts: a rapidly growing parts distribution and manufacturing business operating across South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, with fleet growth from 8 trucks in 2022 to 33 trucks today
• Car Rental , a 3-site rental operation managed in partnership with Hertz Enterprise and insurance relationships totaling approximately $20MM

Key Responsibilities

• Provide executive financial leadership across a diversified enterprise with 42 legal entities
• Oversee all accounting, finance, reporting, budgeting, forecasting, cash management, and internal controls
• Lead and develop a 30-person accounting team , including a highly centralized accounting structure supporting the automotive group
• Partner with the CEO, ownership, and board on financial strategy, growth initiatives, and enterprise performance
• Support finance operations across automotive dealerships, ancillary business lines, real estate operations, rental operations, and parts distribution
• Ensure accurate and timely financial reporting across a large and evolving entity structure
• Drive process improvement and scalability as the organization continues to grow
• Oversee external relationships, including the company’s CPA firm specializing in the automotive industry
• Provide insight into profitability by business line, entity, and operating division
• Support board reporting and executive-level performance analytics
• Leverage reporting tools and systems including QuickBooks Pro , CDK , and Power BI
• Partner with operational leadership in both production and management divisions to drive financial performance
• Maintain and improve financial support for a management company that operates as a profit center
• Help oversee and support an ESOP that has been self-funded for 11 years

Ideal Background

• Progressive finance leadership experience, ideally in a multi-entity , high-growth , and operationally complex environment
• Experience in automotive, dealership, multi-location businesses Required
• Strong knowledge of accounting operations, financial controls, consolidations, and executive reporting
• Experience leading large accounting teams and developing leadership beneath the CFO level
• Ability to operate both strategically and tactically in an entrepreneurial organization
• Comfort working across multiple business lines with different operating models
• Experience with private ownership structures and board interaction
• CPA preferred