The posting for this role mentions quarterly board and audit committee materials, heavy travel to operating sites, and a calendar that needs to be managed as closely as the budget. I have spent the past five years doing that for the CEO of Piedmont Fiber Networks, and I would like to bring it to a finance leader.
Each quarter I build our board book in Diligent for nine directors. I set the section deadlines with six department heads, chase the late ones, check page numbering and version history, and publish seven days before the meeting. In five years we have not missed that date. Day to day I run a calendar of 35 to 45 meetings a week across three time zones and reconcile the CEO's Concur card each month without a rejected report.
Travel is where planning gets tested. On a five-city investor roadshow last year, two connecting flights were cancelled on the same afternoon. I had rebooked the CEO, moved a dinner by an hour and told both hosts before he landed. I also keep the executive committee minutes and hold files that only the CEO and our General Counsel can see, so I understand how an office handling earnings or deal information has to run.
I would welcome a conversation about how your CFO likes to work and what the first quarter in the role would need to cover. I can be available on short notice.