Clemens Food Group

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Description

The Clemens Family Corporation is seeking a bold, forward-looking Chief Financial Operating Officer to drive our business into the future. This leader will lead the financial areas of the business, anticipate challenges before they surface, challenge the status quo across all functions, and translate insight into decisive action. The CFOO will be a catalyst for growth and transformation—mobilizing people, capital, and strategy to ensure our organization remains ahead in the competitive global protein and real estate industries.

Strategic Leadership & Foresight

• Look beyond finance to shape enterprise-wide strategy and challenge business decisions to ensure sustainable, profitable growth.
• Anticipate risks and opportunities before they appear; deploy proactive solutions to secure long-term competitiveness.
• Push the organization to think and act strategically in every decision, from operations to customer partnerships.
• Ensure decisions align with management, board, and shareholder expectations while securing the long-term health of the business.
• Drive capital allocation, acquisitions, and growth investments with discipline and speed.

Growth & Transformation Driver

• Champion large-scale initiatives that strengthen operations, supply chain, and market presence.
• Forge and deepen strategic customer and partner relationships.
• Serve as a visible industry leader and company ambassador in the community.
• Secure efficient sources of capital and optimize liquidity strategies.
• Lead M&A opportunities end-to-end—from financial evaluation to integration.

Talent & Organizational Agility

• Build a high-performing finance function that is agile, forward-thinking, and deeply integrated into the business.
• Demand accountability and excellence from teams; challenge them to continuously raise performance.
• Identify, coach, and develop future leaders across the organization.
• Ensure succession planning and a strong leadership pipeline.
• Champion cross-functional collaboration to accelerate results and innovation.

Operational & Financial Discipline

• Create a culture where business and finance teams partner together on the highest impact opportunities.
• Establish clear financial expectations and ensure transparent communication of results to stakeholders.
• Create efficiency in finance and accounting so the team can focus on value-creating activities.
• Lead rigorous risk management and mitigation strategies.
• Ensure critical assets are protected while enabling bold, future-focused decision-making.
• Oversee all reporting, compliance, and governance with clarity and precision.

Who You Are

• A strategic challenger who sees around corners and pushes the organization to act decisively.
• A direct and confident operator who thrives in complexity and leads with urgency.
• A proven change agent with 15+ years of leadership in large-scale manufacturing (protein industry experience strongly preferred).
• An inspirational leader of people who builds strong teams, mentors future leaders, and sets a high-performance culture.
• A person who thrives in idea creation, spontaneous problem-solving, and serving as a resource to all areas of the business, and enjoys taking winning ideas to execution.
• A person who is confident yet humble.
• A person who loves process but is okay with ambiguity

Application Note:

Clemens Food Group is not accepting unsolicited resumes from search or staffing firms. All resumes submitted by search or staffing firms to any employee at Clemens Food Group via email, the Internet, or directly without a valid written search agreement for this role, and without having been asked to participate in this by Talent Acquisition, will be deemed the sole property of Clemens Food Group, and no fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired. Firms not authorized to submit candidates will not be eligible for any fee or ownership claim.

Qualifications

Skills

Preferred

Leadership

Expert

Numeric Reasoning

Expert

Numerical Ability

Expert

Budget Management

Expert

Behaviors

Preferred

Team Player

: Works well as a member of a group

Leader

: Inspires teammates to follow them

Detail Oriented

: Capable of carrying out a given task with all details necessary to get the task done well

Motivations

Preferred

Financial

: Inspired to perform well by monetary reimbursement

Ability to Make an Impact

: Inspired to perform well by the ability to contribute to the success of a project or the organization

Education

Required

Bachelors or better in Accounting or related field.

Preferred

Masters or better in Accounting or related field.

Experience

Required

Demonstrated ability to think strategically and create a vision for growth, including experience developing strategic plans. Must bring creativity and passion to the organization and possess a broad institutional perspective while embracing change and innovation

Must possess a proven ability to oversee and coordinate multiple priorities in a very dynamic, fast-paced environment while providing resourceful and inspirational leadership and mentoring to a professional team

Proven track record of exceptional leadership leading people and driving results with a demonstrated ability to organize and build effective teams and implement best practices. ERP systems and strong excel skills required, including experience with tier one manufacturing software. Experienced and highly proficient in the use of Microsoft Office Suite, advanced Excel skills.

15 years:

Leadership experience, in a multi-facility manufacturing and distribution environment required, with food/protein company experience preferred

15 years:

Progressive financial management experience.

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