A portfolio company needs a finance leader who can produce a defensible number quickly and manage cash under pressure. You take the CFO seat, install the reporting discipline the sponsor requires, and either stabilize the function for a permanent hire or carry the business through a specific event — a covenant issue, a system conversion, an exit process.
Get to a cash forecast you trust. Get to a close you trust. Then start improving the numbers rather than defending them.
Strong plus: ERP conversion experience; exit or sale process participation; distressed or turnaround situations; CPA or MBA.