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ODC Construction, LLC – www.odcbuilds.com

Title: Chief Strategy Officer

Location: Orlando – Corporate Office (100% in-person office role)

FLSA Status: Exempt

Summary: The Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) serves as an executive leader responsible for advancing ODC's long-term growth strategy, with primary responsibility for acquisitions and post-merger integration.

Reporting directly to the Chief Executive Officer, the CSO leads the acquisition lifecycle from opportunity evaluation and due diligence through transaction execution and integration. The CSO works closely with ODC executive leadership, Synergos, Asahi Kasei, acquisition targets, and external advisors to evaluate opportunities, manage transaction processes, establish appropriate corporate and operating structures, and successfully integrate acquired businesses into the organization.

As a member of the Executive Leadership Team, the CSO helps translate ODC's growth strategy into actionable initiatives and ensures acquisitions are positioned to deliver their intended strategic, financial, and operational value.

Reports to: Chief Executive Officer

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Executive Strategy & Growth

• Serve as a member of ODC's Executive Leadership Team, contributing to the company's strategic direction, growth priorities, and long-term business planning.
• Partner closely with the CEO and executive leadership to evaluate strategic growth opportunities, including acquisitions, new markets, new business lines, and other enterprise initiatives.
• Develop business cases, financial analyses, forecasts, and recommendations to support strategic decision-making.
• Evaluate the financial, operational, organizational, and strategic implications of potential growth opportunities.

Acquisitions

• Lead ODC's acquisition process in close partnership with the CEO, Synergos, Asahi Kasei, and other key stakeholders.
• Coordinate the evaluation of acquisition opportunities and support development of investment theses, valuation analyses, business cases, and transaction recommendations
• Develop and maintain financial models, pro forma forecasts, scenario analyses, and other decision-support materials related to prospective acquisitions.
• Lead and coordinate due diligence across financial, legal, tax, operational, commercial, HR/people operations, IT, fleet, insurance, compliance, and other relevant workstreams.
• Identify transaction risks, opportunities, dependencies, and potential integration considerations and ensure they are appropriately evaluated and communicated to decision-makers.
• Manage due diligence requests, findings, follow-up items, and resolution of open issues throughout the transaction process.
• Maintain transaction timelines, workplans, documentation, and accountability across internal and external stakeholders.
• Support the preparation of materials required for internal and parent-company review and approval.

• Coordinate activities necessary to establish new legal and operating entities associated with acquisitions.

External Advisor & Transaction Partner Management

• Lead the engagement and coordination of third-party advisors supporting acquisition activities, including accounting firms, law firms, business brokers, consultants, and other transaction specialists.
• Establish scopes of work, deliverables, timelines, and expectations for external advisors.
• Coordinate information flow between advisors, acquisition targets, ODC leadership, Synergos, and Asahi Kasei.

Post-Merger Integration

• Lead post-merger integration planning and execution for acquired businesses.
• Develop comprehensive integration strategies, workplans, timelines, governance structures, milestones, and accountability frameworks.
• Coordinate cross-functional integration workstreams involving Legal/Corporate Compliance, Operations, Sales, Project Accounting, HR/People Operations, Fleet, IT, Internal Audit, Marketing and Communications, and other functional areas.
• Coordinate the establishment and implementation of appropriate corporate governance, legal entity structures, banking relationships, financial controls, systems, policies, and business processes.
• Facilitate implementation of Delegation of Authority requirements and other corporate governance standards.
• Coordinate the confirmation, scheduling, and rollout of required internal and external audit activities and ensure identified issues are assigned and tracked through resolution.
• Identify integration risks, dependencies, and barriers and work with executive and functional leaders to resolve issues.
• Establish reporting mechanisms to provide ODC, Synergos, and Asahi Kasei leadership with visibility into integration progress, risks, decisions, and outstanding actions.

• Track integration commitments and ensure accountability for delivering the strategic and operational objectives established for each acquisition.

Qualifications/Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, Strategy, or related field required; MBA or relevant professional credential preferred.
• Significant leadership experience in corporate strategy, mergers and acquisitions, finance, business development, consulting, corporate development, or related disciplines.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex acquisitions, due diligence processes, and/or post-merger integrations.
• Strong financial acumen with demonstrated ability to develop and interpret financial models, forecasts, business cases, and pro forma analyses.
• Working knowledge of transaction structures, corporate governance, financial controls, legal and regulatory considerations, and organizational integration.
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex cross-functional initiatives involving Finance, Legal, HR, IT, Operations, and other corporate functions.
• Experience managing external professional advisors, including accounting, legal, consulting, and transaction partners.
• Exceptional project and program management skills with the ability to manage multiple complex workstreams, dependencies, deadlines, and stakeholders.
• Strong executive communication and presentation skills, including the ability to synthesize complex information into clear recommendations.
• Proven ability to influence and drive accountability across teams without relying solely on direct reporting authority.
• Strong business judgment, analytical capability, discretion, and attention to detail.
• Ability to operate effectively within a complex parent/subsidiary organizational structure and collaborate across multiple levels of leadership.
• High degree of integrity and ability to manage highly confidential business and transaction information.

Physical and Work Environment Requirements:

• Ability to sit for extended periods while working on a computer.
• Occasionally lift and move office supplies (up to 20 lbs) with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Work is performed in an office environment with standard lighting, temperature, and noise levels.

Excellent benefits package, including:

• Competitive salary and bonus
• Health Insurance - Medical, Dental and Vision
• 401k with a generous company match
• Paid time off (PTO) & Company-paid Holidays