CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

Montera Infrastructure is seeking a strategic and execution-focused Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to lead all financial strategies and operations in support of the company’s aggressive growth trajectory. The CFO will be a key member of the executive team, responsible for financial planning, capital strategy, investor relations, and operational finance across a multi-site infrastructure portfolio.

Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer, the CFO will proactively advocate for, create, and protect stakeholder equity value through the proficient management and supervision of all financial and risk management aspects of a high growth business. This will include primary direction of financial controls, financial reporting and optimization, risk management, project financing, strategic investments, corporate development, and overall executive leadership as a key member of the Montera Senior Leadership Team (SLT).

The CFO will oversee the transition of the business from early-stage development through site and facilities design/construction, project financing and into operations and help build a large-scale portfolio of operational assets located across the US. The CFO will work in tandem with all members of the Montera SLT to foster a culture of professionalism, proactive risk awareness and mitigation, personal accountability, respect for others and a passion for innovation and customer satisfaction.

Montera is in a high growth environment and must achieve operational cadence as a high-performing organization in order to execute and deliver on significant growth opportunities. This CFO will ideally come from a sponsor-backed digital infrastructure development firm with capital intensive operations and therefore must be financially strategic, operationally grounded, and growth-oriented.

 Financial Strategy & Management

– Lead capital planning, debt structuring, and equity financing initiatives.
– Manage relationships with private equity partners, lenders, and financial institutions.
– Build a ‘best-in-class’ financial control, oversight and governance function incorporating effective processes and procedures and prudent delegation of authorities.
– Leverage knowledge and relationships in the digital infrastructure markets to effectively support Montera business development and project financings.
– Serve as the primary liaison to Stonepeak and other stakeholders to include the preparation and presentation of board materials, investor updates, and performance dashboards.
– Partner with the CEO to develop and implement short- and long-range business planning and capital deployment to achieve financial strategies and budget objectives.
– Continuously appraise the organization’s financial position and offer dynamic interpretations, recommendations, and forward-thinking scenario analysis.
– Preparation and issuance of timely and accurate financial statements and related filings
– Establish and maintain strong relationships with external service providers (banks, investors, auditors, legal, etc.)
– Oversee corporate income tax planning and compliance.
– Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and financial controls.
– Lead risk management initiatives across financial and operational domains.

Corporate Development

– Support corporate development activities including identifying partnership opportunities, assisting in the opportunity assessment and due diligence process, and structuring transactions.
– Develop, evaluate, and analyze the financial impact of transactions including financing strategies, joint ventures, and acquisitions.
– Prepare plans for new initiatives, including industry and competitive analyses, and monitor and benchmark those launched.
– Participate and support CEO and Board in preparation and management of strategic business plans.
– Oversee the building of financial models for new investments and contribute to due diligence undertakings,
– Coordinate internal and external resources for M&A transactions.

Leadership

– A team-oriented senior executive with demonstrable credibility capable of consistently motivating the Montera finance teams toward timely, actionable, purposeful tasks.
– Identify continuous improvement opportunities to enhance financial structures and processes ensuring sound internal controls and financial decision making.
– Build collaborative and integrated performance objectives and incentivize positive behaviors to achieve goals.
– Demonstrates dynamic, creative and entrepreneurial qualities
– Proactive self-starter with “roll up your sleeves” lead by example style with the ability to shift gears when necessary and work autonomously.
– Direct, insightful, and consultative presentations to internal and external stakeholders including employees, senior managers, Board, investors, and customers where applicable.
– Articulate strategies for bringing Montera’s core strengths services capabilities to life through motivating and directing all functional teams to higher performance.
– Resourceful and performance-driven, motivated to provide timely, identifiable, and measurable results.
– Foster a culture of accountability, transparency, and continuous improvement.

 

KEY QUALIFYING CRITERIA

Precedent – Track record of strategic financial management leadership with an investment sponsor backed, entrepreneurial, high growth, progressive technology focused company.

 Capital Markets – Extensive relationships across debt and equity providers familiar with broad and complex structures and transactions across the digital infrastructure ecosystem.

Invested Environment – Ability to negotiate and support complex capital instruments, deliver on the Board’s requirements for performance forecasting and reporting, and succinctly articulate business case analysis to support decisions.

 Event History – Demonstrated success preparing for and leading a similar sized digital infrastructure product and service solutions technology company through a valuation process, strategic acquisition, recapitalization, and/or IPO.

REIT Structuring – Experience with real estate investment trust (REIT) formation, compliance, and optimization strategies for infrastructure assets.

 Financial Leadership – History of managing a comprehensive, full-function corporate financial organization to include accounting, reporting, strategic planning, and compliance.

 Strategic Contributor – Earnest, courageous, and impactful executive disposition whereby their collaboration on the business model and performance results in positive corporate valuations.  

Accountability – Embraces a highly visible role where daily opportunity identification, analysis, and execution of capital deployments positively affect value creation.

 

WHY CONSIDER THIS OPPORTUNITY WITH MONTERA?

Mission Driven – Montera is building the physical infrastructure that powers the future of AI, cloud computing, and digital transformation. Employees contribute directly to enabling the next generation of technology through hyperscale data centers

High Performance Culture – Montera emphasizes a culture of intentionality, operational excellence, and innovation. The team is described as high-trust, low-ego, and progress-driven. They value curiosity, clarity, transparency, and continuous learning

Human Centered – Unlike many tech companies, Montera uses AI to empower people, not replace them. There are no AI-led interviews or automated assessments—just smart tools that eliminate busy work and let employees focus on high-impact tasks

Flexible – Montera offers a remote-friendly setup for daily work, with in-person collaboration for strategy and connection. There are no rigid office mandates. Accountability with autonomy is a key part of their work philosophy

Meaningful – Employees are expected to help shape a company from the ground up. Montera is still in its early growth phase, which means team members are expected to influence direction, culture, and strategy in a meaningful way

 Financial Strength – Montera benefits from Stonepeak’s capacity to fund development of hyperscale BTS campuses and resulting portfolio management equates to the CFO’s dramatic influence on strategic decisions in a fast-growing, well-capitalized organization.

Progressive – Montera’s unique business model and unique value proposition is a market maker. Montera has the feeling of a startup under a powerful capital partner with precedent success in closely aligned and integrated sectors.

 Creativity – Montera offers the challenge and opportunity to sit at the leading edge of an intersection of multiple colliding market sectors requiring new approaches and definitions to achieve mutually beneficial solutions.

 

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS

The compensation package will be determined relative to the credentials and experience of the final candidate selected by Montera. The package is expected to include a competitive base salary, annual performance bonus, and long-term incentive compensation in the form of equity, and a comprehensive benefits program.

 

SEARCH PROCESS

Following a thorough exchange of information including increasing disclosures on Montera, project portfolio, resume, and Key Qualifying Criteria, CFS Partners anticipates recommending a short list of candidates to Eanna Murphy in September 2025. Finalists will meet with select members of the Montera Senior Leadership Team and the Stonepeak team. The selected finalist will be presented with a compelling and competitive offer contingent on background check and positive references.