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This role will also provide leadership and strategic direction to the following areas as they will all report directly to this key leadership position: accounting, finance, forecasting, strategic planning, legal, real estate, construction, purchasing, investor relations, and private and institutional financing. The successful person for this role is someone looking for a role anchored in the CFO responsibilities, however makes an impact well beyond the technical and traditional CFO role. 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