Chief Financial Officer/Deputy General Manager, Airports

Airports

Exempt | Location: Westchester/ Venice (LAX-Hyperion)

Annual Salary

$243,460.00 - $355,920.00

contact information

Will Hawkins
310-703-4474
will@thehawkinscompany.com

job description

LAWA is seeking a dynamic, forward-looking Chief Financial Officer (CFO). This is a pivotal leadership role for one of the world’s busiest and most complex airport systems. The CFO will join a leadership team at a critical inflection point responsible for stewarding the financial health of the organization, driving modernization through a major Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system implementation, and driving the financing of LAWA’s capital improvement program. This is an opportunity to shape the future of aviation in Los Angeles, ensure financial resiliency, and serve as a strategic partner to the CEO, CAO, Board of Airport Commissioners, and LAWA’s executive team.

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How to apply

To be considered for this opportunity, please submit your resume and letter of interest electronically, as soon as possible, to: cfo.lawa@thehawkinscompany.com. The letter must outline:

1. Scope and size of the largest budget you have managed

2. Size and depth of the largest teams you have managed

3. Largest workforce supported

4. Two major accomplishments that illustrate your qualifications

Resumes received by October 3, 2025, will receive first consideration. For the complete position description, please visit www.thehawkinscompany.com.

Confidential inquiries are encouraged and should be directed to:

Will Hawkins, VP Executive Search

will@thehawkinscompany.com, 310-703-4474 or

Yonnine Hawkins – Garr, Senior Vice President Executive Search

yonnine@thehawkinscompany.com, 323-252-1655

exempt employment

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General Information About Exempt Employment

Exempt employees serve at the will of the appointing authority, and as such, they may be discharged, suspended or otherwise disciplined without cause. Exempt employees have no property interest in their employment, and any procedural benefit or other prerogative extended to them by their appointing authority is not intended to create and does not create any such property interest. No officer or employee of the City may make to any other officer or employee any representation of a property interest in employment which does not correspond to Charter provisions unless the City Council, by ordinance, permits such representation. No unauthorized representation can serve as the basis of an employee's reliance on, or expectation of, a property interest.

Employees Seeking To Become Civil Service Employees

There is no protective leave for an exempt employee appointed to a civil service position. Upon receiving a civil service appointment and passing probation, the former exempt employee will be subject to the Civil Service provisions described in Article X of the City Charter. Upon appointment, the civil service employee will begin to accrue displacement and layoff seniority on the first day of his/her civil service appointment and may file for promotional examinations for which s/he qualifies. A full or half-time exempt employee appointed to a full or half-time civil service position continues to: contribute to the Retirement System; accrue vacation time; accrue sick time; receive anniversary date salary increases; and, receive health and dental benefits identical to those received in the civil service position.

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