Divisional VP of Finance

Overview

The Divisional VP of Finance is the senior finance leader for the Gulf and South Divisions. This role drives financial strategy, governance, and performance to grow value for investors and stakeholders.

The position owns divisional FP&A, accounting, cash management, and construction WIP reporting. The leader partners closely with Divisional VPs of Operations, operations leadership, and Project Managers.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Division VPs of Operations and operation company leaders to achieve growth objectives; translate growth strategies into actionable targets.
• Lead divisional FP&A and strategic initiatives while running the division’s accounting and finance function; train local finance teams in best practices.
• Serve as the point of contact for systems integrations.
• Deliver budgets, reports, and trend analysis; improve budgeting and forecasting; teach other departments strong financial practices.
• Advise on financial aspects of long-term strategy, new initiatives, regulatory actions, contracts, and M&A or alliances.
• Build a reliable cash-flow projection process and set minimum cash levels.
• Improve policies, systems, and procedures; strengthen the finance team’s structure.
• Own the monthly WIP schedule for the division, including:
  • Ensure revenue is recognized correctly under ASC 606 using cost-to-cost percent-of-completion.
  • Ensure over- and under-billings are accurately captured and reconciled to the general ledger.
• Track backlog, project margins, and labor productivity; provide Operations with project-level dashboards and early warnings on at-risk jobs.
• Prepare WIP and financial reporting for sureties, lenders, and auditors; support bonding capacity.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in finance or accounting.
• 10–15 years in finance, including 5–7 years in financial planning and management and at least 5 years leading finance teams.
• Background in construction, multi-site service businesses, or PE-backed companies.
• Deep experience with construction WIP accounting, percent-of-completion revenue recognition, and project-level financial controls.
• Working knowledge of procurement, project, contract, and vendor management, and construction best practices.
• Experience with systems integration and data migration projects (a strong plus).
• Strong written and verbal communication and leadership skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office or similar software.
• Ability to travel up to 30% of the time.

Preferred Qualifications

• CPA.
• Master’s degree.
• Experience with ERP systems, including NetSuite, Workday, and Salesforce.

Compensation & Benefits

• Competitive compensation and benefits (details not specified).

Location

• Gulf and South Divisions (travel up to 30% of the time).