VP of Finance - TBEI

Job Summary

The Vice President of Finance leads all aspects of the company’s financial function, including accounting, financial reporting, planning and forecasting, treasury, credit and collections, tax, and intercompany accounting. This role manages five divisional Controllers and a Financial Analyst and serves as a key strategic partner to senior leadership.

The VP of Finance drives financial performance through insightful analysis, strong cost and standard cost accounting practices, and effective business-unit reporting. Responsibilities include managing cash flow, audits, tax strategy, insurance and retirement programs, providing US GAAP guidance, and supporting acquisition due diligence and integration.

The Vice President of Finance provides direct leadership and oversight to five Divisional Controllers and one Financial Analyst. This role is responsible for hiring, training, performance management, coaching, and professional development of the finance team, while fostering a collaborative, high-performance culture aligned with organizational goals.

• Serve as a business partner and advisor to the other members of the senior management team, communicating frequently on business issues.
• Proactively improve financial performance across the company by providing all required and relevant financial information to the management team to support sound decision making.
• Develop in depth analyses of costs, product and customer profitability, key performance metrics, and/or trend analyses and recommend areas of focus for the management team.
• Work with the business unit managers and staff to develop reports that enable effective monitoring of business unit performance.
• Effectively manage cash flows, credit and collections across the enterprise, including developing policies and procedures to ensure that accounts payable and receivable are managed efficiently and proactively.
• Clearly develop and define the goals of the financial organization and communicate them throughout the company.
• Manage external and internal resources to effectively and cost-efficiently complete audits, tax strategy, and insurance and retirement programs.
• Provide technical accounting GAAP guidance and support to all company entities.
• Be involved in due diligence and other activities surrounding acquisitions/dispositions
• Solid leader with a track record developing staff to not only handle day-to-day transaction processing and reporting but further developing the team to create value by providing decision-support information.

• The ideal candidate will be a hands-on, entrepreneurial, operationally-focused, seasoned financial executive with recent senior management experience in a manufacturing environment.
• 15+ years of combined Public Accounting and Private Industry accounting experience in a $100 million plus manufacturing organization or business unit.
• Proven willingness to roll up sleeves and work to find answers directly, without reliance on staff support.
• Demonstrates expertise in US GAAP and financial reporting and internal controls. Exposure to SOX would be ideal.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with a variety of stakeholders including the presentation of detailed financial plans, strategies, and results.
• Standard cost accounting experience is a must.
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance. Preferred MBA in accounting, finance, or management, or CPA, a plus.
• Experience evaluating potential acquisitions including the due diligence, negotiation and integration processes.
• A strong process focus and an operational finance background that combines discipline around financial controls, audit, treasury, and financial systems.
• Experience building a strong financial group by identifying and developing talent, being a team builder and mentor, and incorporating best practices into our procedures and internal processes as necessary.
• Strong PowerPoint and Microsoft Excel skills. Experience in ERP systems, specifically Syteline.
• High degree of initiative, creativity, analytical, and problem solving ability.

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting…