Finance Director

and the job listing Expires on January 30, 2026

The Finance Director serves as the senior operational leader of the accounting and finance department, reporting directly to the CFO. This role oversees all financial operations across entities, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and efficiency while building a foundation for long-term leadership succession. The ideal candidate will be a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) with experience in construction management.

Location: Wellsville, NY on-site, not remote

Pay Scale
: $85,000-$125,000

• Lead, mentor, and develop the accounting team, including Finance Coordinators, Assistants, Payroll, and General Accounting roles.
• Manage day-to-day financial operations, ensuring accurate and timely execution of all accounting functions.
• Establish department-wide controls, policies, and procedures that uphold best practices in construction financial management.
• Handle intercompany accounting, maintain high-level checks and balances across company departments and multiple entities.
• Oversee preparation and review of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements.
• Ensure compliance with GAAP, tax regulations, and internal audit standards.
• Partner with the CFO on audit preparation, tax strategy, and financial forecasting.

Construction Finance & Job Costing

• Direct all financial aspects of construction project accounting, ensuring accurate job costing, billing, and revenue recognition.
• Collaborate closely with project managers to align financial data with job operations and vendor performance.
• Identify cost variances and provide actionable insights to improve profitability and project management.

Strategic & Cross-Functional Leadership

• Serve as liaison between Finance, Operations, and Executive Leadership to improve communication and strategic alignment.
• Drive continuous process improvements, including system integrations, workflow automation, and efficiency initiatives.
• Support CFO in budgeting, long-range planning, and capital project forecasting.

Qualifications

• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) required.
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field (MBA preferred).
• Minimum 8–10 years of progressive accounting and finance experience, including construction management or job-costing experience.
• Strong leadership background with proven ability to manage and develop teams.
• Expertise in financial systems, internal controls, and project-based accounting software.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills.
• Certified in construction management accounting, preferably 3-6 yrs experience in construction accounting.
• Accuracy and timeliness of consolidated financial statements.
• Departmental compliance with audit and tax deadlines.
• Improvement in efficiency and accuracy of job-cost accounting.
• Reduction of financial reporting errors and closing cycle time.
• Team development milestones and retention within the finance department.

A typical day in the life of this role

As Finance Director, you operate at the strategic intersection of operational execution and financial leadership. Your day begins by reviewing critical metrics—financial close status, project variances, compliance deadlines, and team capacity. Daily check-ins with your accounting team ensure issues surface early while you coach through complex transactions and verify internal controls remain effective across all entities.

Significant time goes to construction finance leadership: analyzing job cost reports with project managers, investigating profitability variances, ensuring accurate revenue recognition and billing, and diagnosing root causes when discrepancies arise. You serve as the CFO’s operational partner—preparing financial analysis for strategic discussions, orchestrating audit and tax compliance, and contributing to budgeting and forecasting. You translate complex financial data into actionable intelligence for executive leadership and operations.

Cross-functional collaboration drives continuous improvement. You’re meeting with operations to align reporting with business needs, partnering with HR on compensation planning, and working with IT on system enhancements. You identify process inefficiencies—manual…