Vice President of Finance Business Partner

Vice President of Finance Business Partner

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The VP of Finance Business Partner is a strategic leadership role responsible for the entire Business Partnering function across the organization. This manager leads, develops, and coaches a team of Business Partners who are dedicated to supporting specific geographic Regions/Branches and strategic Business Lines (Domains, Service, and Strategic Accounts). This role ensures accurate and consistent financial processes, supports accounting and drives Finance, Planning and Analysis standardization across all business units, and serves as the primary financial liaison between Business Unit leadership and the regional teams to ensure optimal financial results and performance alignment with corporate strategy.

Team Leadership and Development
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Lead, mentor, and coach a team of Business Partners. This includes setting clear performance goals, conducting reviews, fostering professional growth, and ensuring the team acts as effective strategic advisors to their respective business unit leaders.

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Oversight
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Direct the team's efforts in developing, reviewing, and consolidating all Regional-Branch budgets, forecasts, and financial plans (including derived budgets for Domains, Strategic Accounts, and Service).

Strategic Reporting and Review
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Review and approve financial reports prepared by the Business Partners for Branch and Regional leaders. Support Corporate Controlling by ensuring the timely and accurate submission of required financial data and insights.

Profitability and NWC Strategy
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Oversee the team's monitoring of Regional-Branch costs (including utilization and variances) and Net Working Capital (NWC). Drive the implementation of defined measures and pricing strategies across all regions to enhance profitability and achieve NWC targets.

Process Standardization and Change Management
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Drive the adoption of best-in-class FP&A practices, standardization, and learning across the entire Business Partner function. Lead the successful adoption and integration of new financial technology and reporting solutions (e.g., Power

BI, Data Lake).

Executive Business Partnering
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Act as the senior financial advisor to the highest level of regional or functional leadership, providing strategic financial insights and support for corporate initiatives (e.g., M&A planning, Strategic Business Reviews).

Risk Management
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Supervise the Business Partner team's efforts to mitigate Region-Branch and Business Line specific financial risks (e.g., local customer, economic challenges), ensuring consistent risk evaluation and mitigation practices are followed.

System Integrity
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Ensure the team maintains advanced knowledge of Project Accounting and Accounts Receivable software applications, confirming accurate data flow for reporting.

General Oversight
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Perform other duties as assigned to support all financial aspects of the company.

Experience: Minimum 10 years of progressive experience in finance or project accounting, with at least 4 years in a direct people leadership/management role over financial professionals (e.g., Regional Controller, Group Lead Project Accounting, or Manager of Analysts).

Leadership &

Collaboration:

Proven track record of successfully leading and developing a high-performing finance team. Strong interpersonal skills to effectively manage relationships with executive-level stakeholders.

Strategic & Analytical

Skills:

Exceptional strategic thinking and the ability to translate complex financial data into actionable insights and clearly articulated business strategies.

Industry Knowledge: Deep understanding of the specific industry and operational drivers within systems integration or a project-based service organization.

System Savvy: Advanced experience with Project Accounting and Accounts Receivables software applications, ERP system(s) (e.g., Microsoft Dynamics D365 preferred, SAP, Coins), Power BI, and Microsoft Office, including advanced Excel and PowerPoint.

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance.

Preferred Qualifications: CPA and/or PMP certification, experience managing multi-entity finances, change management success.

$124,000 to $186,000 DOE.

Paladin Technologies is a premier North American complex systems integrator for building technology solutions, including IP security, alarms & monitoring, audio visual, low-voltage infrastructure, and networking.

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