VP of Finance

Carolina PRG has partnered with a privately held, growing organization within the construction, specialty contracting, and field services space, is seeking a Senior Vice President of Finance to join its Executive Leadership Team. Reporting directly to the Chief Executive Officer, this individual will serve as the senior financial leader for the organization while also providing executive oversight across Finance & Accounting, Human Resources, and Information Technology.

This is a broad, highly visible executive leadership opportunity that goes well beyond traditional accounting and reporting. The SVP of Finance will partner closely with the CEO and operational leadership to drive profitable growth, financial discipline, cash generation, organizational development, technology strategy, and long-term business performance. The role will be instrumental in providing the financial visibility, infrastructure, systems, and decision support necessary to help the company scale effectively.

Key Responsibilities

Financial Strategy & Business Performance

• Serve as a strategic financial partner to the CEO and Executive Leadership Team, helping shape both annual and long-term business strategy.
• Lead budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning, cash forecasting, and capital planning.
• Establish financial targets and performance expectations across the organization.
• Evaluate business performance across revenue, profitability, EBITDA, cash flow, working capital, and return on invested capital.
• Provide financial analysis and recommendations around pricing, growth initiatives, new markets, capital investments, acquisitions, and other strategic opportunities.
• Ensure capital and company resources are deployed toward initiatives that generate appropriate financial and strategic returns.

Accounting, Reporting & Controls

• Provide executive leadership to the Finance & Accounting organization through the Controller.
• Ensure timely and accurate financial reporting, month-end close, GAAP compliance, tax reporting, and banking and contractual compliance.
• Maintain a strong internal control environment, financial governance structure, accounting policies, and approval authorities.
• Oversee job costing, project accounting, WIP reporting, revenue recognition, and project profitability reporting.
• Ensure consistent accounting structures, reporting practices, and financial data across the organization.
• Oversee external relationships related to audit, tax, banking, insurance, and other financial matters.

Treasury, Cash Flow & Working Capital

• Oversee cash management, liquidity, banking relationships, credit facilities, and covenant compliance.
• Maintain reliable cash flow forecasting to ensure appropriate liquidity for ongoing operations and future growth.
• Drive improvements across working capital, accounts receivable, accounts payable, and inventory management.
• Evaluate capital expenditures and significant investments against established return thresholds.

Human Resources Leadership

• Provide executive oversight of the Human Resources function through the senior HR leader.
• Ensure the company's people strategy supports continued growth and evolving workforce requirements.
• Partner with leadership around organizational structure, succession planning, compensation, benefits, leadership development, recruiting, and workforce planning.
• Promote effective performance management, HR compliance, workforce analytics, and employee development practices.

Technology, Systems & Data

• Provide executive oversight of the Information Technology function through the senior IT leader.
• Establish technology priorities based on business needs, financial returns, risk, and organizational scalability.
• Oversee investments related to ERP systems, cybersecurity, infrastructure, applications, integrations, data, and technology vendors.
• Serve as an executive sponsor for major ERP and systems initiatives.
• Champion automation, process standardization, scalable systems, reliable data, and improved management reporting across the organization.

Executive Leadership

• Serve as an active member of the Executive Leadership Team and provide an independent financial perspective on significant business decisions.
• Partner closely with Operations and Sales & Marketing to improve business performance while maintaining appropriate financial discipline.
• Establish appropriate financial guardrails, decision rights, approval authorities, and risk controls.
• Develop strong functional leaders across Finance & Accounting, HR, and IT while creating accountability throughout the organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related discipline.
• Significant progressive leadership experience across finance and accounting, ideally at the VP, SVP, CFO, or senior divisional finance leadership level.
• Strong experience across financial reporting, budgeting and forecasting, cash management, working capital, internal controls, financial analysis, and strategic planning.
• Demonstrated ability to partner closely with operational leaders and serve as a commercially minded business partner.
• Experience providing leadership or executive oversight across multiple corporate functions.
• Strong executive presence, business judgment, communication skills, and ability to influence senior leadership.
• CPA and/or MBA preferred.
• Experience within construction, specialty contracting, field services, or another project-based business strongly preferred.
• Experience with job costing, WIP, project accounting, and percentage-of-completion revenue recognition.
• Experience supporting multi-entity and multi-location organizations.
• Prior involvement with ERP implementations or major systems transformations.
• Experience within a rapidly growing privately held business, particularly one undergoing acquisitions, geographic expansion, or broader organizational transformation.