Regional Finance Director
About The Position
The Regional Finance Director for Horizon Services Group’s East region is the primary finance partner to the Regional Vice President and General Managers. This commercially minded leadership role focuses on understanding the operational drivers behind financial results, helping regional leaders achieve their targets, and translating performance into clear actions. The Director challenges assumptions, identifies risks and opportunities, and influences decisions while building strong relationships with operating leaders. The role owns regional financial performance, forecasting, reporting visibility, and standardized finance processes. It works closely with regional leadership and teams across Accounting, Procurement, Fleet, Corporate Finance, FP&A, and Controllership to support accurate reporting, improve processes, and keep finance focused on business insight and partnership. Regular travel across the region is expected.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field.
- At least 6 years of progressive finance experience, including support for a multi-site, multi-unit, or multi-region business.
- Track record of working across functions and influencing decisions and behaviors without direct authority.
- Executive presence and communication skills to operate as a peer to regional operating leaders from day one.
- Willingness to travel regularly across the region.
Nice To Haves
- MBA or CPA.
- Experience in a private-equity-backed or transaction-oriented environment.
- Experience in services, residential services, distribution, or another multi-location service business.
- Experience using Claude or other AI tools to sharpen analysis and boost productivity.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the primary finance advisor to Regional Vice Presidents and General Managers, building trust and credibility with operating leaders.
- Translate complex financial and operating data into clear decisions, priorities, and next steps.
- Pressure-test assumptions, raise risks and opportunities, and reinforce financial discipline.
- Own regional financial performance, forecasting, and visibility, with a deep understanding of operational drivers.
- Analyze results against plan, forecast, and prior periods; identify root causes and work with the business on corrective actions.
- Build scenarios showing what is required to achieve plan, including actions, timing, assumptions, risks, and financial impact.
- Provide leadership with a clear, forward-looking view of performance and flag risks and opportunities early.
- Ensure accurate, timely, and consistent regional financial reporting.
- Run and reinforce standardized close, forecasting, and reporting processes, reducing manual work and regional inconsistencies.
- Work with Accounting, Procurement, Fleet, and other teams to resolve issues, validate cost allocations, and ensure costs are recorded accurately and on time.
- Identify opportunities to simplify, automate, or shift transactional work so finance can focus on insight and partnership.
- Partner with Corporate Finance, FP&A, and Controllership on process improvements and company-wide initiatives.
- Travel regularly across the region.
Benefits
- Real influence on how a growing region performs.
- Direct access to senior operating leaders.
- Opportunity to shape how finance partners with the business.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
