Regional Finance Director

Sunstate Equipment Co., LLC•Southlake, TX

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

Sunstate Equipment Co. is seeking a Regional Finance Director who will lead, guide, and advise region management on forecasting and budgeting for branch, district, and region operations. This role involves planning and managing rental fleet acquisition, disposal, and pricing strategies, and establishing consistent financial governance within the region. The Regional Finance Director will develop financial insights, translate them into operational understanding, and communicate them effectively to sales and operational leaders to maximize timely, efficient, and effective decision-making. Additionally, this position will provide training, coaching, and guidance to sales and operations leaders to develop their financial acumen and link it to sales and rental activities to optimize financial performance. The role also involves proactively updating the regional platform on financial and fleet emerging trends, providing insights and guidance on effective strategies, and analyzing potential new markets, emerging opportunities, and existing customer portfolios to drive profitable growth and optimize rental rates and ancillary lines of business. The Regional Finance Director will also provide analysis and recommendations for overall branch results, monitor cash flow enhancement and profit optimization initiatives, communicate efficiency measurements, and provide insights and guidance for operational efficiency improvements. Finally, this role will communicate region fleet insights and recommendations to optimize fleet and return on capital.

Requirements

BS Finance / Accounting / Economics / Business Management or MBA
5-10 years’ business management, accounting or finance experience in networked business model
Mastery of accounting and business intelligence systems (i.e. Power BI, Excel, Tableau etc.)
Energetic, enthusiastic and possess strong interpersonal and influence skills
Excellent communication skills (written and oral), must be able effectively communicate with field operation and sales leaders
Must possess the ability to think strategically, develop insights, prioritize opportunities, and advise operation and sales leaders
Develop and maintain a cooperative working relationship with field clients while providing financial guidance
Position requires unrestricted Driver’s License.

Nice To Haves

Experience with lean principles preferred
Rental or asset logistics industry experience a plus

Responsibilities

Lead, guide and advise region management to forecast and budget branch, district and region operations, plan and manage their rental fleet acquisition, disposal, and pricing strategies.
Work with the region platform to establish consistent financial governance within the region.
Develop financial insights, translate them into operational understanding and communicate those effectively to sales and operational leaders to maximize timely, efficient and effective decision-making.
Provide training, coaching and guidance to all sales and operations leaders to develop their financial acumen and link it to sales and rental activities in order to optimize financial performance.
Proactively update the regional platform on financial and fleet emerging trends and provide insights and guidance on effective strategies to achieve business plan expectations.
Provide analysis, insights and guidance on potential new markets, emerging opportunities, and existing customer portfolios to drive profitable growth and optimize rental rates and ancillary lines of business.
Provide analysis and recommendations for overall branch results, as well as all revenue and cost categories that impact the returns of the markets.
Monitor the effectiveness of cash flow enhancement and profit optimization initiatives.
Communicate with local, regional and Service Center leaders on progress and achievement.
Communicate efficiency measurements for the Region’s sales, operations, and fleet.
Provide insights and guidance to branch and Region leaders to assist them in operational efficiency improvements and corresponding day-to-day decision making.
Communicate Region fleet insights related to mix, utilization, aging, useful rental life and recommendations to Region sales and operations leaders to optimize fleet and return on capital.