Vice President Finance
About The Position
The Vice President of Finance is responsible for leading the organization’s finance, accounting, treasury, and financial planning functions. Reporting to the CFO, this role provides strategic and operational oversight of financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and strong financial governance across the enterprise. The VP of Finance partners with executive leadership to support business decision-making through financial insights, scenario modeling, and performance reporting. This role drives continuous improvement in finance processes, systems, and controls to support scalable operations, while developing and mentoring finance leaders and ensuring compliance with U.S. GAAP and regulatory requirements.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance or engineering required.
- Minimum of 10 years professional experience in finance, accounting, or related field.
- Minimum of 5 years of leadership experience in commercial or corporate finance.
- Advanced command of Microsoft products, particularly Excel, leveraging analytical modeling tools and techniques.
- Demonstrated proficiency using ERP systems; IFS is preferred.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including reporting and presentation skills.
- Strong organizational, process management, and planning skills.
Nice To Haves
- MBA or advanced degree strongly preferred.
Responsibilities
- Oversee day-to-day finance activities within the PowerSecure organization.
- Coordinating activities between the Comptroller, Financial Planning, and other AFT organizations.
- Managing interactions with the PowerSecure leadership team on key financial activities.
- Provide organizational leadership and stakeholders with ongoing, proactive assessments of financial performance, risks and opportunities, commercial and G&A spending.
- Lead budgeting and forecasting efforts on a quarterly basis, involving proactive financial scenario modeling.
- Implementing process improvement and efficiency activities within the AFT organization focused on the elimination of manual activity and improving the scalability of the organization.
- Ensure team supports business planning, accounting processes, financial reporting, decision support, cost accounting, and regulatory filings.
- Developing the AFT team to improve the bench strength of the organization with a focus on succession planning for key roles.
- Coordinate with Southern Company Corporate Finance on crucial issues including annual financial planning activities.
- Compiling, analyzing, and reporting on the financial performance of the organization.
- Ensure compliance with regulatory reporting requirements and US GAAP standards.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Executive
