Vice President of Finance and Controller

Delta Dental•Centennial, CO

14h•Hybrid

About The Position

The Vice President of Finance and Controller is a senior finance leader responsible for the integrity, execution, and effectiveness of the organization’s financial operations, reporting, planning, and controls. Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer, this role serves as the organization’s Controller with explicit accountability for financial close, technical accounting, internal controls, and regulatory compliance, while leading Accounting, Financial Planning and Analysis, and Strategic Planning as an integrated enterprise finance function. The VP of Finance and Controller partners closely with the CFO to support enterprise strategy, financial risk management, capital allocation, and Board reporting by providing disciplined analysis, accurate data, and actionable insight. This role also oversees the organization’s OKR framework, including leading the team responsible for OKR development, execution, and progress tracking, and ensuring alignment with strategic priorities. In addition, the role provides strategic guidance to departments, leads finance transformation and process improvement, and builds a high performing finance organization through strong people leadership, talent development, and succession planning, ensuring financial discipline, transparency, and long-term sustainability in a regulated nonprofit environment.

Requirements

Graduate from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor’s degree in business, health administration, finance, accounting or a related field, or an equivalent combination of relevant education and experience is required.
7-10 years of experience of progressive financial leadership experience, including senior level responsibility for accounting, financial reporting, and financial planning.
Prior experience serving in a Controller, Assistant Controller, or equivalent senior finance leadership role with direct responsibility for financial close, technical accounting, and internal controls required.
Demonstrated experience leading enterprise financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and long-range financial modeling.
Experience supporting Board and committee reporting, including preparation and presentation of financial results, risks, and outlook.
Deep knowledge of GAAP, nonprofit accounting standards, statutory and regulatory reporting, tax requirements, and complex accounting judgments, with the ability to ensure accurate, compliant, and timely financial statements.
Strong skill in budgeting, forecasting, long range financial modeling, and scenario analysis, with the ability to translate financial data into actionable insights that support strategy, capital allocation, and decision making.
Ability to design, implement, and maintain strong internal controls, accounting policies, and financial governance structures, including ownership of audit readiness, issue remediation, and risk mitigation.
Ability to lead finance transformation initiatives, improve financial systems and processes, enhance data quality, and drive operational efficiency while maintaining strong controls and service delivery.
Ability to lead enterprise OKR processes, establish measurable goals, track progress, and ensure alignment between strategy, execution, and financial outcomes.
Strong ability to identify, assess, and manage financial risk, including liquidity, investments, reserves, and operational exposure, while ensuring responsible stewardship of organizational resources.
Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret underwriting results, utilization data, and service metrics and translate findings into clear, actionable insights for internal partners, clients, and brokers.
Highly effective written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence, collaborate, and build credibility with clients, brokers, consultants, and cross functional internal teams.
Demonstrated ability to manage complex workloads, including both owned and shared account responsibilities, while maintaining strong organization, prioritization, and attention to detail.
Advanced problem solving and service recovery skills, including experience managing escalations, assessing risk, and driving resolution through effective internal coordination and sound judgment.
Independent problem solving, critical thinking, research and analytical skills; able to interpret data/reports and effectively communicate impacts to department leaders.
Solid organizational, facilitation and time management skills; proactive and outcome oriented.
High level of integrity and discretion in handling confidential information.
Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and the ability to quickly learn and effectively utilize internal systems, tools, and reporting platforms.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, or a related discipline strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide enterprise leadership for the organization’s OKR process by managing the team responsible for implementation and execution, ensuring goals are clearly defined, tracked, and advanced in alignment with strategic priorities.
Lead and govern the organizational OKR process by overseeing the responsible team, establishing accountability, and ensuring timely progress and alignment with enterprise strategy.
Provide enterprise financial leadership that integrates Accounting, FP and A, and Strategic Planning into a cohesive financial operating model aligned to organizational strategy, priorities, and execution, in close partnership with the Chief Financial Officer.
Serve as a strategic business partner to executive and functional leaders by providing financial guidance, problem solving, and decision support that enables departments to operate effectively and achieve organizational objectives.
Serve as the organization’s Controller with explicit ownership of the financial close process, technical accounting interpretations, and final sign off on financial statements, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and compliance with GAAP, statutory, tax, and nonprofit reporting requirements.
Exercise clear decision making and escalation authority on significant accounting judgments, estimates, reserves, and auditor matters, resolving issues through sound analysis and documentation while keeping the CFO appropriately informed.
Ensure the integrity of financial reporting through strong accounting governance, clear policies, effective internal controls, and accountability for remediation of audit findings, regulatory observations, and control deficiencies.
Support the Chief Financial Officer in enterprise financial risk management by leading financial risk identification, analysis, and mitigation execution, and by providing disciplined risk insight to inform executive and Board level oversight.
Partner with the Chief Financial Officer to support capital allocation, investment prioritization, and strategic decision making through robust financial modeling, scenario analysis, and evaluation of tradeoffs related to return, risk, affordability, and mission alignment.
Lead enterprise planning, budgeting, forecasting, and long-range financial modeling and prepare and manage departmental budgets, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives, cost discipline, and ongoing financial stewardship.
Deliver actionable financial and operational insight across revenue, claims, margin, pricing, cost structures, and productivity to support informed decision making, continuous improvement, and sustainable operations.
Lead enterprise cost management and productivity efforts, including identifying best practices, process improvements, administrative efficiencies, and cost optimization opportunities, particularly during periods of financial pressure.
Oversee the design, tracking, and interpretation of key financial metrics and performance indicators and participate in the development and execution of organizational and departmental OKRs, providing strategic leadership and change management to support DDCO’s mission and strategic plan.
Manage treasury, liquidity, banking, and investment relationships to ensure financial stability, effective cash management, and sound stewardship of organizational funds, in partnership with the CFO.
Own the strategy and effectiveness of financial systems, departmental processes, workflows, and standard operating procedures to enhance service delivery, scalability, internal controls, and data governance, including compliance with data security and privacy standards.
Enable organizational and finance transformation by building strong partnerships with business and technology leaders, collaborating with peer Vice Presidents, the C Suite, and enterprise leaders to implement new capabilities and improved ways of working.
Lead, mentor, and develop a high performing finance organization by providing strategic direction, delegating work, solving problems, and holding leaders accountable for results.
Own the finance talent strategy, including interviewing, hiring, performance evaluations, disciplinary actions, terminations, succession planning, and the deliberate development of future finance leaders.
Partner with directors, managers, and the Learning and Development team to plan and support job specific training and adoption of new business processes, ensuring teams are equipped to perform effectively in a changing environment.
Support the Chief Financial Officer in Board and committee engagement by preparing and, as appropriate, presenting financial reporting, analysis, and materials that clearly communicate performance, risks, and outlook.
Provide financial oversight and governance for Foundation and grant related activities to ensure appropriate accounting treatment, compliance, and transparency.
Serve as a key liaison between Finance and other areas of the company to ensure a seamless experience for team members and members.
Compile and present detailed reports to the executive leadership team, the DDCO board, and internal stakeholders.
Provide insights and recommendations based on performance data.
Collaborate with stakeholder departments to ensure that department-specific technologies are effectively integrated with other business systems and existing infrastructure to optimize performance and functionality.
Triage and troubleshoot issues that arise impacting business continuity.
Assist in producing ad hoc reports for ELT and other departments, providing information regarding various elements of the business.
Work closely with the peers to develop new reports, dashboards, and other analyses to help internal and external stakeholders.
Role model a positive work attitude and expect the same from others while holding self and others accountable to DDCO’s Core Values.
Take the lead role in oversight of the quality improvement initiatives and ensuring timely project management and reporting.
Maintain competency through professional self-development by participating in professional group and network activities.
Act as a liaison with other departments and work in collaboration with other department leaders.
Become familiar with and follow DDCO-wide and department-specific policies, standard operating procedures and the DDCO Core Values; seek assistance from management or Human Resources when clarification or assistance is needed.
Assist others as requested.

Benefits

23 days of PTO
11 paid holidays
6 paid illness days
Three affordable medical health plans
Fantastic dental insurance plan
Vision and hearing plan
401(k) match with immediate vesting
Supplemental retirement savings plan
Company-paid life insurance, short-term disability, and long-term disability policies
Wellness program
Tuition reimbursement
ECO Passes for team members (we are near a light rail station!)
Paid volunteer time off
Incentive Compensation Plan (ICP) with a target opportunity at 20%
Monthly internet and phone allowance