VP Finance / Controller

Arrowmark LLC, a growing construction company based in Mesa, AZ, offers a competitive compensation package and a comprehensive benefits program to support you and your family. Onsite at our Mesa location, this senior finance leadership role provides a salary of USD 175,000 per year with a clear path to influence strategic planning and operational excellence.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Life insurance
• Holiday pay
• VPTO and SPTO
• Parental leave
• 401k options

Responsibilities

• Oversee the Accounting Department, including accounts payable, accounts receivable, job costing, and a range of reconciliations.
• Manage month-end and year-end closes and deliver monthly financial statements.
• Maintain the fixed asset register, depreciation schedules, prepayments, accruals, and related month-end and year-end schedules.
• Support the preparation of documentation for financial statements, audits, and tax filings.
• Lead annual budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning with variance and trend analysis and executive reporting.
• Collaborate with HR to ensure accuracy of weekly payroll, providing guidance and checks as needed.
• Develop scalable accounting systems, controls, and reporting processes to support growth and evolving operations; maintain policy documentation and implement internal controls.
• Create operational and financial performance metrics to measure profitability, efficiency, and project execution.
• Support audits and information needs for 401(k), workers’ compensation, general liability, 5500 filings, and related matters with HR.
• Ensure compliance with local, state, and federal requirements.
• Coordinate long-range financial planning and develop strategies to meet capital and liquidity needs.
• Implement financial strategies to improve profitability, cash flow, efficiency, and return on invested capital.
• Partner with executive leadership to analyze pricing, backlog, equipment utilization, labor productivity, and overall performance.
• Advance job profitability reporting, WIP analysis, and MAC forecasting processes.
• Monitor KPIs including gross margin, labor productivity, equipment recovery, overhead absorption, cash conversion cycle, and DSO.
• Assist leadership with banking relationships, lender reporting, surety relationships, and capital structure planning.
• Develop cash flow forecasts and liquidity management to support planning and strategic decisions.
• Assess operational and financial risks and recommend improvements to internal controls and project visibility.
• Support acquisition integration, ERP implementations, and process improvements across the organization.
• Collaborate with operations leadership to improve estimating accuracy, change orders, billing efficiency, and project closeout.

Qualifications and Experience

• Strong leadership, mentorship, and interpersonal skills with initiative and delegation capabilities.
• Excellent time management, organization, and attention to detail; a collaborative, problem-solving mindset.
• Integrity, discretion, confidentiality, flexibility, sound judgment, and results orientation.
• Strong business acumen with the ability to translate financial data into actionable operational insights.
• Ability to partner with field operations, project managers, estimators, and executive leadership in a fast-paced construction environment.
• Proven track record of driving accountability, improving processes, and influencing operational decisions through financial leadership.
• Hands-on leadership capable of operating both strategically and tactically in a growing organization.

Education, Skills, and Experience

• Minimum 7–10 years of progressive accounting and financial leadership experience within the construction industry.
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or business administration.
• Proficient to advanced knowledge of QuickBooks Online, Sage Intacct, and Microsoft Excel and Office tools.
• ERP migration experience is a plus.
• Strong understanding of construction accounting concepts such as percent-of-completion, WIP schedules, MAC forecasting, and project-based analysis.
• Experience leading ERP implementations, process improvements, and system integrations preferred.
• Experience supporting banking, bonding, and external audits preferred.
• CPA or CMA designation preferred but not required.

Technologies

• QuickBooks Online
• Sage Intacct
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Office Suite

Physical Requirements

The role requires regular standing or sitting for extended periods, talking and listening, and the use of a keyboard and phone. Close vision is needed for computer work, and there may be light to moderate lifting.

Background checks and verification are part of the hiring process. Drug screening, MVR checks, and verification of work history, education, and references are required.