VP of Finance

CFS is hiring a VP of Finance for a growing, project-based organization in San Jose, CA (onsite). This is a highly visible, hands-on finance leadership role focused on strengthening accounting and reporting, improving project financial visibility, and partnering with ownership and executive leadership to support growth and M&A integration.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner closely with the owner and executive leadership team to provide organization-wide financial leadership.
• Bring structure, visibility, and accountability to financial operations while staying hands-on and understanding the details behind the numbers.
• Act as a trusted financial partner to ownership and leadership to evaluate the financial impact of operational and strategic decisions.
• Provide visibility into project profitability, job costing, cash flow, backlog, margins, and overall business performance.
• Oversee and improve WIP and percentage-of-completion reporting to ensure accurate project financials for leadership.
• Strengthen the accounting function, including the P&L, chart of accounts, reporting structure, and core financial processes.
• Build stronger reporting and financial analysis to clarify what drives profitability, along with opportunities and risks.
• Partner with operations and project leadership to evaluate jobs, contracts, costs, change orders, and project performance.
• Build and improve processes, systems, and reporting as the organization grows.
• Support automation and systems improvements to increase efficiency, visibility, and scalability.
• Assist ownership in evaluating growth opportunities, investments, and potential acquisitions.
• Support M&A integration through financial diligence and by bringing acquired businesses into a consistent financial framework.
• Build structure around the existing finance/accounting team and develop processes to support anticipated growth.
• Provide finance leadership in an entrepreneurial, fast-moving environment with occasional ambiguity.

Qualifications

• Hands-on finance leader with strong accounting fundamentals and experience in a project-based environment.
• 8+ years of progressive finance and accounting experience, including experience at a Controller, VP Finance, CFO, or similar level.
• Strong understanding of WIP, percentage-of-completion, job costing, project accounting, and project profitability.
• Experience cleaning up or strengthening accounting and financial reporting processes.
• Proven ability to partner directly with an owner, CEO, or executive leadership team.
• Strong financial modeling, forecasting, budgeting, and business-driver analysis skills.
• Experience improving financial systems, reporting, automation, and processes.
• Exposure to M&A, acquisitions, or integration is highly valued.
• Combination of strategic thinking and willingness to work through details.
• Ability to operate effectively in a growing organization where not everything is fully defined.

About the Opportunity

This is a confidential search for a Vice President of Finance to join a growing, project-based organization in the San Jose, CA market. The role is designed for a finance executive who can partner closely with ownership while helping build the financial infrastructure needed for the company’s next stage of growth. This is not a traditional corporate finance position.

Compensation & Location

• Location: San Jose, CA (onsite)
• Salary: USD 200,000 - 220,000 per year
• Experience: 8+ years