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VP of Finance

CFS San Jose, CA

San Jose, CA

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$200k - $220k/yr Full time Finance Leadership Project Financials Vice President Finance

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Job Description

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

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