Job Summary:
The Vice President of Finance leads all aspects of the companys financial function including accounting financial reporting planning and forecasting treasury credit and collections tax and intercompany accounting. This role manages five divisional Controllers and a Financial Analyst and serves as a key strategic partner to senior leadership.
The VP of Finance drives financial performance through insightful analysis strong cost and standard cost accounting practices and effective business-unit reporting. Responsibilities include managing cash flow audits tax strategy insurance and retirement programs providing US GAAP guidance and supporting acquisition due diligence and integration.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
The Vice President of Finance provides direct leadership and oversight to five Divisional Controllers and one Financial Analyst. This role is responsible for hiring training performance management coaching and professional development of the finance team while fostering a collaborative high-performance culture aligned with organizational goals.
Duties/ Responsibilities:
- Serve as a business partner and advisor to the other members of the senior management team communicating frequently on business issues.
- Proactively improve financial performance across the company by providing all required and relevant financial information to the management team to support sound decision making.
- Develop in depth analyses of costs product and customer profitability key performance metrics and/or trend analyses and recommend areas of focus for the management team.
- Work with the business unit managers and staff to develop reports that enable effective monitoring of business unit performance.
- Effectively manage cash flows credit and collections across the enterprise including developing policies and procedures to ensure that accounts payable and receivable are managed efficiently and proactively.
- Clearly develop and define the goals of the financial organization and communicate them throughout the company.
- Manage external and internal resources to effectively and cost-efficiently complete audits tax strategy and insurance and retirement programs.
- Provide technical accounting GAAP guidance and support to all company entities.
- Be involved in due diligence and other activities surrounding acquisitions/dispositions
- Solid leader with a track record developing staff to not only handle day-to-day transaction processing and reporting but further developing the team to create value by providing decision-support information.
Required Skills/Abilities:
- The ideal candidate will be a hands-on entrepreneurial operationally-focused seasoned financial executive with recent senior management experience in a manufacturing environment.
- 15 years of combined Public Accounting and Private Industry accounting experience in a $100 million plus manufacturing organization or business unit.
- Proven willingness to roll up sleeves and work to find answers directly without reliance on staff support.
- Demonstrates expertise in US GAAP and financial reporting and internal controls. Exposure to SOX would be ideal.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with a variety of stakeholders including the presentation of detailed financial plans strategies and results.
- Standard cost accounting experience is a must.
- Bachelors degree in accounting or finance. Preferred MBA in accounting finance or management or CPA a plus.
- Experience evaluating potential acquisitions including the due diligence negotiation and integration processes.
- A strong process focus and an operational finance background that combines discipline around financial controls audit treasury and financial systems.
- Experience building a strong financial group by identifying and developing talent being a team builder and mentor and incorporating best practices into our procedures and internal processes as necessary.
- Strong PowerPoint and Microsoft Excel skills. Experience in ERP systems specifically Syteline.
- High degree of initiative creativity analytical and problem solving ability.
Education and Experience:
- Bachelors degree in Accounting or Finance required. MBA in Accounting Finance or Management
- 15 years of combined Public Accounting and Private Industry accounting experience in a $100 million plus manufacturing organization or business unit.
- CPA strongly preferred
Physical Requirements:
- Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
- Must be able to lift 25 pounds at a time.
- Travel up to 30%
Truck Bodies & Equipment International (TBEI) a subsidiary of Federal Signal Corporation encompasses thirteen leading brands of dump bodies end-dump trailers landscape bodies containers roll-off systems truck bodies platforms hoists and truck and trailer equipment and accessories. Check us out at .
Federal Signal Corporation (NYSE: FSS) builds and delivers equipment of unmatched quality that moves material cleans infrastructure and protects the communities where we work and live. Founded in 1901 Federal Signal is a leading global designer and manufacturer of products and total solutions that serve municipal governmental industrial and commercial customers. Headquartered in Downers Grove IL with manufacturing facilities worldwide the Company operates two groups: Environment Solutions and Safety and Security Systems. For more information on Federal Signal visit: .
The Company is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will not be discriminated against on the basis of and will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion national origin sex sexual orientation gender identity age disability genetic information status as a protected veteran or any other protected category characteristic or trait under applicable law.
Required Experience:
Exec
Job Summary:The Vice President of Finance leads all aspects of the companys financial function including accounting financial reporting planning and forecasting treasury credit and collections tax and intercompany accounting. This role manages five divisional Controllers and a Financial Analyst and ...
Job Summary:
The Vice President of Finance leads all aspects of the companys financial function including accounting financial reporting planning and forecasting treasury credit and collections tax and intercompany accounting. This role manages five divisional Controllers and a Financial Analyst and serves as a key strategic partner to senior leadership.
The VP of Finance drives financial performance through insightful analysis strong cost and standard cost accounting practices and effective business-unit reporting. Responsibilities include managing cash flow audits tax strategy insurance and retirement programs providing US GAAP guidance and supporting acquisition due diligence and integration.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
The Vice President of Finance provides direct leadership and oversight to five Divisional Controllers and one Financial Analyst. This role is responsible for hiring training performance management coaching and professional development of the finance team while fostering a collaborative high-performance culture aligned with organizational goals.
Duties/ Responsibilities:
- Serve as a business partner and advisor to the other members of the senior management team communicating frequently on business issues.
- Proactively improve financial performance across the company by providing all required and relevant financial information to the management team to support sound decision making.
- Develop in depth analyses of costs product and customer profitability key performance metrics and/or trend analyses and recommend areas of focus for the management team.
- Work with the business unit managers and staff to develop reports that enable effective monitoring of business unit performance.
- Effectively manage cash flows credit and collections across the enterprise including developing policies and procedures to ensure that accounts payable and receivable are managed efficiently and proactively.
- Clearly develop and define the goals of the financial organization and communicate them throughout the company.
- Manage external and internal resources to effectively and cost-efficiently complete audits tax strategy and insurance and retirement programs.
- Provide technical accounting GAAP guidance and support to all company entities.
- Be involved in due diligence and other activities surrounding acquisitions/dispositions
- Solid leader with a track record developing staff to not only handle day-to-day transaction processing and reporting but further developing the team to create value by providing decision-support information.
Required Skills/Abilities:
- The ideal candidate will be a hands-on entrepreneurial operationally-focused seasoned financial executive with recent senior management experience in a manufacturing environment.
- 15 years of combined Public Accounting and Private Industry accounting experience in a $100 million plus manufacturing organization or business unit.
- Proven willingness to roll up sleeves and work to find answers directly without reliance on staff support.
- Demonstrates expertise in US GAAP and financial reporting and internal controls. Exposure to SOX would be ideal.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with a variety of stakeholders including the presentation of detailed financial plans strategies and results.
- Standard cost accounting experience is a must.
- Bachelors degree in accounting or finance. Preferred MBA in accounting finance or management or CPA a plus.
- Experience evaluating potential acquisitions including the due diligence negotiation and integration processes.
- A strong process focus and an operational finance background that combines discipline around financial controls audit treasury and financial systems.
- Experience building a strong financial group by identifying and developing talent being a team builder and mentor and incorporating best practices into our procedures and internal processes as necessary.
- Strong PowerPoint and Microsoft Excel skills. Experience in ERP systems specifically Syteline.
- High degree of initiative creativity analytical and problem solving ability.
Education and Experience:
- Bachelors degree in Accounting or Finance required. MBA in Accounting Finance or Management
- 15 years of combined Public Accounting and Private Industry accounting experience in a $100 million plus manufacturing organization or business unit.
- CPA strongly preferred
Physical Requirements:
- Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
- Must be able to lift 25 pounds at a time.
- Travel up to 30%
Truck Bodies & Equipment International (TBEI) a subsidiary of Federal Signal Corporation encompasses thirteen leading brands of dump bodies end-dump trailers landscape bodies containers roll-off systems truck bodies platforms hoists and truck and trailer equipment and accessories. Check us out at .
Federal Signal Corporation (NYSE: FSS) builds and delivers equipment of unmatched quality that moves material cleans infrastructure and protects the communities where we work and live. Founded in 1901 Federal Signal is a leading global designer and manufacturer of products and total solutions that serve municipal governmental industrial and commercial customers. Headquartered in Downers Grove IL with manufacturing facilities worldwide the Company operates two groups: Environment Solutions and Safety and Security Systems. For more information on Federal Signal visit: .
The Company is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will not be discriminated against on the basis of and will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion national origin sex sexual orientation gender identity age disability genetic information status as a protected veteran or any other protected category characteristic or trait under applicable law.
Required Experience:
Exec
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