Chief Financial Officer

Dashiell an operating unit of Quanta Services (trading as PWR) is a leading national provider of technical and construction services supporting critical electric infrastructure. We serve electric utilities power generation industrial renewable and energy markets with integrated capabilities spanning planning and system studies engineering and design maintenance and testing program management construction and turnkey EPC delivery.

With more than 60 years of experience executing large complex projects Dashiell specializes in medium- and high-voltage electrical infrastructure and delivers safe reliable solutions across the full project lifecycle. Backed by the scale resources and safety culture of Quanta Services Dashiell partners with clients to build and maintain the infrastructure that powers communities and economies. Learn more at .

Primary Function

The Chief Financial Officer serves as a senior member of the executive leadership team and works hand-in-hand with the Presidenton the strategic and operational decisions that shape Dashiells future. Together they set the financial direction of the company evaluate growth opportunities and ensure the organization has the resources and discipline to execute. The CFO is responsible for the financial strategy performance and stewardship that enable safe profitable growth and leads all finance accounting treasury and risk management functions as a strategic partner to Operations Pre-Construction and Business Development in protecting and expanding margins across the project portfolio. The CFO leads Dashiells accounting and finance organization of approximately 25 professionals. The position will be based in our Houston Texas office located at 12301 Kurland Drive Suite 400 Houston TX 77034 and will report to Dashiells President.

Duties & Responsibilities

Employee may be called upon to perform any or all of the following functions:

Financial Strategy Performance & Stewardship

• Develop and execute the financial strategy that enables safe profitable growth aligned with the companys long-range plan and parent-company objectives.
• Provide strategic financial counsel to the Presidentand executive leadership team on capital allocation investment decisions and enterprise risk.
• Drive accountability for financial results across the organization ensuring leaders at every level understand and own their financial performance.
• Represent Dashiells financial position to the parent company and other key stakeholders.

Forecasting Reporting & Executive Scoreboard

• Own the forecast cadence and accuracy for revenue margin and cash and continuously improve forecast reliability.
• Design and maintain the executive reporting scoreboard a clear timely and action-oriented set of KPIs and dashboards for the leadership team.
• Lead annual budgeting and rolling re-forecasts ensuring alignment between project-level estimates and consolidated financial plans.
• Deliver monthly and quarterly financial reviews with variance analysis trend insights and forward-looking commentary.

Cash Liquidity & Working Capital Discipline

• Lead cash management liquidity planning and working capital optimization including inventory and real estate planning to keep the business funded for growth.
• Drive billing and collections discipline by setting targets monitoring aging and escalating issues to protect cash conversion.
• Develop and oversee the payables strategy balancing supplier relationships with cash-flow objectives.

Pricing Risk & Margin Protection

• Partner with Operations and Pre-Construction on project pricing risk quantification and contract terms to protect and improve margins.
• Establish and enforce financial guardrails for bid/no-bid decisions change-order management and project cost control.
• Lead commercial risk review on major pursuits and contracts including joint ventures and subcontractor arrangements.
• Monitor project financial health flagging margin erosion early and driving corrective action.
• Manage credit risk across the customer portfolio by establishing credit policies monitoring exposure and approving credit terms on major accounts.

Governance Policies Compliance & Controls

• Set and maintain the governance framework including policies delegation of authority approval matrices and internal controls.
• Ensure compliance with GAAP tax regulations parent-company requirements and all applicable federal state and local laws.
• Own the relationship with external auditors and manage the annual audit process.
• Oversee insurance programs risk transfer and enterprise risk management in coordination with Legal and Operations.

People & Organizational Leadership

• Lead Dashiells accounting and finance organization of approximately 25 professionals.
• Build develop and mentor a high-performing team; attract and retain top finance and accounting talent and build succession depth across key roles.
• Set clear goals and accountability across the organization conduct performance reviews and development planning and cultivate a culture of accuracy integrity and continuous improvement.
• Align finance and accounting structure and resources to support the companys growth and evolving operational needs.

Finance Systems & Process Modernization

• Champion ERP business intelligence and automation initiatives including platforms such as IFS JDE and OneStream that increase speed accuracy and insight.
• Drive continuous improvement of financial processes eliminating manual work and reducing cycle times.
• Evaluate and implement technology solutions that scale with the business and improve decision-making across the enterprise.
• Perform special projects and complete other duties as assigned or requested.

How You Will Make an Impact

• Give the Presidentand executive team the financial insight and discipline to make confident capital allocation and growth decisions.
• Protect and expand margins across the project portfolio through rigorous pricing risk review and cost control in partnership with Operations and Pre-Construction.
• Strengthen the companys financial foundation by keeping the business well-funded through disciplined cash liquidity and working capital management.
• Build a finance organization and systems platform that scale with Dashiells growth and elevate the speed and quality of enterprise decision-making.
• Safeguard the company through a strong governance compliance and risk framework that earns the trust of the parent company auditors and stakeholders.

Minimum Qualifications / Experience

• Bachelors degree in Finance Accounting or a related field.
• Minimum of 20 years of progressive finance and accounting leadership experience with significant time in EPC construction or infrastructure services.
• Demonstrated success as a CFO or equivalent senior financial leader in a rapidly growing project-driven multi-site business.
• Deep expertise in project-based financial management including percentage-of-completion accounting job costing and contract risk.
• Strong command of cash management and working capital optimization.
• Experience leading ERP implementations or major system modernization efforts.
• Proven ability to build and lead high-performing teams in fast-paced field-driven environments.
• Strategic thinking with the ability to translate financial insight into operational action.
• Exceptional communication and executive presence with the ability to influence across all levels of the organization.
• Integrity sound judgment and a collaborative leadership style that earns trust with field and project teams paired with a bias for action accountability and continuous improvement.
• Driving is not required for this position.

Preferred

• MBA CPA or advanced degree in Finance Accounting or a related field.
• Experience in electrical construction power delivery or energy infrastructure.
• Familiarity with public parent-company reporting requirements and operating model.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to sit for extended periods during computer-based work.
• Ability to stand and walk intermittently throughout the workday.
• Occasional lifting of up to 20 pounds.
• Occasional travel to other offices or meeting locations.

Environmental Conditions

• Primarily climate-controlled office environment.
• Occasional exposure to field or industrial environments during site visits.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions as defined by Company policy.