VP of Finance

<p>Title: Vice President of Finance</p><p>Reports To: Chief Executive Officer (CEO)</p><p>Location: Brighton Colorado</p><p> </p><p><em>Company Overview:</em></p><p>We are a private equity–backed generator sales, rental, and service company with annual revenues of $50M and a clear growth strategy. Operating across multiple states with expanding geographic reach, our business is dynamic, customer-service focused, and built on operational excellence. As we scale, we require a VP of Finance who brings both financial leadership and an operational mindset.</p><p> </p><p><em>Position Overview</em></p><p>We are seeking a hands-on, strategic finance leader to serve as VP of Finance. This role will elevate the finance function beyond transactional accounting and provide forward-looking financial leadership, operational partnership, and financial discipline across the organization.</p><p>This is a highly visible leadership position that will partner closely with both the executive and operations team and provide meaningful insight into business performance, profitability, and growth opportunities.</p><p> </p><p>This is a builder role, ideal for a candidate who is comfortable leading strategically while driving meaningful financial rigor and operational impact in a hands-on, lean environment.</p><p> </p><p><em>Key Responsibilities</em></p><p> </p><p><em>Strategic Finance (30–40%)</em></p><ul><li>Lead financial strategy and long-range planning</li><li>Prepare board-level reporting and executive financial presentations</li><li>Support capital planning and financial risk assessment</li><li>Serve as a strategic partner to the CEO and leadership team</li><li>Identify opportunities to improve margin, efficiency, growth and return on assets</li></ul><p> </p><p><em>FP&A & Performance Leadership (30–40%)</em></p><ul><li>Own the annual budgeting and rolling forecast processes</li><li>Develop scenario models and financial performance dashboards</li><li>Build and deploy KPI architecture across departments</li><li>Drive margin, pricing, and cost analysis</li><li>Translate financial results into actionable operational insights</li></ul><p> </p><p><em>Operational Finance & Cash Flow (20–30%)</em></p><ul><li>Oversee cash flow forecasting and liquidity management</li><li>Drive working capital and asset optimization initiatives</li><li>Partner with department leaders to strengthen financial accountability and understanding</li><li>Improve financial systems, reporting processes, and internal controls</li><li>Support evaluation of strategic initiatives, including potential M&A</li></ul><p> </p><p><em>Team Leadership</em></p><ul><li>Mentor and develop a high-performing finance and accounting team</li><li>Elevate the function from transactional reporting to proactive partnership</li><li>Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement</li></ul><p> </p><p><em>Ideal Candidate Profile</em></p><ul><li>Proven hands-on VP of Finance or senior financial leader experienced in a mid-sized private company</li><li>Experience in heavy equipment sales, rental, industrial services, distribution, or similar operational businesses preferred</li><li>Demonstrated success building forecasting and KPI processes from the ground up</li><li>Strong operational finance mindset, understands business drivers, not just GAAP</li><li>Experience implementing or improving ERP and financial systems</li><li>Comfortable operating in a lean organization without a large support staff</li><li>Advanced financial modeling skills (Excel power user)</li><li>Strong communicator capable of engaging financial and non-financial stakeholders</li><li>CPA or MBA preferred but not required</li></ul><p> </p><p><em>Generator Source</em> is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, political affiliation, military service, or other non-merit-based factors.</p><p>Job Type: Full-time</p><p> </p><p>Pay: $150,000 - $180,000 per year</p><p> </p><p>Benefits:</p><ul><li>401(k)</li><li>401(k) matching</li><li>Dental insurance</li><li>Disability insurance</li><li>Employee assistance program</li><li>Health insurance</li><li>Life insurance</li><li>Paid time off</li><li>Vision insurance</li></ul><p> </p><p>Education:</p><ul><li>Master's (Preferred)</li></ul><p> </p><p>Experience:</p><ul><li>Corporate finance: 10 years (Required)</li><li>NetSuite: 3 years (Required)</li><li>Dashboard development: 3 years (Preferred)</li></ul><p> </p><p>License/Certification:</p><ul><li>CPA (Preferred)</li></ul><p> </p><p>Ability to Relocate:</p><ul><li>Brighton, CO 80603: Relocate before starting work (Required)</li><li>Work Location: In person</li></ul><p><br></p>

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