VP of Finance

Arkansas Talent Group is exclusively working with a premier, long-standing provider of maintenance services. This mid-sized company has delivered excellence in maintenance, operations, and sales for more than 30 years. Under new leadership, the organization is entering a dynamic growth phase, focusing its core on high-value maintenance and service operations, supported by significant investment and strategic ambition.

Position Overview

The Vice President of Finance reports directly to the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer, playing a mission-critical role in scaling financial operations, controlling costs, and driving strategic insights. This executive position oversees all accounting and finance functions with authority above the controller level and provides hands-on leadership in rebuilding the accounting team. With strong performance, the position offers growth potential into a Chief Financial Officer role within 2+ years.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Finance Leadership

• Advise senior executives on profitability, growth, and strategic initiatives

• Develop and implement financial controls, policies, and systems for scalable growth

• Build and maintain executive-level financial dashboards, and deliver routine analysis and reporting

• Lead accounting functions including transactional oversight, inventory, purchasing, and work-in-progress (WIP)

• Manage all financial reporting through industry-specific systems (such as Sage Intacct)

• Ensure compliance with GAAP and support audit, tax, and regulatory processes

• Collaborate across operations for management of construction, maintenance, and services accounting

• Analyze business unit performance across multiple lines, support divestitures and focus on core operations

• Oversee current accounting staff with authority to scale and rebuild the department (including hiring a controller)

• Mentor and develop finance team while instilling a culture of accountability and continuous improvement

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related discipline; CPA, CMA, or MBA highly preferred

• 10+ years of progressive finance and accounting leadership in mid-sized, operational organizations

• Experience in construction, maintenance, inventory, or service-driven industries strongly preferred

• Proficiency in transactional accounting, inventory/purchasing, and WIP/job costing reporting

• Advanced skill in Excel, Microsoft Suite; familiarity with Sage Intacct or similar industry platforms

• Proven strength in financial analysis, dashboard/report creation, and hands-on financial operations

• Collaborative, hands-on leader with demonstrated success in building/rebuilding teams

Culture & Perks

• Family-style, entrepreneurial team environment, casual but ambitious and growth-focused

• Opportunity to be part of a strategic transformation with significant operational investment

• Career path into Chief Financial Officer role for high performers

• 100% paid health insurance for the hired individual

For more information, please apply directly or reach out to Stephanie Shine or Chris Chunn via LinkedIn.

Arkansas Talent Group is an Executive Permanent Placement Recruitment Firm, all considerations will be held confidential.