Director of Finance

About the role

Depatie is seeking a strong Director of Finance who wants to play a meaningful role in building financial discipline inside a growing distribution business. This role combines hands-on financial leadership, operational partnership, and strategic support as the company continues to scale through both organic growth and acquisitions. This is a role for someone who enjoys working inside the business—owning the numbers, improving financial processes, and partnering with leaders across operations, sales, and engineering to drive performance.

Responsibilities

• Lead the company’s budgeting and forecasting process by business segment, providing clear financial visibility across locations and business units
• Develop and maintain monthly forecasts, financial models, and operating dashboards
• Analyze segment profitability, margin trends, and cost structure to identify improvement opportunities
• Partner with leaders in Sales, Operations, Engineering, and Supply Chain to drive performance and financial accountability
• Develop pricing and margin analytics to improve profitability
• Provide data-driven insights that support operational decision-making
• Monitor inventory performance, working capital, and cash flow
• Improve the company’s reporting structure, KPIs, and financial visibility
• Ensure accurate and timely monthly financial reporting and variance analysis
• Continue developing NetSuite reporting and financial analytics capabilities
• Strengthen financial processes and controls as the company scales
• Support the President on growth initiatives and acquisition analysis
• Assist with financial modeling, due diligence support, and integration planning for acquisitions
• Help evaluate capital investments and strategic opportunities
• Work closely with the accounting team to ensure strong financial operations
• Partner with leadership to ensure financial discipline and accountability across the business
• Help build scalable financial processes to support continued growth

Requirements

• Progressive finance experience with increasing responsibility
• Strong in financial modeling, analysis, and business partnership
• Experience building budgets, forecasts, and financial reporting processes
• Comfortable working hands-on in a growing organization
• Ability to translate financial data into clear business insights
• Strong communication skills and credibility with operational leaders
• Takes initiative and ownership in solving problems and improving systems

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in value-added distribution, industrial distribution, or manufacturing
• Exposure to NetSuite or ERP-based financial reporting
• Experience supporting M&A analysis or integrations
• CPA or MBA

Why Depatie

• Opportunity to play a key role in a growing industrial distribution business
• Direct partnership with the President and executive leadership team
• Ability to drive real operational and financial impact across the company
• Backed by Kanbrick, providing strategic support and long-term investment
• Opportunity to help build scalable financial systems and processes as the business grows

Compensation & Location

Base salary + performance bonus tied to company performance; Michigan-based role; reports to the President