Vice President, Financial Operations

About the role

The position is a senior finance leader responsible for overseeing core financial operations within a growing organization. This individual will focus on strengthening processes, improving controls, developing the team, and building scalable financial infrastructure to support continued growth. This is a hands-on leadership role requiring broad financial operations experience, strong systems orientation, and a demonstrated ability to improve processes and drive change across an evolving organization.

Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee critical financial operations and transactional accounting functions, ensuring consistent and effective execution.
• Establish, enhance, and maintain financial policies, procedures, processes, and internal control frameworks.
• Identify and implement opportunities to streamline, standardize, and optimize financial processes to improve accuracy, efficiency, and scalability.
• Evaluate existing workflows and identify opportunities to automate manual activities and maximize the capabilities of financial systems and technology.
• Oversee cash management activities, banking relationships, payment processes, liquidity, and working capital initiatives.
• Develop and monitor KPIs, dashboards, and management reporting to measure operational performance, productivity, and continuous improvement opportunities.
• Lead, mentor, and develop the Financial Operations team by establishing clear responsibilities, performance expectations, development plans, and accountability.
• Collaborate closely with Accounting, Finance, Operations, IT, and other business leaders to enhance processes, address operational challenges, and implement sustainable solutions.
• Support financial systems implementations, technology upgrades, organizational changes, and other strategic initiatives affecting financial operations.
• Partner with senior leadership to strengthen financial controls, improve operational performance, and support broader finance transformation initiatives.
• Develop scalable processes, systems, controls, and team capabilities that can support the organization's continued growth and evolving business needs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related discipline.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in financial operations, accounting operations, corporate finance, or a comparable function.
• Demonstrated experience managing, mentoring, and developing high-performing finance or accounting teams.
• Strong understanding of transactional finance, cash management, working capital, account reconciliations, payment processes, and internal controls.
• Proven track record of improving financial processes, implementing standardized procedures, and building scalable operating models.
• Experience leading financial systems implementations, process automation initiatives, technology enhancements, or finance transformation projects.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities, with the ability to identify root causes, evaluate alternatives, and implement practical solutions.
• Experience working in a growing, evolving, or operationally complex organization is preferred.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across multiple functions and levels of leadership.
• Hands-on and proactive leadership approach, with the ability to manage day-to-day financial operations while simultaneously driving strategic improvements and long-term initiatives.