VP, Finance
Jet Parts Engineering · Seattle, WA · 1 mo ago
On-siteSalesFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: headings using for section headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We must include sections only when posting has real specific content. We need to extract content.
The posting includes description, responsibilities (list of duties), requirements (list), experience & skills, education, compensation and benefits, about JPE (company description). Also maybe "Compensation And Benefits" includes salary range and benefits.
We need to avoid repeating job title as heading. No Job ID. Remove boilerplate.
We need to use
for section headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We must include sections only when posting has real specific content. We need to extract content.
The posting includes description, responsibilities (list of duties), requirements (list), experience & skills, education, compensation and benefits, about JPE (company description). Also maybe "Compensation And Benefits" includes salary range and benefits.
We need to avoid repeating job title as heading. No Job ID. Remove boilerplate.
We need to use for each section heading. Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use
for prose.
We must not include sections with filler like "commensurate with experience" etc. But we have actual salary range and benefits, so we can include Pay and Benefits sections. However we need to decide: The instruction says prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. Could combine Pay and Benefits into one section? But they have separate headings possible: Pay, Benefits, Schedule. Since we have Pay info (salary range, bonus, equity) and Benefits (medical, dental, vision, 401k, holidays). Could combine into a "Compensation and Benefits" section but headings must be from list: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We could use both Benefits and Pay headings if content exists. Or we could combine into one section named "Compensation and Benefits" but that's not in allowed headings. The instruction: use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It says e.g., meaning those are examples, not exclusive list? Likely we should use those headings when appropriate. So we can use Benefits and Pay.
Schedule: no info about schedule (full-time implied but not explicit schedule). We should not create Schedule section if no specific content.
Qualifications: could be education, certifications. Could combine with Requirements? But we have separate sections: Requirements (duties), Qualifications (education, certifications). We'll include Qualifications for education and preferred certifications.
Skills: could list technical skills (Excel, Outlook, Word, Power BI, ERP). We'll include Skills.
About the role: could be a brief prose summarizing role. We'll use About the role section for overview.
Responsibilities: list of duties.
Requirements: list of core requirements (leadership, experience). Might overlap with Qualifications but we can separate.
We need to preserve all substantive information, not invent or summarize away detail. Must not omit details.
Let's extract content:
Overview: "We are looking for a Vice President of Finance to join our JPE aerospace portfolio of companies, working within a fast-paced, public-company owned environment as part of TransDigm Group Incorporated (NYSE: TDG). The VP of Finance is responsible for all areas related to financial operations and closing functions. This position owns accounting principles, practices and procedures across the operating companies to ensure accurate and timely financial statements, including monthly reporting to TransDigm corporate in accordance with GAAP. The VP of Finance leads the Accounting, Finance, HR, and Business Intelligence teams, ensuring work is properly allocated and completed in a timely and accurate manner while developing the next generation of finance leadership. The role spans budgeting, forecasting and cash management; acquisition diligence, valuation and post-close integration; internal controls and SOX compliance; internal and external audit support; and oversight of payroll, benefits, and ERP and HRIS systems. The position requires executive presence with the President, VP’s and parent-company leadership, along with excellent organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills. Strong knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Outlook, Word and Power BI is essential, as is experience with ERP and the ability to communicate with all levels of staff."
That's a good prose for About the role.
Responsibilities: The bullet list under "Requirements" actually includes sections: Financial Leadership & Reporting, Strategy, M&A & Integration, Human Resources & Organizational Development, Compliance, Risk & Governance, Systems & Team Leadership. Those are responsibilities. We'll turn each bullet into
- maybe grouped under
. Could also separate by heading but we just need a list.
Let's capture each responsibility:
- Lead accounting, finance, budgeting, forecasting, and cash management across multiple operating companies.
- Own the monthly close and timely, accurate reporting to TransDigm corporate, with financial statements presented in accordance with GAAP.
- Review results and key metrics with senior management, quantify risk, and drive actions that improve profit and financial position.
- Lead the annual business plan and monthly P&L forecasts.
- Serve on the executive leadership team, shaping company strategy and operating priorities.
- Lead acquisition diligence, financial modeling, and valuation; evaluate targets for risk, synergies, and strategic fit.
- Own post-close integration across finance, information technology, human resources and reporting.
- Oversee HR across operating companies, including compensation, succession planning, recruiting, and organizational design.
- Direct executive and management-level recruiting, including Controller and other key leadership roles.
- Manage bonus plans, compensation analyses, and workforce planning.
- Ensure adherence to corporate policies, internal controls, and public company reporting expectations.
- Maintain internal accounting controls and SOX compliance, and support internal and external audits.
- Lead enterprise risk management across finance, payroll, benefits, information security, and trade compliance, partnering with counsel on legal and employment matters.
- Ensure compliance with federal, state, payroll, and other applicable taxes.
- Sponsor ERP, payroll, benefits, and HRIS implementations, and drive standardization and automation across finance and administration.
- Lead Accounting, Finance, HR, and Business Intelligence, developing the next generation of finance leadership.
- Oversee payroll, benefits administration, retirement plans, and related vendor relationships.
- Executive leadership responsibility across multiple aerospace and aviation operating companies.
- Oversight of finance, accounting, HR, benefits, payroll, compliance, business intelligence, and integration initiatives.
- Direct involvement with corporate reporting, public-company ownership requirements, acquisition activity, and enterprise-wide strategic initiatives.
That's a lot; we can keep as list.
Requirements: The "Experience & Skills" section includes items like:
- Aerospace, defense, or manufacturing industry experience.
- Experience within a TransDigm or comparable operating-model environment.
- 10+ years of progressive finance and accounting leadership, including senior executive responsibility.
- Multi-entity consolidation and public company reporting experience (U.S. GAAP, SEC, SOX).
- Demonstrated M&A experience across diligence, valuation, and post-close integration.
- Track record leading teams beyond finance: HR, systems, or administrative functions.
- Executive presence with the President, VP’s and parent-company leadership.
- Strong knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Outlook, Word and Power BI
- Experience working with ERP systems, Quantum Control preferred, but not required
We could treat these as Requirements.
Qualifications: Education:
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
- MBA Preferred
- CPA Preferred
Skills: Could be technical skills: Strong knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Outlook, Word and Power BI; Experience with ERP systems; Ability to communicate with all levels of staff; Executive presence etc. But we already covered some in Requirements. To avoid duplication, we could keep Skills separate for technical tools: Microsoft Excel, Outlook, Word, Power BI; ERP systems; maybe also communication.
But we must not repeat content unnecessarily? The instruction: Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. It doesn't forbid duplication but better to avoid redundancy. However we need to follow heading usage: we can put technical skills under Skills, and leadership/experience under Requirements. Education under Qualifications.
Let's decide:
- About the role: prose overview.
- Responsibilities: list of duties (the long list).
- Requirements: list of experience/leadership requirements (the bullet list under Experience & Skills).
- Qualifications: education and preferred certifications (Bachelor's, MBA Preferred, CPA Preferred).
- Skills: technical skills (Microsoft Excel, Outlook, Word, Power BI; ERP systems; ability to communicate with all levels of staff). Could also include executive presence but that's already in Requirements; maybe we keep it there.
- Benefits: list of benefits (medical, dental, vision, life and other insurance options; 401k with 100% match on first 4%; full-time workers get paid holidays, vacation & sick/personal leave accrued on hire date).
- Pay: salary range ($225K-$240K) with additional bonus and equity participation DOE.
We should not include "About JPE Engineering" as a separate heading unless we treat as About the role? But About the role is about the position, not company. However we have a section "About JPE Engineering" which is company description. Could we include that under About the role? Might be considered extra but it's substantive. The instruction: include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it. We have company description; we could create a section "About the company" but not in allowed headings. Could we put it under About the role? Might be okay to extend About the role to include company description. But the heading "About the role" is expected to describe the role, not company. However we could add another heading like "About JPE" but not in list. The instruction says use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). The "e.g." suggests those are examples, not strict list. So we could add a heading like "About JPE" if we want. But to be safe, we could incorporate company description into About the role section as extra prose. That would preserve all info.
Thus About the role section will contain both role overview and company description.
Now we need to output HTML fragment only, no /, no markdown fences.
We'll produce:
About the role
... prose ...
Responsibilities
- ...
...
Requirements
- ...
...
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
- MBA Preferred
- CPA Preferred
Skills
- Strong knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Outlook, Word and Power BI
- Experience working with ERP systems (Quantum Control preferred but not required)
- Ability to communicate with all levels of staff
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, life and other insurance options
- 401k with 100% match on first 4%
- Paid holidays, vacation & sick/personal leave accrued on hire date for full-time workers
Pay
Salary range between $225K‑$240K with additional bonus and equity participation DOE.
We must ensure we didn't miss any substantive info: The description also mentions "working within a fast-paced, public-company owned environment as part of TransDigm Group Incorporated (NYSE: TDG)". That's in About the role.
Also mention "The VP of Finance leads the Accounting, Finance, HR, and Business Intelligence teams, ensuring work is properly allocated and completed in a timely and accurate manner while developing the next generation of finance leadership." Already in responsibilities.
Also "The role spans budgeting, forecasting and cash management; acquisition diligence, valuation and post-close integration; internal controls and SOX compliance; internal and external audit support; and oversight of payroll, benefits, and ERP and HRIS systems." Already in responsibilities.
Also "The position requires executive presence with the President, VP’s and parent-company leadership, along
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use
for prose. We must not include sections with filler like "commensurate with experience" etc. But we have actual salary range and benefits, so we can include Pay and Benefits sections. However we need to decide: The instruction says prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. Could combine Pay and Benefits into one section? But they have separate headings possible: Pay, Benefits, Schedule. Since we have Pay info (salary range, bonus, equity) and Benefits (medical, dental, vision, 401k, holidays). Could combine into a "Compensation and Benefits" section but headings must be from list: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We could use both Benefits and Pay headings if content exists. Or we could combine into one section named "Compensation and Benefits" but that's not in allowed headings. The instruction: use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It says e.g., meaning those are examples, not exclusive list? Likely we should use those headings when appropriate. So we can use Benefits and Pay. Schedule: no info about schedule (full-time implied but not explicit schedule). We should not create Schedule section if no specific content. Qualifications: could be education, certifications. Could combine with Requirements? But we have separate sections: Requirements (duties), Qualifications (education, certifications). We'll include Qualifications for education and preferred certifications. Skills: could list technical skills (Excel, Outlook, Word, Power BI, ERP). We'll include Skills. About the role: could be a brief prose summarizing role. We'll use About the role section for overview. Responsibilities: list of duties. Requirements: list of core requirements (leadership, experience). Might overlap with Qualifications but we can separate. We need to preserve all substantive information, not invent or summarize away detail. Must not omit details. Let's extract content: Overview: "We are looking for a Vice President of Finance to join our JPE aerospace portfolio of companies, working within a fast-paced, public-company owned environment as part of TransDigm Group Incorporated (NYSE: TDG). The VP of Finance is responsible for all areas related to financial operations and closing functions. This position owns accounting principles, practices and procedures across the operating companies to ensure accurate and timely financial statements, including monthly reporting to TransDigm corporate in accordance with GAAP. The VP of Finance leads the Accounting, Finance, HR, and Business Intelligence teams, ensuring work is properly allocated and completed in a timely and accurate manner while developing the next generation of finance leadership. The role spans budgeting, forecasting and cash management; acquisition diligence, valuation and post-close integration; internal controls and SOX compliance; internal and external audit support; and oversight of payroll, benefits, and ERP and HRIS systems. The position requires executive presence with the President, VP’s and parent-company leadership, along with excellent organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills. Strong knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Outlook, Word and Power BI is essential, as is experience with ERP and the ability to communicate with all levels of staff." That's a good prose for About the role. Responsibilities: The bullet list under "Requirements" actually includes sections: Financial Leadership & Reporting, Strategy, M&A & Integration, Human Resources & Organizational Development, Compliance, Risk & Governance, Systems & Team Leadership. Those are responsibilities. We'll turn each bullet into
- maybe grouped under
- . Could also separate by heading but we just need a list.
Let's capture each responsibility:
- Lead accounting, finance, budgeting, forecasting, and cash management across multiple operating companies.
- Own the monthly close and timely, accurate reporting to TransDigm corporate, with financial statements presented in accordance with GAAP.
- Review results and key metrics with senior management, quantify risk, and drive actions that improve profit and financial position.
- Lead the annual business plan and monthly P&L forecasts.
- Serve on the executive leadership team, shaping company strategy and operating priorities.
- Lead acquisition diligence, financial modeling, and valuation; evaluate targets for risk, synergies, and strategic fit.
- Own post-close integration across finance, information technology, human resources and reporting.
- Oversee HR across operating companies, including compensation, succession planning, recruiting, and organizational design.
- Direct executive and management-level recruiting, including Controller and other key leadership roles.
- Manage bonus plans, compensation analyses, and workforce planning.
- Ensure adherence to corporate policies, internal controls, and public company reporting expectations.
- Maintain internal accounting controls and SOX compliance, and support internal and external audits.
- Lead enterprise risk management across finance, payroll, benefits, information security, and trade compliance, partnering with counsel on legal and employment matters.
- Ensure compliance with federal, state, payroll, and other applicable taxes.
- Sponsor ERP, payroll, benefits, and HRIS implementations, and drive standardization and automation across finance and administration.
- Lead Accounting, Finance, HR, and Business Intelligence, developing the next generation of finance leadership.
- Oversee payroll, benefits administration, retirement plans, and related vendor relationships.
- Executive leadership responsibility across multiple aerospace and aviation operating companies.
- Oversight of finance, accounting, HR, benefits, payroll, compliance, business intelligence, and integration initiatives.
- Direct involvement with corporate reporting, public-company ownership requirements, acquisition activity, and enterprise-wide strategic initiatives.
That's a lot; we can keep as list.
Requirements: The "Experience & Skills" section includes items like:
- Aerospace, defense, or manufacturing industry experience.
- Experience within a TransDigm or comparable operating-model environment.
- 10+ years of progressive finance and accounting leadership, including senior executive responsibility.
- Multi-entity consolidation and public company reporting experience (U.S. GAAP, SEC, SOX).
- Demonstrated M&A experience across diligence, valuation, and post-close integration.
- Track record leading teams beyond finance: HR, systems, or administrative functions.
- Executive presence with the President, VP’s and parent-company leadership.
- Strong knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Outlook, Word and Power BI
- Experience working with ERP systems, Quantum Control preferred, but not required
We could treat these as Requirements.
Qualifications: Education:
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
- MBA Preferred
- CPA Preferred
Skills: Could be technical skills: Strong knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Outlook, Word and Power BI; Experience with ERP systems; Ability to communicate with all levels of staff; Executive presence etc. But we already covered some in Requirements. To avoid duplication, we could keep Skills separate for technical tools: Microsoft Excel, Outlook, Word, Power BI; ERP systems; maybe also communication.
But we must not repeat content unnecessarily? The instruction: Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. It doesn't forbid duplication but better to avoid redundancy. However we need to follow heading usage: we can put technical skills under Skills, and leadership/experience under Requirements. Education under Qualifications.
Let's decide:
- About the role: prose overview.
- Responsibilities: list of duties (the long list).
- Requirements: list of experience/leadership requirements (the bullet list under Experience & Skills).
- Qualifications: education and preferred certifications (Bachelor's, MBA Preferred, CPA Preferred).
- Skills: technical skills (Microsoft Excel, Outlook, Word, Power BI; ERP systems; ability to communicate with all levels of staff). Could also include executive presence but that's already in Requirements; maybe we keep it there.
- Benefits: list of benefits (medical, dental, vision, life and other insurance options; 401k with 100% match on first 4%; full-time workers get paid holidays, vacation & sick/personal leave accrued on hire date).
- Pay: salary range ($225K-$240K) with additional bonus and equity participation DOE.
We should not include "About JPE Engineering" as a separate heading unless we treat as About the role? But About the role is about the position, not company. However we have a section "About JPE Engineering" which is company description. Could we include that under About the role? Might be considered extra but it's substantive. The instruction: include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it. We have company description; we could create a section "About the company" but not in allowed headings. Could we put it under About the role? Might be okay to extend About the role to include company description. But the heading "About the role" is expected to describe the role, not company. However we could add another heading like "About JPE" but not in list. The instruction says use
- ... ...
- ... ...
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
- MBA Preferred
- CPA Preferred
- Strong knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Outlook, Word and Power BI
- Experience working with ERP systems (Quantum Control preferred but not required)
- Ability to communicate with all levels of staff
- Medical, dental, vision, life and other insurance options
- 401k with 100% match on first 4%
- Paid holidays, vacation & sick/personal leave accrued on hire date for full-time workers
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). The "e.g." suggests those are examples, not strict list. So we could add a heading like "About JPE" if we want. But to be safe, we could incorporate company description into About the role section as extra prose. That would preserve all info. Thus About the role section will contain both role overview and company description. Now we need to output HTML fragment only, no /, no markdown fences. We'll produce:
About the role
... prose ...
Responsibilities
Requirements
Qualifications
Skills
Benefits
Pay
Salary range between $225K‑$240K with additional bonus and equity participation DOE.
We must ensure we didn't miss any substantive info: The description also mentions "working within a fast-paced, public-company owned environment as part of TransDigm Group Incorporated (NYSE: TDG)". That's in About the role. Also mention "The VP of Finance leads the Accounting, Finance, HR, and Business Intelligence teams, ensuring work is properly allocated and completed in a timely and accurate manner while developing the next generation of finance leadership." Already in responsibilities. Also "The role spans budgeting, forecasting and cash management; acquisition diligence, valuation and post-close integration; internal controls and SOX compliance; internal and external audit support; and oversight of payroll, benefits, and ERP and HRIS systems." Already in responsibilities. Also "The position requires executive presence with the President, VP’s and parent-company leadership, along