VP Finance & Accounting

Location:

Baton Rouge, LA - 3-5 days/week on site (some flexibility)

* local or New Orleans based candidates only

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A private equity-backed industrial services platform is seeking a hands-on finance executive to help build the accounting and finance infrastructure for a growing business with an active acquisition strategy. The organization operates in a straightforward, asset-intensive environment and is investing heavily in operational improvements, scalable financial processes, and strategic expansion. This is an opportunity to join at the ground level and play a key leadership role as the platform grows organically and through acquisitions.

Reporting directly to the CEO, the VP of Accounting & Finance will serve as the senior financial leader responsible for establishing a scalable accounting organization while partnering on strategic growth initiatives. This role combines day-to-day operational leadership with executive-level financial planning, lender relations, and acquisition support. The ideal candidate enjoys building processes from the ground up (including being hands on doing some granular-level work), thrives in lean environments, and is comfortable remaining hands-on while developing a finance team over time.

• Lead all accounting, financial reporting, treasury, and cash management activities across the organization.
• Build and implement scalable accounting policies, internal controls, financial processes, and reporting structures to support future growth.
• Partner closely with executive leadership on strategic planning, financial analysis, capital allocation, and acquisition initiatives.
• Manage lender relationships, debt covenant compliance, borrowing requirements, and ongoing financial reporting to financing partners.
• Develop annual budgets, forecasts, cash flow projections, and operational performance reporting.
• Analyze operating costs, margins, and key business drivers to improve financial visibility and support decision making.
• Oversee sales tax compliance, external audit coordination, and relationships with outside accounting partners.
• Lead the transition from outsourced accounting support while establishing a long-term internal finance organization.
• Recruit, mentor, and develop future accounting staff as the platform continues to expand.
• Support financial due diligence, integration planning, and post-acquisition accounting for future acquisitions.
• Maintain oversight of treasury activities, banking relationships, and payment authorization processes.
• Create meaningful KPI reporting and financial dashboards to provide operational insights for executive leadership.

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, or related discipline.
• 12+ years of progressive accounting and finance leadership experience preferred.
• Experience with in industrial, manufacturing, construction materials, environmental services, infrastructure, distribution, or other blue-collar operating environments.
• Demonstrated experience managing debt covenant compliance and lender reporting.
• Comfortable building accounting functions, improving processes, and operating in a lean, entrepreneurial environment.
• Strong understanding of financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, treasury, and internal controls.
• Experience supporting acquisitions, integrations, or private equity portfolio companies is highly desirable.
• ERP implementation or financial systems improvement experience is a plus.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and business partnering skills.