SVP Finance

This high-impact role carries full P&L responsibility and offers influence over capital allocation, pricing strategy, government contracts, and value creation initiatives. You will lead financial strategy, professionalize systems, and provide actionable insights to drive operational efficiency, supporting the division’s growth and positioning it for an eventual transaction.

• Act as strategic and financial partner to the Divisional President, driving growth initiatives, commercial decisions, and transaction readiness.
• Lead FP&A and divisional finance operations, managing a small team including an FP&A Manager and two direct reports.
• Translate operational data into actionable financial insights; design dashboards and KPI reporting to enhance decision-making.
• Oversee financial management of a diversified concession and ferry portfolio, including National Parks, Niagara Falls Ferry, Alcatraz, Boston Metro Ferry,Puerto Rico, and ancillary services.
• Collaborate with Group CFO and SVP on capital allocation, pricing, contract strategy, and divestiture planning.
• Provide board-level reporting with clarity and polish, communicating both macroeconomic context and operational performance.
• Partner with divisional accounting to ensure timely, accurate, and compliant financial reporting.
• Drive strategic planning, forecasting, and scenario modelling to support PE portfolio objectives.
• Lead budgeting, cost management, and margin optimization initiatives across the division.
• Identify, evaluate, and execute operational and financial improvement opportunities to enhance EBITDA and cash flow.
• Oversee transaction support, including due diligence, carve-out preparation, and integration planning for acquisitions or divestitures.
• Monitor and manage working capital, cash flow, and capital expenditures to maximize efficiency and returns.
• Implement and maintain internal controls and financial policies aligned with PE governance standards.
• Partner with PE sponsors to develop KPIs and reporting frameworks that track operational and financial performance.
• Support M&A and capital raise activities, including investor presentations and board reporting.
• Drive change management initiatives across finance, operations, and commercial teams to standardize processes and improve scalability.
• Lead and mentor finance team members, developing talent to operate at PE speed and scale.

The RESPECT Service System embodies Hornblower mission, vision, values and operating principles. By creating a company culture that puts RESPECT at its core, we believe it will drive us to achieve our goal of becoming a Global Experiences and Transportation Leader.

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Additionally, as a federal, state, and local contractor, Hornblower complies with government regulations, including affirmative action responsibilities for qualified individuals, where and as they apply. The company also participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations.