Vice President Finance

Overview

The Vice President, Finance is a senior leader that is responsible for overseeing the company's Treasury, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), M&A, Financial Shared Service, and Tax functions. This role partners closely with the President & CEO and executive leadership to drive capital strategy, financial planning, financial operations, and performance insights as a publicly traded company. The VP, Finance plays a critical role in supporting growth, enhancing operational efficiency, and delivering long-term shareholder value.

This leader will champion and deliver continuous improvement and transformation across all areas of responsibility, strengthening processes, controls, and scalability.

• Champion enterprise-wide continuous improvement and transformation across Treasury, FP&A, Financial Shared Services and Tax, driving process optimization, automation, scalability, and best-in-class finance capabilities.
• Drive enterprise financial planning, forecasting, budgeting, and long-range strategy, delivering actionable insights to executive leadership and the Board to support data-driven decision-making and shareholder value creation.
• Strengthen financial operations through standardized processes, and performance metrics that enhance accuracy, efficiency, and transparency.
• Serve as a strategic financial and tax partner to the President & CEO, and business unit leaders, aligning internal performance, and external reporting.
• Build and develop a high-performing finance organization, fostering accountability, innovation, and a culture of continuous improvement.
• Recommends capital strategy, liquidity management, and capital structure optimization, ensuring strong cash flow, balance sheet efficiency, disciplined capital allocation, and tax-efficient structures.
• Develop and maintain relationships with investors, analysts, regulators, tax authorities, and key business partners, such as audit and legal advisors.
• Partners with Investor Relations to communicate with analysts and investors to ensure a consistent message is delivered with respect to Ferrellgas s operations, prospects, and tax strategy.
• Support company wide strategic initiatives, including those with significant tax implications, M&A, or restructuring considerations.

• A Bachelor s degree in Business Administration, Finance, Economics, or a related field.
• An MBA or advanced degree is preferred.
• 12+ years of progressive finance experience, including leadership roles across Treasury, FP&A, Financial Shared Services, and/or Tax.
• Experience working in a publicly traded company, preferably within a complex, multi-site environment.
• Strong leadership and influencing skills, with the ability to work collaboratively across departments and with senior leadership.
• Strong experience and understanding of capital markets, cash flow management, financial planning, tax, and transactional finance operations.
• Extensive experience collaborating with investor relations to communicate financial performance, strategy, and key tax or accounting insights to stakeholders.
• Led large-scale process improvements and implemented sustainable operational changes that enhanced efficiency and overall performance.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to maintain strong professional relationships.
• Excellent negotiation, communication, and presentation skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Highly motivated, results oriented, and strong attention to detail.
• Must be a U.S. citizen, national, permanent resident, or otherwise authorized to work in the United States.
• Applicants must not require visa sponsorship now or in the future.