VP/Director of Finance

Description

Robert Half is looking for an accomplished finance executive to lead financial strategy and strengthen operational performance for a growing service organization in Rochester, New York. This role will guide core finance functions, provide insight that supports enterprise-level decision-making, and help shape the infrastructure needed for long-term expansion. The ideal candidate brings deep leadership experience, strong business partnership skills, and the ability to translate financial data into clear action across a multi-site environment.

For confidential consideration, please reach out to Holly Perez

Responsibilities:

• Direct the full finance organization, overseeing planning, accounting, reporting, treasury, cash management, forecasting, and control activities across multiple locations.

• Partner with senior operational leaders to evaluate performance, improve profitability, and support decisions that align financial outcomes with business objectives.

• Lead the annual budgeting cycle and ongoing forecast processes, delivering timely analysis that supports both short-term execution and long-range planning.

• Establish and refine financial systems, workflows, and team structures that can scale effectively with organizational growth.

• Ensure accurate month-end close and financial reporting processes, maintaining strong governance, internal controls, and compliance standards.

• Provide insight into branch and enterprise performance by developing meaningful metrics, dashboards, and operational finance analyses.

• Support strategic initiatives such as expansion efforts, capital planning, and potential merger or acquisition activity, including financial evaluation and integration support when needed.

• Prepare and present clear financial updates, performance trends, and planning recommendations to executive leadership and external stakeholders as appropriate.Rpb

Requirements • 15+ years of progressive experience in finance leadership roles with increasing responsibility.

• Demonstrated success leading finance within a complex organization operating across multiple sites or business units.

• Strong command of financial planning and analysis, accounting, budgeting, forecasting, cash flow management, treasury, internal controls, and financial reporting.

• Proven ability to build, mentor, and elevate high-performing finance teams and future leaders.

• Experience working closely with operational leadership to influence business decisions and improve financial performance.

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or a related discipline.

• Familiarity with large-scale or high-growth environments, including organizations with significant revenue scope, is strongly preferred.

• Advanced financial credentials and experience with M& A, business transformation, board-level presentations, or Oracle systems are preferred.

Robert Half is the world’s first and largest specialized talent solutions firm that connects highly qualified job seekers to opportunities at great companies. We offer contract, temporary and permanent placement solutions for finance and accounting, technology, marketing and creative, legal, and administrative and customer support roles.

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