Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Onterris is a leading global environmental solutions company partnering with organizations to solve complex challenges where environmental pressures, regulatory expectations and operational risks intersect. As Vice President of Finance Operations, you will lead the operational finance team and the strategic finance agenda for the air testing business, overseeing financial planning, performance optimization, and operational accounting.
Responsibilities
- Lead the air testing financial operations team with confident, hands-on leadership, delivering day-to-day guidance and long-range financial strategy that fuels global growth
- Unlock cost and profitability gains, turning margin performance into a competitive advantage
- Standardize financial project management in the ERP across all geographies, improving inputs, functionality and reporting while driving smart system enhancements with key partners
- Build a disciplined, repeatable forecasting engine that produces system-generated forecasts and supports regular, executive-level reviews throughout the year
- Lead financial due diligence, integration and synergy delivery for acquisitions within the air testing business, and help shape a sharper, more strategic M&A roadmap
- Strengthen and evolve business KPIs, diagnose variance drivers quickly and translate insights into measurable operational improvements
- Deliver monthly performance narratives to senior leadership, pairing clear reporting with analysis that drives decisions at the project and divisional/country level
- Develop and elevate the global air testing finance team through mentorship, delegation and high standards that build capability and momentum
- Own the monthly and quarterly close with rigor, ensuring accurate revenue recognition, clean cut-offs, and GAAP-compliant accounting
- Partner with senior leaders to set operational financial strategy, surface risks and opportunities, and bring data-driven recommendations that move the business forward
- Lead the annual budget and quarterly forecast models, integrating backlog, pipeline and KPIs into clear submissions for FP&A alignment
- Partner with leadership to strengthen fixed asset management and tracking
- Guide operational leaders in applying policies, programs and procedures with consistency, clarity and accountability
- Serve as the connective tissue between Operations and Corporate Accounting and Corporate Finance, keeping teams aligned and advancing issues to resolution
- Partner across Business Services, HR, IT and Legal to support compliance, governance and smart business decisions
- Drive standardization and automation in accounting, reporting and financial operations to scale performance and reduce friction
- Ensure internal controls are designed and operating effectively, supporting SOX compliance and strong financial governance
- Champion improvements and integrations across financial and accounting systems, processes, tools and control environments as the business evolves
- Act as a key point of contact for internal and external auditors, ensuring readiness, transparency and smooth execution
Skills
- 15+ years of progressive finance or accounting experience
- Public-company experience
- 5+ years experience in an operational finance role or in a corporate FP&A role
- Experience with a services or project based business
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting or Business Administration from an accredited university; and a CPA, CMA or MBA equivalent
- Prior leadership experience, with a focus on developing talent across multiple geographies
- Proven expertise with ERP systems; experience driving finance transformation and automation initiatives; Workday familiarity strongly preferred
- Track record of driving margin improvement and revenue growth initiatives
- Executive presence with the credibility to partner with, challenge, and influence senior leaders
- Strong U.S. GAAP knowledge, including revenue recognition, inventory methodologies, expense cut-off and accruals
- Leads with integrity and sets the standard for accuracy, ethics and compliance
- Commits to transparency through clear communication, elevates risks, and creates confidence with stakeholders
- Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving capability, excellent prioritization and organization, and the ability to manage multiple deadlines with pace and precision
- Communicates with presence, commits to transparency, elevates risk early, and creates confidence with senior leadership and external stakeholders
- Hands-on understanding of core operational cycles, including procure-to-pay, order-to-cash and record-to-report
- Demonstrated ability to lead and contribute to enterprise-wide finance initiatives
- Advanced Microsoft Office skills, including Excel, PowerPoint, Word and Outlook
- Willingness to travel approximately 10%, with the U.S. and Canada
- Experience leading M&A due diligence, decision support and post-close integration
Benefits
- Annual bonus (20-25%), commensurate with experience, skills, and geographic location
- This position can be performed remotely
- Occasional travel is required within the U.S. and to Canada to meet with operational and finance teams and support acquisition activity
- Willingness to travel approximately 10%, with the U.S. and Canada
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