Vice President of Finance for High-Growth, Financial Services Firm!

StevenDouglas has been retained by a highly profitable, fast-growing financial services organization headquartered in Miami's Brickell financial district. Backed by a nationally recognized parent company with significant institutional resources, the business combines the autonomy and pace of an entrepreneurial firm with the stability and infrastructure of a large, established organization. We have been retained on a confidential basis to identify a Vice President of Finance – a newly created role that will serve as the senior-most finance leader for the business and the right hand to the CEO. Why This Role Is Different This is a rare opportunity to build a finance function from the ground up at a company that is already profitable and scaling quickly. Most finance leaders inherit systems, processes, and teams. This person will create them. You will own the entire finance and accounting function. Today, month-end close and core accounting are handled by an external firm. You will bring those functions in-house, establish standardized processes, and build the infrastructure to support the company's next phase of growth. You will select and implement a new ERP system. The business currently runs on manual, spreadsheet-driven processes. You will lead the evaluation, selection, and deployment of a modern accounting platform You will build FP&A from scratch. Budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and management reporting are all yours to design. You will define what good looks like here. You will partner directly with the CEO. This is a genuine seat at the table. You will be the financial voice in strategic decisions, providing the analytical rigor and discipline that supports confident, informed growth. The scope is CFO-level. Full P&L ownership, systems strategy, team building, and board-level reporting — the breadth of a CFO role at a much larger organization, with the hands-on involvement of a growing company. What You'll Be Doing Serving as the senior finance leader for the business, reporting directly to the CEO with a dotted-line relationship to the parent company's Division CFO Transitioning all accounting and finance operations in-house from an outsourced provider Owning the month-end close, financial reporting, and internal controls Leading the selection and implementation of a new ERP platform Building and owning budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis processes Managing and developing a team of financial analysts, and driving Power BI dashboard and reporting infrastructure Partnering with revenue-generating teams on pricing analysis, product economics, and profitability modeling Providing analytical rigor and disciplined financial perspective to executive decision-making Scaling the finance organization as the company grows What We're Looking For Required: Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance or related field; CPA strongly preferred 10+ years of progressive finance and accounting experience with industry experience in financial services, insurance, or investment banking finance Strong technical accounting foundation — you understand financial statements, month-end close, and how transactions flow through the balance sheet Progressive finance leadership experience with demonstrated ownership of accounting and FP&A functions Hands-on operator mindset; comfortable doing the work, not just managing people who do it Confidence and executive presence — the ability to hold your own with sophisticated, intellectually demanding stakeholders and to respectfully challenge assumptions Strong financial modeling, forecasting, and analytical capability #J-18808-Ljbffr StevenDouglas