Vice President Finance

Job Description

VP of Finance

Home Appliance Retail Operations and Distribution business · South Florida · On-site · Confidential search

The opportunity

Our client is an established, profitable home appliance retail and distribution business in South Florida, being acquired by an investor group alongside an experienced operating team. We're looking for the VP of Finance who will build the finance function and be actively involved in value creation initiative out from where the founder left it.

This is the senior-most finance role in the company. You'd report to the General Manager and work directly with the Sponsor and the Board.

The growth agenda

Growth here runs on two engines and you sit in the middle of both. Organic: new service lines and commercial channels going into the core business. Inorganic: an active acquisition program running from letter of intent through diligence, financing, closing and integration.

Hands-on M&A and time inside a private-equity or sponsor-backed company are central to this job, not occasional extras.

What you'll own

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• Monthly reporting, board and lender packages, the annual budget and a rolling forecast
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• Cash, working capital and inventory in a deposit-funded, floorplan-financed model
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• Banking, senior-lender and investor relationships, including covenant compliance and reporting
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• The finance and accounting team, the systems and the controls, including upgrading the ERP and point-of-sale data environment to carry a multi-entity platform
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• Financial diligence and integration on acquisitions, working alongside outside accountants and counsel
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• Margin, pricing, rebate and vendor-program analytics across retail and commercial channels
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What we're looking for

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• Six or more years of progressive finance leadership, including time as a VP of Finance, Finance Director or Controller with full ownership of the close, reporting and forecasting
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• Acquisitions you can talk about specifically. Deals you modeled, diligenced, closed and integrated, not deals your employer did while you were there
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• Time as a finance leader inside a private-equity or sponsor-backed business. You know the board reporting cadence, what goes in a lender covenant package, how add-backs get argued, and what a quality-of-earnings process will ask of you
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• Distribution experience preferred. Strong candidates from adjacent inventory-heavy or multi-unit businesses will also be considered
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• Comfort operating close to the ground. You build the model yourself, walk the warehouse, and know the difference between a report and an answer
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• CPA and/or MBA preferred
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Compensation

Competitive base salary and performance bonus, with meaningful equity participation in the platform. The role is structured so the VP of Finance wins alongside the investors and the operating team. On-site in South Florida.

How to apply

This search is confidential and the company's identity will be shared with qualified candidates under a nondisclosure agreement. Send a resume and a short note on the growth or acquisition work you're proudest of. All inquiries handled with discretion.