The opportunity

An established, highly profitable, 100% employee-owned commercial construction company is entering its next phase of growth from a position of financial strength. With a long operating history, a strong balance sheet, and ambitious plans for organic expansion and acquisitions, this is an opportunity to build on success—not repair a struggling business. The CEO is creating a VP of Finance position to bring greater strategic depth, strengthen an already functioning finance organization, and develop the financial infrastructure for a substantially larger enterprise.

The mandate

Partner directly with the CEO to help shape the company’s next chapter: enhance the financial insights available to leaders, strengthen forecasting and capital decisions, guide acquisitions, modernize systems, and build a finance function that can scale with the business. This is a newly created executive seat with significant influence and a combination of strategic leadership and operational ownership.

What you will accomplish

• Create a forward-looking financial roadmap covering treasury, banking, liquidity, capital allocation, forecasting and balance-sheet strategy.
• Enhance the speed, clarity and usefulness of financial reporting, monthly close and controls without disrupting what already works.
• Lead the evolution from Sage 100 to Sage Intacct and integration with Procore Financials, reducing manual processes and connecting project and financial information.
• Support acquisition evaluation, modeling, financial due diligence and financial integration planning.
• Develop and assess the finance/accounting team, strengthening capabilities for a larger, more complex organization.
• Collaborate closely with operating leaders; provide executive oversight of HR and IT.

What you bring

• Senior finance leadership with CFO-level strategic judgment and hands-on accounting and operational depth.
• Strong treasury, banking, financial planning, controls and capital management experience.
• Meaningful involvement in acquisition analysis, financial diligence or transactions; the depth of your personal contribution matters.
• A record of improving systems, reporting and financial decision-making while leading and developing teams.
• Commercial judgment, humility, curiosity, accountability and the ability to work effectively with an established executive team.

Valuable, but not required

Commercial general contracting or construction finance; project-based business models; Sage Intacct, Procore or comparable ERP transformation; ESOP experience; and experience scaling a business through acquisitions. We welcome accomplished finance executives from adjacent industries with transferable experience.

Compensation and location

Base salary: $275,000–$300,000. In addition, the executive bonus program creates meaningful upside: leadership discussed an approximately 30% first-year bonus as a realistic possibility, which would imply approximately $357,500–$390,000 in first-year cash compensation at the stated base range if achieved. Bonus amounts are performance-dependent, discretionary under applicable plan terms, and not guaranteed. Employee ownership and additional executive benefits provide further potential value; specific terms will be reviewed during the process.

San Jose, California. Meaningful onsite executive presence is expected, with scheduling driven by business needs rather than a fixed published number of office days. This is not a remote position. Relocation assistance is not a standard offering and would be evaluated individually.

Apply

Insight Recruitment is conducting this confidential search. If you are energized by the chance to help a financially strong, employee-owned business become an even stronger and larger enterprise, we welcome your confidential application.