Frederick Fox

Director of FinanceSidney, OH | On-site | Full-time | Direct Hire The OpportunityOur client is a long-standing equipment leasing and maintenance business that recently joined a PE-backed national services platform through acquisition. As the parent company works through integration, they're bringing on a Director of Finance to serve as the finance leader on the ground for the acquired entity. The Finance Director is responsible for steering the close cycle, lease accounting, cash management, planning, and reporting for a business that will continue to run on its own books, its own ERP, and its own banking rails as it plugs into a larger corporate structure. This seat is built for a hands-on finance leader who can carry the monthly close, stand up strong ASC 842 practices, drive the budget and forecast cycle, and evolve a founder-built finance function into something scalable inside a PE operating model. At a Glance<ul style="margin:0px;padding-left:40px;">
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Reports to: Corporate Finance Leadership</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Direct reports: 10 (Controller, Shared Services, AP/AR, Payroll)</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Location: Sidney, OH (on-site)</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Travel: 15–20% to corporate offices</li>
</ul> What You'll Own<ul style="margin:0px;padding-left:40px;">
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">End-to-end responsibility for the monthly close cycle - technical accounting calls, journal entries, reconciliations, and consolidated financial statements</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">ASC 842 lease accounting</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Treasury and banking operations for the entity, including cash positioning and bank relationships</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">The annual budget, rolling forecast, and financial models that inform operating decisions</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Close-out analysis and executive-facing variance commentary each period</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Leadership of the finance and accounting organization</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Financial integration work as the entity connects into the parent-company reporting environment</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Day-to-day operational finance judgment calls for the business</li>
</ul> What We're Looking For<ul style="margin:0px;padding-left:40px;">
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">8–12+ years of progressively senior finance and accounting leadership, ideally including time as a Director of Finance or Controller</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Owner mentality</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Working command of ASC 842</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Demonstrated FP&amp;A expertise: budgeting, forecasting, modeling, and communicating the numbers to senior leaders</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Time spent leading finance inside a stand-alone entity, subsidiary, or newly-acquired business</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance</li>
</ul> Highly Preferred<ul style="margin:0px;padding-left:40px;">
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Industry background in services or maintenance</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Familiarity with Enrich or a similar industry-specific ERP</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">OneStream exposure</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">CPA and/or MBA</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">PE-backed or post-close integration experience</li>
</ul>

Director of Finance

Sidney, OH | On-site | Full-time | Direct Hire

The Opportunity

Our client is a long-standing equipment leasing and maintenance
business that recently joined a PE-backed national services
platform through acquisition. As the parent company works through
integration, they're bringing on a Director of Finance to serve
as the finance leader on the ground for the acquired entity. The
Finance Director is responsible for steering the close cycle,
lease accounting, cash management, planning, and reporting for a
business that will continue to run on its own books, its own ERP,
and its own banking rails as it plugs into a larger corporate
structure.

This seat is built for a hands-on finance leader who can carry
the monthly close, stand up strong ASC 842 practices, drive the
budget and forecast cycle, and evolve a founder-built finance
function into something scalable inside a PE operating model.

At a Glance

* Reports to: Corporate Finance Leadership
* Direct reports: 10 (Controller, Shared Services, AP/AR,
Payroll)
* Location: Sidney, OH (on-site)
* Travel: 15–20% to corporate offices

What You'll Own

* End-to-end responsibility for the monthly close cycle -
technical accounting calls, journal entries, reconciliations, and
consolidated financial statements
* ASC 842 lease accounting
* Treasury and banking operations for the entity, including cash
positioning and bank relationships
* The annual budget, rolling forecast, and financial models that
inform operating decisions
* Close-out analysis and executive-facing variance commentary
each period
* Leadership of the finance and accounting organization
* Financial integration work as the entity connects into the
parent-company reporting environment
* Day-to-day operational finance judgment calls for the business

What We're Looking For

* 8–12+ years of progressively senior finance and accounting
leadership, ideally including time as a Director of Finance or
Controller
* Owner mentality
* Working command of ASC 842
* Demonstrated FP&A expertise: budgeting, forecasting, modeling,
and communicating the numbers to senior leaders
* Time spent leading finance inside a stand-alone entity,
subsidiary, or newly-acquired business
* Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance

Highly Preferred

* Industry background in services or maintenance
* Familiarity with Enrich or a similar industry-specific ERP
* OneStream exposure
* CPA and/or MBA
* PE-backed or post-close integration experience

Finance Director

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