Sr. Director/VP Finance Candidate #041326
St. Louis, MO
Finance
16 years
4/13/2026
Profile
Corporate finance leader with 15+ years of progressive experience spanning both accounting and strategic finance across public company environments with strict governance, reporting, and compliance standards. Extensive executive level reporting, FP&A, and cashflow modeling experience. Strong full-cycle accounting/month-end close career foundational experience. Proven ability to partner effectively with executive leadership and key stakeholders. Collaborative and relationship-driven leader skilled at working across multiple departments and managing direct teams. Consistently delivers reporting and financials with value-added analysis and perspectives that are beyond the numbers. Seeking finance leadership roles with growing St. Louis based companies.
Career Highlight 1: At a Post-IPO comany: Prepare and deliver financial materials and analysis for CEO and Board of Directors meetings, ensuring clarity, accuracy, and strategic relevance. Managed the monthly forecast and annual budget and long-range planning processes, coordinating and consolidating inputs across multiple business units to align financial targets with strategic goals. Partner with accounting to ensure monthly close cycles are completed timely, accurately, and compliant.
Why Hire This Candidate (In Their Own Words):
Strengths: (1) technical financial knowledge, (2) business acumen, (3) ability partner with executives, and (4) curiosity and healthy skepticism.
Education: Bachelor’s, Fin & Accounting
Credentials: CPA
Industry Experience: Consumer Packaged Goods, Retail
Company Fit: Mid-size and large company experience.
Management Experience: 6+ years of experience managing finance teams.
Software Experience: Strong Excel and ERP systems experience including SAP.
Open To: Hybrid, In-office
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