Vice President of Strategic Finance

Vice President – Strategic Finance

Orlando, FL (On-site)

Arco Talent Group has been retained by a private equity–backed, multi‑asset operating platform with a large, national footprint.

Following a recent take‑private, the business is entering a period of accelerated operational discipline and acquisition‑led growth. The platform operates across a broad, distributed network and sits at the intersection of enterprise finance, capital deployment, and performance management.

Reporting to the CFO and CIO, the VP of Strategic Finance will serve as the connective tissue between operating performance, capital allocation, and transaction execution. This is a high-visibility seat designed for a finance leader who combines institutional modeling rigor with the operational instincts to drive results across a 400+ location platform.

What You’ll Do

FP&A & Enterprise Performance

• Own enterprise forecasting, budgeting, and long-range planning across the full operating platform
• Build and maintain fully integrated operating models linking field performance to enterprise cash flow and leverage metrics
• Drive monthly performance analytics, variance analysis, and forward-looking scenario modeling
• Partner with operating leaders to translate financial targets into measurable, accountable performance frameworks
• Prepare investment committee materials, board reporting, and sponsor analyses in partnership with the CFO and CIO

M&A Support & Integration

• Lead financial underwriting and modeling for acquisitions, dispositions, and strategic investments
• Translate deal-level economics into enterprise forecasts, liquidity planning, and capital allocation pacing
• Model enterprise impacts of acquisitions on cash flow, leverage, and covenant compliance
• Support diligence workstreams and investment committee materials end-to-end
• Oversee post-acquisition performance tracking against underwriting assumptions, surfacing variances and corrective actions early

Team Building & Management

• Lead, manage, and develop a lean, high-performing Strategic Finance team
• Operate as a true player-coach — equally comfortable owning complex analytical work and elevating the team around you
• Establish scalable processes, modeling standards, and reporting infrastructure as the platform grows
• Create a high-accountability team culture aligned with the pace and standards of a sponsor-backed environment

Ideal Background

• 7–10 years of total professional experience
• Foundational training in Investment Banking and/or Private Equity strongly preferred
• Experience within a PE-backed portfolio company in Strategic Finance, Corporate Development, or FP&A
• Advanced financial modeling capability (three-statement models, LBO-style analysis, scenario and sensitivity modeling)
• Direct exposure to acquisition underwriting, transaction diligence, and investment committee materials
• Experience translating deal economics into operating forecasts and liquidity planning
• Prior experience managing small, high-performing analytical teams (player-coach profile)
• Comfortable operating in sponsor-driven, performance-accountable environments
• Multi-site or asset-intensive operating exposure preferred, but not required

Profile

• High-analytical horsepower with institutional transaction training
• Player-coach mindset - comfortable owning complex modeling while guiding a lean team
• Strong financial discipline with a bias toward data integrity and precision
• Clear, structured communicator capable of presenting to executives, sponsors, and board stakeholders
• Commercially minded with sound judgment around capital deployment and risk
• Comfortable operating in a performance-driven, sponsor-accountable environment
• Able to flex seamlessly between enterprise FP&A cycles and active transaction execution

What Makes This Compelling

• Private equity–backed platform with an active, repeatable acquisition strategy
• Direct partnership with the CFO and CIO, with exposure to sponsor and board discussions
• Meaningful involvement in underwriting, capital allocation, and post-acquisition performance tracking
• Rare opportunity to combine institutional-quality modeling with real operating ownership inside a scaled platform
• High-impact seat with visibility across finance, investments, and operations
• Clear runway for accelerated growth within a sponsor-backed environment

Location: Orlando, FL (primarily in‑office)

Compensation: Competitive (base + performance upside)

Interested candidates may express interest confidentially via LinkedIn or through Arco Talent Group.