Regional Finance Director

Company:

Vicinity Energy is North America’s largest provider of district energy solutions, offering low carbon energy to most of the iconic buildings you see in the skylines of Boston, Cambridge, Philadelphia, Baltimore and many other cities in the US. As a member of the communities we serve, all of us at Vicinity understand the critical role we play in reducing the impacts of climate change and being a leader in decarbonization. We are committed to net zero and eliminating our reliance on fossil fuels, but we need the best and the brightest minds on our team to help us reach our goal, not only for us as a company, but for our customers, our communities, and our planet.

Summary:

The Regional Director of Finance oversees all accounting and finance activities and responsibilities for the energy businesses in Baltimore and smaller districts in other cities such as Atlanta and Washington DC. The ideal candidate will be detail oriented and a motivated “self-starter” seeking professional growth into a key business partner role. This position reports to the VP of Operations with a dotted line to the Chief Financial Officer, and is a full-time, exempt, non-union position. This opportunity is located in Baltimore, MD and is a 75%/25% mix of in office/hybrid work environment. The compensation range for this position is $130-200K plus 20-25% bonus target.

Responsibilities:

• Manage a team of 5 professionals in Baltimore (Accounting, Finance, and Billing).
• Prepare budgets and forecasts.
• Prepare and present various reports for Corporate Finance and Management.
• Present financial results and recommended actions to improve operating performance to senior management.
• Prepare and review files for the month end close process including variance analysis.
• Manage Capital Expenditure process including budgets, forecasts, project approvals and project accounting.
• Deliver oral presentations regarding results and budgets to Key Stakeholders.
• Implement financial management tools.
• Ensure integrity and accuracy of financial data.
• Consolidate and analyze data and financial performance.
• Manage and communicate effectively to management and CFO.
• Prepare fuel rate forecasts.
• Manage customer billing and invoice data.
• Manage and develop the team.
• Record, classify, and summarize financial transactions to produce accurate financial statements including balance sheets, income statements, and cash flow statements, in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.
• Ad hoc requests from private equity ownership delivered by Director of Financial Planning and Analysis and/or Chief Financial Officer.
• Prepare standalone financial statements along and lead annual presentation(s) with counterparties for various sites, in accordance with contractual requirements.
• Review contract models developed by account management and business development (both new business and contract renewals) to ensure agreement with inputs and NPV of deals prior to contract review by senior leadership.

Basic Qualifications:

• B.S. in Accounting, Finance, Business, or related field.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in a business support, finance, or accounting role in an energy service, industrial, or manufacturing industry.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite. Advanced Excel skills to include financial models, pivot tables, macros, etc. required.
• Minimum of 3-5 years’ experience managing personnel.
• Soft skills, including the ability to effectively evaluate and provide training to staff as needed.
• Comfortable leading discussions with senior leaderships on a frequent basis, including the executive team.
• Ability to manage and develop the site Finance and Accounting team.
• Technical accounting skills in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).

Preferred Qualifications:

• CPA or MBA preferred.

Other Qualifications:

• Experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365.
• Experience with CC&B (billing software) or Maximo Procurement Software.
• Comfortable with financial operations in a manufacturing environment and the energy sector a plus.

Physical Requirements:

• Typically spends time in office environment which may be fast paced with multiple and changing priorities.
• This position may require some travel up to 10% of the time.

Benefits:

• Personal Leave
• FMLA up to 12 weeks based on approval
• Nonpaid benefit
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• 120 hours accrued annually which equals 4.62 hours per pay period
• Sick Leave
• 40 hours per calendar year prorated based on month of hire
• Paid Parental Leave
• 100% pay up to 160 hours upon birth or adoption of a child; must be used in weekly increments
• 7 paid holidays annually
• Floating holidays
• 40 hours per calendar year prorated based on month of hire
• Pension Plan
• Not available
• 401K plan
• Including Roth option with matching contributions: 100% of first 1% your contributions and 50% of the next 5% of your contributions.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY POLICY STATEMENT Vicinity North America is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. It is the policy of the Company to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.