Position Summary
The Hatch Group is seeking an experienced Director of Finance to lead financial strategy, support profitable growth, and strengthen financial performance across its company entities and locations. This position partners with executive leadership on strategic planning, cash flow, financing, acquisitions, capital investments, and risk management.
The Director of Finance oversees the Controller, Senior Accountant and other Accounting Department Staff and provides direction to the accounting department. The Controller owns day-to-day accounting operations, financial statement preparation, internal controls, and the close process. The Senior Accountant performs technical accounting work and directly supervises the three accounting support employees.
The ideal candidate combines financial expertise with practical business judgment, understands construction and project-based operations, and can translate financial information into clear recommendations for leadership.
Key Responsibilities
Financial Strategy and Business Planning
Lead annual budgeting, forecasting, and long-range financial planning across entities, branches, and service lines.
Partner with executive and operational leaders to establish financial goals and evaluate performance.
Analyze revenue, profitability, overhead, and operating trends to identify opportunities for improvement.
Develop financial models and scenario analyses for expansion, pricing, staffing, and other business decisions.
Establish financial performance measures and work with department leaders to address results.
Balance growth objectives with liquidity, financial capacity, and operational requirements.
Banking Relationships and Financing
Serve as the primary relationship owner for banks, lenders, and financing partners.
Evaluate and recommend credit facilities, equipment financing, and other borrowing arrangements.
Coordinate financing applications, renewals, and negotiations with executive leadership.
Monitor debt obligations, borrowing availability, and lender covenant compliance.
Ensure required financial information is submitted accurately and on time, using schedules prepared by the accounting team.
Recommend banking arrangements and account structures that support the organization’s needs.
Bonding and Surety Management
Manage relationships with surety providers and bonding agents.
Oversee bonding renewals, capacity reviews, and project-specific bond requests.
Coordinate financial statements, work-in-progress schedules, and other underwriting information with the Controller.
Monitor factors affecting bonding capacity and communicate limitations or requirements to leadership.
Partner with operations and estimating teams to assess bonding requirements for prospective projects.
Cash Flow Strategy and Working Capital
Own cash flow forecasting and liquidity planning across the organization.
Anticipate seasonal funding needs, major expenditures, debt payments, and other cash requirements.
Use reconciled cash balances, receivables aging, payables schedules, and project information to develop reliable forecasts.
Set working capital priorities and monitor collection trends, payment timing, and retainage exposure.
Establish payment priorities and funding plans within approved policies.
Recommend actions to maintain sufficient liquidity and improve cash conversion.
Acquisitions and Financial Integration
Lead the financial evaluation of acquisition opportunities in coordination with executive leadership and advisers.
Assess financial results, working capital, debt, liabilities, and other factors affecting transaction value.
Develop acquisition models and evaluate financing options.
Coordinate financial due diligence and communicate findings, assumptions, and risks.
Lead financial integration planning, including reporting structures, banking, controls, systems, and accounting processes.
Direct the Controller’s execution of accounting integration tasks and monitor post-acquisition…