Regional Finance Business Partner, Southeast

Cobalt Service Partners is building a commercial access and security integration platform through the acquisition and operation of partner companies. The Regional Finance Business Partner will support the Southeast Regional President across five acquired companies by leading close, forecasting, reporting, cash management, acquisition integration, process standardization, controls, and finance team development.

Responsibilities:

• Partner with the Regional President. Serve as a strategic partner to the Regional President, tracking regional performance, finding opportunities and leading growth initiatives to expand margin and EBITDA, and turning analysis into decisions
• Integrate new acquisitions. Support acquisition diligence and the combination of businesses where companies are merged
• Build the business rhythm. Set the region's finance operating cadence, including close calendars, flash reports, monthly business reviews, and forecast cycles, so leaders get consistent, timely information they can act on
• Own planning and reporting. Lead budgeting, forecasts, variance analysis, and monitor regional KPIs and P&L targets
• Oversee the monthly close. Deliver an accurate, on-time GAAP close across all partner companies
• Get the high-risk areas right. Own the accuracy of job costing, percentage-of-completion revenue recognition and WIP schedules, inventory, and significant estimates and accruals. Build the reviews, reconciliations, and controls that make these numbers reliable and hold up under audit
• Manage cash. Own and maintain rolling 13-week cash flow forecasting and working capital across the region
• Standardize systems and processes. Lead ERP testing and implementations and system integrations so every company runs on a common playbook
• Protect the business. Maintain internal controls and compliance, and partner with the CSP finance team on audits and tax
• Build the team. Lead and develop finance and accounting staff across the partner companies

Requirements:

• 8+ years in finance and accounting, including meaningful time in both FP&A and controllership
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance
• Hands-on experience with percentage-of-completion revenue recognition, job costing, WIP schedules, and inventory accounting
• Sound judgment on significant estimates and accruals, and the ability to support them to auditors
• Direct ownership of month-end close, reporting, and variance analysis in a multi-entity or decentralized environment
• A track record of building finance processes from scratch and bringing structure to non-standardized environments
• Experience integrating acquired businesses into a common finance and reporting structure
• Comfort working day-to-day in multiple ERPs and accounting systems and picking up new ones quickly, with hands-on leadership of at least one ERP implementation or changeover
• Strong GAAP, budgeting, modeling, and cash flow and working-capital skills
• The credibility to lead a finance team and influence senior operators you don't directly manage
• CPA or CMA preferred
• preferably in a private equity environment