VP of Finance

Energy Innovation Corp; Birmingham (AL); On-site; USD 176,000 - 274,000; Full time

Job summary

Advisory Excellence Group in Birmingham, AL seeks a VP of Finance who reads a P&L like headlines, owns the numbers, and drives strategic growth. This contract leadership role offers ownership over busywork and a compensation range of $176,000 to $274,000 with mentorship built in.

Key duties include turning quarter-end into the calmest week of the finance cycle, drafting the board deck, modeling pricing and unit economics, reconciling ledgers, and forecasting working capital to avoid cash

Qualifications

• P&L ownership and strategic financial thinking.
• Ability to present complex numbers clearly to executives.
• Experience with forecasting and performance analytics.

Responsibilities

• Turn quarter-end into the calmest week of the finance cycle.
• Draft the board deck that turns numbers into a decision.
• Support modeling pricing, margins, and unit economics.
• Reconcile general ledger accounts and resolve discrepancies in a timely manner.
• Forecast working capital tight enough to avoid a genuinely-flexible cash crunch.

Skills

P&L ownership

Strategic finance

Board decks

Cash flow

Ledger reconciliation

Pricing modeling

Job description

The VP of Finance we are after in Birmingham, AL reads a P&L the way others read headlines. A contract VP of Finance role that values ownership over busywork, pays $176,000 - $274,000, and invests in your long-term growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Turn quarter-end into the calmest week of the finance cycle
• Draft the board deck that turns numbers into a decision
• Support the VP of Finance in modeling pricing, margins, and unit economics
• Reconcile general ledger accounts and resolve discrepancies in a timely manner
• Forecast working capital tight enough to avoid a genuinely-flexible cash crunch

What You'll Bring

• A bias toward asking the dumb question before the expensive mistake
• Hands-on finance experience that holds up to follow-up questions
• The discipline to document while it's fresh, not after it's forgotten
• Curiosity and a continuous drive to sharpen your finance craft
• An instinct for prioritization when everything is labeled urgent
• Reliable, accountable, and committed to following through

The founders of Advisory Excellence Group left bigger companies to build something quietly-excellent in Birmingham, and finance has been better for it. Here, ownership means you're empowered to fix what's broken without waiting for permission.

Compensation lands at $176,000 - $274,000, mentorship is built in, and the path from here to senior finance work is mapped, not vague.

Confirmed active this hour for the Birmingham, AL crew, no waiting list.

We read every application that lands, so make yours count and tell us why VP of Finance is your fit.