Vice President Finance

Overview

 

The Vice President, Finance is a senior leader that is responsible for overseeing the company’s Treasury, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), M&A, Financial Shared Service, and Tax functions. This role partners closely with the President & CEO and executive leadership to drive capital strategy, financial planning, financial operations, and performance insights as a publicly traded company. The VP, Finance plays a critical role in supporting growth, enhancing operational efficiency, and delivering long-term shareholder value. This leader will champion and deliver continuous improvement and transformation across all areas of responsibility, strengthening processes, controls, and scalability.

 

 

Responsibilities

• Champion enterprise-wide continuous improvement and transformation across Treasury, FP&A, Financial Shared Services and Tax, driving process optimization, automation, scalability, and best-in-class finance capabilities.
• Drive enterprise financial planning, forecasting, budgeting, and long-range strategy, delivering actionable insights to executive leadership and the Board to support data-driven decision-making and shareholder value creation.
• Strengthen financial operations through standardized processes, and performance metrics that enhance accuracy, efficiency, and transparency.
• Serve as a strategic financial and tax partner to the President & CEO, and business unit leaders, aligning internal performance, and external reporting.
• Build and develop a high-performing finance organization, fostering accountability, innovation, and a culture of continuous improvement.
• Recommends capital strategy, liquidity management, and capital structure optimization, ensuring strong cash flow, balance sheet efficiency, disciplined capital allocation, and tax-efficient structures.
• Develop and maintain relationships with investors, analysts, regulators, tax authorities, and key business partners, such as audit and legal advisors.
• Partners with Investor Relations to communicate with analysts and investors to ensure a consistent message is delivered with respect to Ferrellgas’s operations, prospects, and tax strategy.
• Support companywide strategic initiatives, including those with significant tax implications, M&A, or restructuring considerations.

Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, Economics, or a related field.
• An MBA or advanced degree is preferred.
• 12+ years of progressive finance experience, including leadership roles across Treasury, FP&A, Financial Shared Services, and/or Tax.
• Experience working in a publicly traded company, preferably within a complex, multi-site environment.
• Strong leadership and influencing skills, with the ability to work collaboratively across departments and with senior leadership.
• Strong experience and understanding of capital markets, cash flow management, financial planning, tax, and transactional finance operations.
• Extensive experience collaborating with investor relations to communicate financial performance, strategy, and key tax or accounting insights to stakeholders.
• Led large-scale process improvements and implemented sustainable operational changes that enhanced efficiency and overall performance.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to maintain strong professional relationships.
• Excellent negotiation, communication, and presentation skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Highly motivated, results oriented, and strong attention to detail.
• Must be a U.S. citizen, national, permanent resident, or otherwise authorized to work in the United States.
• Applicants must not require visa sponsorship now or in the future.

 

Why Ferrellgas?

At Ferrellgas we’re honored to be part of tight-knit communities across America and thousands of customers’ lives. From our nationwide charitable partnerships with Operation Warm and Operation BBQ Relief to fundraisers for local schools, fire departments, veteran organizations and more, we are always looking for ways to give back to the communities we live in and serve.

 

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Ready to take the next step in your career? Apply today and be part of our growing team!