Vice President of Finance, Marick

Orion Group · Omaha

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Vice President of Finance

Marick Mechanical, an Orion Services Group company  |  Omaha, NE  |  On-site

Position Summary

The Vice President of Finance will serve as the senior financial leader for Marick Mechanical and its affiliated entities, Bieg Plumbing and the Wichita operation, responsible for ensuring financial integrity, operational discipline, cash visibility, accurate consolidated reporting, and strong partnership with operations. This leader will work closely with the Marick President, Orion finance leadership, and the operating leadership team to strengthen decision-making, improve profitability, and build a scalable multi-entity finance and accounting function.

This is a hands-on leadership role for a commercially minded finance executive who can operate at both strategic and tactical levels. The ideal candidate will bring strong accounting discipline, project and job-cost accounting depth, operational finance experience, process improvement capability, and a forward-looking mindset around technology, automation, and AI-enabled finance transformation.

The VP of Finance will be expected to help the organization scale by improving reporting quality, tightening financial controls, enhancing cash management, supporting profitable growth, and streamlining finance and accounting processes through better systems, automation, and responsible use of AI.

Mission of the Role

Serve as the financial leader for Marick by delivering accurate financial reporting, effective cash management, operational insight, and strong cross-functional partnership. Promote a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and financial discipline while helping the organization grow profitably and scale intelligently. This aligns directly with the scorecard's mission around financial integrity, operational efficiency, partnership with operations, and profitable growth.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Financial Leadership

• Serve as a trusted financial partner to the Marick President and leadership team.
• Provide financial insight that supports growth, profitability, operational performance, and strategic decision-making across all Marick entities.
• Lead the annual budgeting process, quarterly forecasting, and long-term financial planning.
• Participate in weekly and monthly business reviews with clear, actionable financial analysis.
• Support One Page Planning and quarterly business renewal processes.
• Help identify margin expansion opportunities and support year-over-year operating profit improvement.
• Provide recommendations on business structure, systems strategy, acquisition opportunities, integration priorities, and sales strategy.

Accounting, Reporting & Controllership

• Oversee all accounting and financial reporting functions across Marick, Bieg Plumbing, and the Wichita entity, including general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, intercompany, close process, and internal reporting.
• Ensure compliance with US GAAP and Astra accounting policies.
• Lead the month-end close process for all entities with a goal of completing close by the 5th business day and delivering required reporting to Orion finance by the 8th business day.
• Maintain clean intercompany accounting and consolidation across entities.
• Maintain strong internal controls and financial discipline across the organization.
• Support external audits and ensure timely completion with minimal rework and no material findings.
• Partner with leadership to develop and administer clear, timely, and competitive performance incentive processes.

Finance Operations & Cash Management

• Own cash flow forecasting, liquidity planning, and working capital management.
• Maintain a weekly 13-week cash forecast and improve forecast accuracy over time.
• Oversee billing, collections, vendor payments, retainage, DSO, DPO, and cash conversion trends.
• Lead recurring forecasting rhythms and ensure leadership has timely visibility into cash and working capital.
• Identify and solve process issues that create billing delays, collection problems, or margin leakage.

Operational & Project Finance

• Partner with mechanical, plumbing, and service project managers and operational teams to improve financial visibility into job costs, labor performance, margins, WIP, and project execution.
• Ensure accurate application of percentage-of-completion accounting, monthly WIP true-ups, change order capture, and job cost controls.
• Deliver monthly job cost and margin reporting soon after close.
• Help operating leaders understand what is driving margin fade, underbilling, overbilling, labor overruns, material cost issues, and working capital pressure.
• Translate financial data into practical operating actions.

AI, Automation & Systems Improvement

• Lead the thoughtful adoption of AI, automation, and better systems within finance and accounting.
• Drive data integrity and process discipline across the Orion technology stack in use at Marick, including BuildOps, Sage Intacct, FloQast, RAMP, ADP, and Workday.
• Identify opportunities to reduce manual work in reporting, reconciliations, AP, AR, close checklists, variance analysis, forecasting, cash reporting, document processing, and management reporting.
• Partner with internal and external resources to evaluate AI-enabled tools and automation opportunities.
• Establish practical controls and governance for AI use in financial workflows, especially around sensitive company and financial data.
• Improve the accuracy, speed, and usefulness of financial reporting through better data architecture, dashboards, and system integration.

Team Leadership & Development

• Lead, coach, and develop the accounting and finance team across all Marick entities.
• Build a culture of accountability, accuracy, urgency, integrity, and service to the business.
• Create cross-training and development plans to improve team depth and scalability.
• Strengthen collaboration between finance, operations, Orion finance, and business leadership.
• Ensure the finance team consistently meets close, reporting, forecasting, and compliance deadlines.

Ideal Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate is a finance leader who is both technically strong and commercially practical. They are comfortable rolling up their sleeves, but they can also sit with senior leadership and explain what the numbers mean, what actions should be taken, and where the business has opportunity or risk.

They should be:

• A strategic thinker with strong business judgment.
• A disciplined accountant with high standards for accuracy and controls.
• A hands-on operator who understands mechanical contracting, plumbing, service, or other project and field-based businesses.
• A strong communicator who can simplify complex financial information.
• A systems-minded leader who wants to improve processes, not just maintain them.
• Curious and proactive about AI, automation, and modern finance tools.
• A coach who can develop people and raise the standard of the finance team.
• Comfortable working in a fast-growing, multi-entity, operationally complex environment.

Required Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or related field.
• Progressive finance and accounting leadership experience.
• Strong knowledge of GAAP, financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and internal controls.
• Experience leading month-end close, cash forecasting, and working capital management.
• Experience with percentage-of-completion accounting, WIP reporting, job costing, and project margin analysis.

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