[Hiring] SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF FINANCE @Compass Group

Role Description

The Senior Vice President, Finance serves as the senior financial executive and strategic business partner for the Support Services and Data Centers vertical. This executive leads financial strategy, stewardship, and performance across a complex, rapidly scaling portfolio.

The role operates across Support Services environments that may include:

• Data centers
• Mission-critical and critical environments
• Facilities management and integrated facilities management
• Advanced manufacturing
• Semiconductor and cleanroom operations
• Life sciences
• Healthcare facilities
• Construction, commissioning, capital projects
• Industrial operations
• Infrastructure
• Utilities
• Other 24/7 hard-services and engineering operations

The SVP combines strategic vision with operational rigor, providing leadership across:

• Planning
• Forecasting
• Commercial finance
• Pricing
• Contract economics
• Investment analysis
• Capital deployment
• Performance management

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field required; MBA strongly preferred.
• 15+ years of progressive finance leadership experience, including executive responsibility for FP&A, commercial finance, operational finance, and strategic business partnership.
• Proven track record leading finance organizations within complex, multi-site, rapidly scaling service businesses.
• Experience in data centers, critical facilities, facilities management, integrated facilities management, technical services, engineering services, infrastructure services, manufacturing, healthcare facilities, or other mission-critical operating environments.
• Demonstrated success partnering with executive leadership to drive business growth, profitability, and enterprise value.
• Deep experience in budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, pricing strategy, contract economics, investment analysis, and performance management.
• Experience supporting complex client contracts, renewals, rebids, and growth initiatives.
• Experience evaluating 24/7 operational environments with sophisticated labor, staffing, subcontracting, and cost structures.
• Exceptional communication, executive presence, and influencing skills.
• Proven ability to build and develop high-performing finance teams.
• Willingness to travel as needed.

Requirements

• Experience supporting high-growth organizations through expansion, mobilizations, commissioning, integrations, and large-scale operational launches.
• Experience across advanced manufacturing, semiconductor, cleanroom, life sciences, construction, capital projects, industrial operations, infrastructure, utilities, hard services, or engineering operations.
• Demonstrated expertise in commercial negotiations, contract structuring, pricing strategy, and client profitability management.
• Experience developing business cases for strategic investments, capital deployment, operational transformations, and growth initiatives.
• Proven success implementing scalable finance processes, systems, analytics, and governance frameworks.
• CPA, MBA, CFA, or another relevant advanced professional designation.
• Experience with enterprise ERP, FP&A, business intelligence, and data analytics platforms.

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Life Insurance/ AD
• Disability Insurance
• Retirement Plan
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Parental Leave
• Holiday Time Off (varies by site/state)
• Personal Leave
• Associate Shopping Program
• Health and Wellness Programs
• Discount Marketplace
• Identity Theft Protection
• Pet Insurance
• Commuter Benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)