Director of Finance

About Barefoot Mosquito & Pest Control

Barefoot Mosquito & Pest Control is a fast-growing residential and commercial pest management company focused on providing environmentally responsible and highly effective solutions. Backed by leading private equity partners, we are expanding rapidly through both organic growth and strategic acquisitions. We are seeking a Director of Finance to play a key leadership role in driving operational excellence, executing strategic initiatives, and accelerating value creation across the business.

Position Summary

The Director of Finance serves as a member of the Senior Leadership Team, reporting to the CEO. This role is the top Finance position in the organization and blends strategic oversight, hands-on execution, and cross-functional leadership. The ideal candidate has experience in portfolio company operations and thrives in fast-paced, high-growth environments.

The Finance Director will coordinate and facilitate corporate planning and forecasting processes, monitor financial performance, and report and analyze financial/operational results and help management understand variances from plans and from prior periods.

Responsibilities

·      Ability to interpret, explain and present company financial analysis, budgeting and planning successfully.

·      Lead annual budget planning, forecasting, development, and presentation processes.

·      Manage value creation projects, including M&A integration/synergy realization and business intelligence dashboard development

·      Lead monthly close process

·      Take ownership of annual financial audits

·      Develop business relationships and possess the ability to competently manage multiple priorities.

·      Lead deck preparation for board and shareholder meetings, monthly/quarterly senior leadership meetings and various ad hoc meetings.

·      Perform scenario modeling efforts for the development and growth of the portfolio.

·      Influence the accuracy and effectiveness of the closing process through analytical review and trend analysis.

·      Develop and execute processes to allow for routine analytical reviews of company financial and operational performance.

·      Must be a team player capable of interacting with all levels of employees and senior management.

·      Strong interpersonal skills.

·      Detail and process oriented, with ability to translate data and analysis into coherent information linked to the “big picture.”

·      Ability to understand and frame complex issues in a consolidated and straightforward manner.

·      Ability to define problems, collect data from multiple sources, establish facts and draw valid conclusions.

·      Communicate financial and operational performance trends, historical and forecast, using appropriate metrics. Suggest trends, strategic implications, and key actions

Skills And Competencies

·      Strong analytical and financial modeling capabilities, including ability to tell a story through the data (required)

·      Ability to work effectively under tight deadlines (required)

·      Ability to work cross-functionally, especially with the operations and commercial organizations (required)

·      Strong capabilities with Microsoft Office software tools specifically Excel and PowerPoint (required)

·      Excellent communication skills and ability to influence without authority (required)

·      Experience working in a PE PortCo in an Operational Finance perspective (highly preferred)

·      Experience working with PowerBI (preferred)

Requirements

·      8 years of financial analysis experience in an operating company

·      BS/BA degree in Finance or related degree with equivalent experience

·      Ability to work in the Houston or Dallas office 5 days a week

·      Previous experience managing direct reports a plus

·      CPA or MBA a plus