Director of Finance & Business Systems

Employment Type: Full-time, Exempt Location: Jacksonville, FL

Are you a finance leader who enjoys building teams, improving systems, and partnering with operations to drive better business decisions?

Petticoat-Schmitt Civil Contractors, Inc. is searching for a Director of Finance & Business Systems to join our leadership team. This is more than a traditional accounting role—it's an opportunity to help shape the financial future of a growing, employee-owned heavy civil construction company.

We're looking for a hands-on leader who thrives on building strong financial processes, developing people, improving business systems, and providing the financial insight that helps our operations succeed

Why You’ll Love This Role

In this highly visible leadership position, you'll oversee Accounting, Payroll, and Business Systems while working alongside executive leadership to strengthen financial performance across the organization.

You'll help drive strategic decisions, improve operational reporting, develop scalable financial processes, and build a finance team that serves as a trusted business partner throughout the company.

If you enjoy solving problems, improving systems, and making an impact beyond the accounting department, this is the opportunity for you.

What You’ll Do

• Lead Financial Operations: Direct accounting, payroll, business systems, monthly close, financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and cash management.

• Partner with Operations: Work closely with Project Managers, Estimators, and Executive Leadership to improve job costing, WIP reporting, project profitability, and operational decision making.

• Build Better Systems: Lead ERP improvements, reporting enhancements, financial controls, and process improvements that support continued company growth.

• Develop Great People: Recruit, coach, mentor, and develop a high-performing Accounting and Business Systems team while creating a culture of accountability and continuous improvement.

• Drive Financial Excellence: Oversee audits, strengthen internal controls, improve financial reporting, and ensure compliance across multiple business entities.

• Support Strategic Growth: Provide financial insight and analysis that helps leadership make informed business decisions while positioning the company for long-term success.

What We’re Looking For

• 7–10 years of progressive accounting and finance leadership experience.

• Strong Controller-level accounting experience with responsibility for financial reporting, budgeting, cash management, and internal controls.

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related field.

• Experience leading accounting teams and developing future leaders.

• Experience with financial reporting, audits, ERP systems, and process improvement.

• Strong understanding of Work-in-Progress (WIP) reporting, job costing, and project-based accounting.

• Construction or heavy civil industry experience is strongly preferred.

• Experience in both public accounting and private industry is preferred.

• Experience managing accounting and financial reporting across multiple legal entities is highly desirable.

• CPA, CMA, or MBA is a plus.

Why Petticoat-Schmitt?

• We're Employee-Owned: Here, you're not just taking a job—you're becoming an owner. Every team member has a direct stake in our success through our Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). When the company succeeds, you share in that success.

• We Invest in People: Competitive compensation, bonus opportunities, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, 401(k) with a 100% match on the first 4%, paid holidays, PTO, and opportunities for continued professional growth.

• We Build More Than Infrastructure: We build careers, develop leaders, strengthen communities, and foster a culture rooted in Accountability, Character, and Team.

This is an opportunity to do more than lead an accounting department—you'll help build the financial foundation that supports the future of Petticoat-Schmitt.

If you're looking for a leadership role where you can develop people, improve systems, influence strategy, and make a lasting impact in a growing employee-owned company, we'd love to talk with you.

Apply today and help build something bigger than a balance sheet. Become an owner.

Petticoat-Schmitt Civil Contractors, Inc. does not accept unsolicited resumes from staffing agencies, recruiting firms, or search agencies. Resumes submitted without a signed agreement and an authorized search assignment will become the property of Petticoat-Schmitt Civil Contractors, Inc., and no placement fees will be paid.