VP, FP&A

Who We Are: At Guardian Restoration Partners, we are on a mission to build the most impactful restoration business in the industry. Our network of "Guardians" helps property owners in crisis rebuild their lives after devastating events like water, fire, and mold damage. As part of our team, you’ll be contributing to a company that values results, integrity, and putting customers first. Guardian is a high-growth, private equity–backed company building a national platform in the restoration and field services industry. Through a focused acquisition strategy and strong organic growth, we are creating a best-in-class organization that combines local market expertise with the scale, systems, and discipline of a national platform. We are a passionate group of professionals committed to preserving the legacy of small and medium-sized businesses while accelerating their growth. We bring deep expertise and a hands-on approach to support our partners, expand the Guardian network, and make a lasting, positive impact across every organization What We Need: Guardian Restoration Partners is seeking a Vice President of Financial Planning & Analysis to lead enterprise financial planning, forecasting, performance reporting, and cash flow visibility across our growing platform. Guardian is continuing to scale as a leading restoration services platform. As we grow, stronger financial visibility, sharper forecasting, disciplined cash management, and consistent performance reporting are increasingly critical. The VP of FP&A will help build the financial infrastructure that allows Guardian to make faster, better decisions, improve cash flow and profitability, support the integration of partner companies, and create confidence with leadership, the Board, and lenders. This is a high-impact finance leadership role for someone who can operate as both a strategic partner and a hands-on builder. Reporting to the CFO, this leader will partner closely with the Executive Leadership Team, regional leaders, and business operators to strengthen financial discipline, improve transparency, and translate financial and operational data into actionable decisions that drive cash flow, profitability, and enterprise value. Key Responsibilities: Lead Financial Planning, Forecasting, and Enterprise Visibility Lead Guardian’s annual operating plan, rolling forecast, and long-range planning processes. Build and improve driver-based planning models that connect operational activity to financial outcomes. Create clear visibility into financial performance across regions, partner companies, service lines, and legal entities. Improve consistency and reliability of planning inputs across the business. Develop timely, accurate, and decision-useful financial outputs for executive leadership, the Board, lenders, and operational stakeholders. Support scenario modeling and sensitivity analysis to inform business decisions, resource allocation, and risk management. Own Cash Flow Visibility and Liquidity Forecasting Own the design, implementation, accuracy, and ongoing management of Guardian’s 13-week cash flow forecast. Establish a disciplined weekly cash cadence with visibility into receipts, disbursements, liquidity, risks, and required actions. Partner with Operations, Accounting, AR, AP, Treasury, Revenue Cycle, and regional leaders to improve working capital performance. Identify risks and opportunities related to liquidity, cash conversion, collections, billing, vendor payments, and operating cash flow. Translate cash flow insights into clear actions that improve liquidity and reduce forecast variance. Deliver clear and credible cash performance updates to the CFO, Executive Leadership Team, Board, and lenders. Strengthen Performance Management and Reporting Own monthly and quarterly business review processes, including executive, Board, and lender reporting. Provide clear analysis of actual performance versus plan, including key drivers, risks, opportunities, and recommended actions. Build standardized reporting views that improve transparency, accountability, and decision-making across the business. Partner with Technology as a finance subject matter expert to define KPIs, standardize reporting requirements, and automate analytics. Improve the consistency, accuracy, and usability of financial and operational reporting across Sage, Albi, and related business workflows. Establish a common performance language that connects operational KPIs to revenue, margin, EBITDA, working capital, and cash flow. Serve as a Strategic Business Partner Act as a financial co-pilot to regional leaders, business General Managers, and functional leaders. Translate financial analysis into practical operating decisions and action plans. Build trust with executive leaders, regional leaders, and business operators by bringing clear, commercially grounded financial insights. Help leaders understand what happened, why it happened, what it means, and what actions should be taken next. Support pricing strategy, margin improvement, labor productivity, cost optimization, and capital allocation decisions. Challenge assumptions, pressure-test plans, and bring data-driven recommendations to leadership discussions. Move fluidly between executive-level strategic discussions and detailed analysis of forecast inputs, cash flow drivers, data quality, and operational performance trends. Influence cross-functional stakeholders without relying solely on formal authority. Drive Value Creation and Performance Improvement Partner with the CFO and business leaders to identify and execute EBITDA improvement initiatives. Link financial performance to operational levers such as gross margin, labor utilization, job profitability, collections, SG&A leverage, and cash conversion. Support M&A, integration, and CapEx planning with clear financial analysis and performance tracking. Help evaluate acquir