AMG: VP, Finance

Kanbrick LLC
  • Portage, MI
    30+ days ago

    Job Description

    American Motion Group (AMG) | Michigan

    Reports to the President | Base Salary + Performance Bonus + Long Term Incentive Potential

    This is a roll-up-your-sleeves finance leadership role inside a growing industrial distribution business. If you want to own the numbers, improve the processes, and sit at the table with operators - this is it.

    About AMG

    AMG is a value-added distributor of mission-critical fluid power products serving Aerospace, Medical, Automotive, Mining, and Agriculture markets. As one of the Midwest's largest Parker Hannifin stocking distributors, we operate 8 locations across Michigan and Indiana with 240+ employees.

    We are backed by Kanbrick, a long-term investment partner, and are growing aggressively - from approximately $25M toward $250M+ through organic expansion and strategic acquisitions.

    Our finance function is being built for scale. We need a VP of Finance who can operate in the details today while helping us build what we need for tomorrow.

    The Role

    The VP of Finance is a hands-on finance leader who will own financial planning, analysis, and reporting - while being a true partner to the operations, sales, and leadership teams driving the business forward.

    This is not a corner-office role. You will be expected to dig into the data, understand how the business actually works, identify what needs to change, and drive it. This role sits on the executive team - you are an integral part of how this business runs, grows, and makes decisions. You serve as a strategic thought partner to the President.

    The right person is equal parts analyst and operator - someone who asks hard questions, builds trust with frontline leaders, and knows that great finance work shows up in business performance, not just in reports.

    What You'll Do

    Financial Planning & Analysis

    • Lead the budgeting and forecasting process by business segment, providing visibility across all locations and business units
    • Build and maintain monthly forecasts, financial models, and operating dashboards that leaders actually use
    • Analyze segment profitability, margin trends, and cost structure - and push for the changes that improve them

    Operational Finance

    • Embed with Sales, Operations, Engineering, and Supply Chain - understand their world, earn their trust, and hold them accountable
    • Develop pricing and margin analytics to protect and grow profitability
    • Monitor inventory performance, working capital, and cash flow with a bias toward action
    • Translate financial data into clear, direct insights that shape operational decisions

    Financial Reporting & Systems

    • Ensure accurate and timely monthly financial reporting with real variance analysis - not just variance reporting
    • Strengthen and expand NetSuite reporting and financial analytics capabilities
    • Build the financial infrastructure and controls the business needs as it doubles and triples in size

    Strategic & Growth Initiatives

    • Partner with the President on acquisitions - financial modeling, due diligence, and integration planning
    • Evaluate capital investments and strategic opportunities with rigor and speed
    • Help define what AMG's finance function needs to look like at $100M, $250M, and beyond

    Leadership & Collaboration

    • Work closely with the accounting team to ensure strong day-to-day financial operations
    • Build a culture of financial accountability across every part of the business
    • Identify process gaps, call them out, and fix them

    Kanbrick Finance Leadership Network

    This role joins the Kanbrick Finance Leadership Network, a community of finance leaders across Kanbrick's operating companies, built around peer connection, shared learning, and direct access to Kanbrick's team.

    • Peer Community: Regular connection with finance leaders at similar-sized, fast-growing Kanbrick businesses - candid, immediately useful conversations with people facing the same challenges
    • Shared Learning: Access to finance-specific resources, tools, and frameworks from across our companies - what's working in FP&A, systems implementation, and team-building as businesses scale from $50M to $300M+
    • Direct Kanbrick Access: A genuine relationship with Kanbrick's team - informal mentorship and real support when navigating the hard problems that come with rapid growth
    • Annual Retreat: A dedicated in-person gathering of executive leaders across all Kanbrick operating companies - time to step back, build cross-functional relationships, and think bigger

    Joining a Kanbrick operating company means being part of something larger than one business. The network is part of what makes this a different kind of opportunity.

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationPortage, MI

    Skills

    • Accountingunmatched
    • Acquisition Strategyunmatched
    • Aerospace and Defenseunmatched
    • Agricultureunmatched
    • Analysis Skillsunmatched
    • Budgetingunmatched
    • Business Growthunmatched
    • Cash Flowunmatched
    • Channel Strategiesunmatched
    • Cross-Functionalunmatched
    • Distribution Channelunmatched
    • Due Diligenceunmatched
    • Financeunmatched
    • Financial Analysisunmatched
    • Financial Modelingunmatched
    • Financial Operationsunmatched
    • Financial Planningunmatched
    • Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)unmatched
    • Financial Reportingunmatched
    • Forecastingunmatched
    • Investment Capitalunmatched
    • Investment Strategyunmatched
    • Leadershipunmatched
    • Mentoringunmatched
    • Needs Assessmentunmatched
    • NetSuiteunmatched
    • Performance Analysisunmatched
    • Pricingunmatched
    • Process Developmentunmatched
    • Process Improvementunmatched
    • Profit & Lossunmatched
    • Profit & Loss Analysisunmatched
    • Reporting Dashboardsunmatched
    • Salesunmatched
    • Sales Operationsunmatched
    • Supply Chainunmatched
    • Time Managementunmatched
    • Trend Analysisunmatched
    • Variance Analysisunmatched

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