Director of Finance
Company: JCL Energy Location: Hybrid — Greater Pittsburgh, PA or Cleveland, OH Job Type: Full-time Reports To: Chief Financial Officer
JCL Energy is hiring a Director of Finance to partner directly with our CFO and serve as the analytical engine behind a fast-growing, private equity-backed business. If you come from investment banking, consulting, or corporate development and want to move from advising companies to helping run one, this is that step.
About JCL Energy
We distribute, rent, and service pad-mounted and substation transformers and power distribution equipment for utility, commercial, industrial, renewable energy, and data center customers. Headquartered in Sharon, PA, we compete on inventory availability, rapid delivery, and deep OEM relationships in a market where lead times are the customer's biggest problem.
JCL is a portfolio company of Allied Industrial Partners, a Houston-based middle-market private equity firm investing in high-growth industrial businesses.
About the Role
This is a strategic player-manager role, not a purely analytical one. You will own the modeling, determine what it means, and shape the narrative around operating results and cash flow. You will work as a primary day-to-day contact for our sponsor's investment and operating teams, with direct exposure to the CEO, the board, and Allied Industrial Partners — and a clear runway to broader finance leadership as we scale.
What You'll Do
Financial Planning & Analysis
- Own the annual budget and rolling forecast, coordinating inputs across sales, procurement, operations, and rentals
- Build and maintain the company operating model, including revenue build, margin analysis, working capital, and cash flow forecasting
- Track KPIs across revenue, gross margin, inventory turns, rental fleet utilization, and capital expenditures, with variance analysis against budget and prior periods
Strategy, M&A & Capital Projects
- Build the financial models and analytical case behind acquisitions, capital expenditures, fleet investments, and new service lines
- Present recommendations to the CFO, board, and sponsor
- Support due diligence, quality of earnings review, and purchase agreement workstreams on add-on acquisitions
- Partner with the CFO and CEO on the annual strategic plan and long-range model
Reporting & Stakeholder Communication
- Prepare the monthly management reporting package and quarterly board and investor materials
- Prepare lender compliance reporting, including covenant calculations and borrowing base certificates
- Lead preparation for the monthly and quarterly business performance review process
- Maintain liquidity forecasting and cash management to ensure availability and covenant headroom
Analysis & Ad-Hoc
- Develop end-market, customer, and footprint analysis to inform pricing, product, and expansion decisions
- Support audit processes and financial reporting requirements
- Take on special projects for the CFO, CEO, or board
What You'll Bring
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, or a related field; advanced degree or professional qualification a plus
- Minimum 5 years in investment banking, consulting, financial planning, financial analysis, or corporate development / M&A
- Experience in transaction advisory or at a PE-backed company is a plus
- Advanced Excel and PowerPoint, with real financial modeling capability and the ability to think beyond templated analysis
- Exacting standards of accuracy and organization, and the instinct to build checks that keep output clean
- The ability to move between strategic analysis and day-to-day execution, and to communicate findings concisely to senior stakeholders
- A high-humility, low-ego approach, motivated by enabling the success of others
- Comfort with ambiguity, a bias toward progress over perfection, and the willingness to form a view on where the business should go and defend it
Location & Travel
Hybrid, based preferably in the greater Pittsburgh, PA or Cleveland, OH areas, with regular travel to company facilities and self-directed travel. Exceptional candidates in other major markets may be considered.
Compensation & Benefits
Compensation is commensurate with experience and includes a competitive base salary, performance-based bonus, and eligibility for the company's equity incentive plan.
Benefits include:
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Health Savings Account
- Company-paid life insurance and short- and long-term disability
- 401(k)
- Paid time off and paid holidays
How to Apply
Apply through Indeed, or send a resume directly to [email protected].
JCL Energy is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible schedule
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Sharon, PA 16146
