Exponent

Director of Finance & Accounting

Exponent • $195K — $240K *
Kansas City, KS 66102In-Person
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Proven experience leading financial audits and establishing firm accounting controls.
  • Expert in managing multi-entity closings and integration across numerous acquisitions.
  • Hands-on leader with a builder mentality, thriving in a fast-paced, founder-driven environment.

Responsibilities

  • Own and streamline a 7-day month-end closing process across multiple profit centers.
  • Lead the first-ever financial audit to implement effective controls and ensure accuracy.
  • Oversee accounting for a large asset fleet, focusing on reconciliations and depreciation.
  • Manage M&A integration, ensuring compliance with accounting standards for acquired entities.
  • Develop the accounting team and communicate complex issues to non-financial stakeholders.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to shape the accounting function from inception within a growing company.
  • Engagement with executive leadership and direct impact on company outcomes.
  • Hands-on management role in a dynamic and evolving business environment.
Full Job Description
Own and lead the accounting function at an acquisitive, multi-site distribution platform in the Midwest. Drive audit readiness, close process rigor, and acquisition integration as the company continues to 2x toward an exit.

Requirements

  • Audit-Ready Controllership: Lead the first-ever financial audit by establishing segregation of duties, controls, and reconciliations to deliver clean, trustworthy financials that enable capital raises and support exit diligence.
  • Multi-Entity Close & Integration Expertise: Manage complex multi-entity close processes and balance sheet integrations across nearly 25 acquisitions and 10 profit centers consolidated on a single ledger.
  • Builder Mentality with Blue-Collar Fit: Operate as a scrappy, hands-on leader comfortable building processes in a founder-driven, fast-growth environment, earning trust and communicating directly with operator-minded leadership and a blue-collar culture.


Responsibilities

  • Month-end close ownership: Architect and execute a repeatable 7-day monthly close process across approximately 10 profit centers on a consolidated ERP platform.
  • Audit readiness and execution: Lead the inaugural financial audit by implementing segregation of duties, controls, reconciliations, and policies to ensure clean, audit-ready financials that support capital raising and lender reporting requirements.
  • Balance sheet and fixed asset management: Manage accounting for a sizable fleet of assets, including depreciation schedules, inventory and accounts receivable reconciliations, and purchase-price allocations for acquisitions to maintain accurate consolidated financial statements.
  • M&A integration and technical accounting: Oversee purchase accounting, opening balance sheets, and integration of acquired entities, ensuring compliance with US GAAP and audit standards within a fast-moving roll-up environment.
  • Team leadership and stakeholder communication: Lead and develop the accounting team, collaborate closely with financial operations and executive leadership, and distill complex accounting issues into clear, actionable insights for non-finance stakeholders.


$195,000 - $240,000 a year

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About Exponent

Exponent is a multi-disciplinary engineering and scientific consulting firm that brings together more than 90 different disciplines to solve engineering, science, regulatory, and business issues facing our clients. The company has been providing solutions to complex problems for more than 50 years and has a reputation for technical expertise, objective analysis, and clear communication. Exponent's services include analysis and testing, engineering and design, human factors, environmental and health sciences, and regulatory consulting. The company serves clients in a wide range of industries, including aerospace, automotive, consumer products, energy, healthcare, and technology.
Learn more about Exponent
Size
1,215 employees
Market Cap
$5 billion
Industry
Business Services
Net Income
$82.5 million
Founded
1967
5 Year Trend
+8.2%
Revenue
$399.9 million
NASDAQ
EXPO
* Ladders Estimates

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