Vice President of Finance - Canteen Midwest Division
Compass GroupAbout the role
Growth. Opportunity. Excellence.
Canteen��brings break time to everyone. We combine food, service, and experience backed by industry-leading technology to help companies create a better workplace and connect their employees. Canteen’s solutions include markets, office coffee and snacks, unattended retail, and culinary.
Our people are at the heart of everything we do. Their dedication, collaboration, and passion fuel our growth. Interested in joining our team? You bring the enthusiasm, customer service, and commitment; we’ll supply the opportunity and innovation. Together, we’ll continue to transform our industry.
Come grow with us. We are Canteen.
Job Summary
The Vice President of Finance serves as the strategic financial leader for the Canteen Midwest Division, partnering closely with the Division President and Sector CFO to drive growth, operational performance, and profitability across a $715M multi-state business. This role provides leadership for all finance and accounting functions, including financial planning, reporting, controls, compliance, and operational finance support, while leading initiatives that improve efficiency, scalability, and business performance.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead all finance and accounting operations for a $715M multi-unit business across Illinois, Wisconsin, and Michigan.
- Partner with division and operational leadership to drive revenue growth, client retention, operational performance, and profitability initiatives.
- Oversee forecasting, budgeting, financial reporting, month-end close, and performance analysis processes.
- Deliver strategic financial insights and decision support to executive and operational leadership teams.
- Ensure strong internal controls, balance sheet integrity, corporate governance, and compliance standards.
- Lead finance transformation, process improvement, and organizational efficiency initiatives across the division.
- Develop and mentor finance and accounting teams while fostering a high-performance, collaborative culture.
- Support acquisitions, integrations, and other strategic business initiatives.
- Present monthly financial and operational performance results to executive leadership, including the CEO and CFO.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business required; MBA and/or CPA preferred.
- 10+ years of progressive finance leadership experience within complex multi-unit organizations.
- Proven ability to partner with operational leadership to drive business performance and profitability.
- Strong experience in financial planning, reporting, controls, compliance, and operational finance.
- Demonstrated success leading process improvement, transformation, and change management initiatives.
- Exceptional leadership, communication, presentation, analytical, and influencing skills.
- Experience with ERP systems such as SAP preferred.
- Ability to lead effectively across geographically dispersed teams and operations.
Why Join Compass Group:
This role offers the opportunity to influence business performance at scale within a dynamic, growth-oriented organization. The Vice President of Finance will play a key leadership role in driving operational excellence, strategic growth, and financial transformation across one of the company’s largest divisions.
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Qualified candidates must be able to perform the essential functions of this position satisfactorily with or without a reasonable accommodation. Disclaimer: this job post is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all essential responsibilities, skills, tasks, or requirements associated with this position. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the position posted, the Company reserves the right to modify or change the essential functions of the job based on business ne
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