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Vice President of Finance and Controller

Deltadentalco, Englewood, CO, United States


Vice President of Finance and Controller
Location
This hybrid position requires working on‑site in our Centennial, CO office three days per week. The schedule may change based on business needs.

Compensation
Annual salary range of $225,098-$297,211. Eligible to participate in the Incentive Compensation Plan (ICP) with a target opportunity at 20%. The role also includes a monthly internet and phone allowance.

Overview
The Vice President of Finance and Controller (VP F&C) is a senior finance leader responsible for the integrity, execution, and effectiveness of the organization’s financial operations, reporting, planning, and controls. Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer, this role serves as the organization’s Controller with explicit accountability for financial close, technical accounting, internal controls, and regulatory compliance, while leading Accounting, Financial Planning & Analysis, and Strategic Planning as an integrated enterprise finance function.

The VP of Finance and Controller partners closely with the CFO to support enterprise strategy, financial risk management, capital allocation, and Board reporting by providing disciplined analysis, accurate data, and actionable insight. The role also oversees the organization’s OKR framework, leading the team responsible for OKR development, execution, and progress tracking, and ensuring alignment with strategic priorities. In addition, the role provides strategic guidance to departments, leads finance transformation and process improvement, and builds a high‑performing finance organization through strong people leadership, talent development, and succession planning, ensuring financial discipline, transparency, and long‑term sustainability in a regulated nonprofit environment.

Key Responsibilities

Provide enterprise leadership for the organization’s OKR process

by managing the team responsible for implementation and execution, ensuring goals are clearly defined, tracked, and advanced in alignment with strategic priorities.

Lead and govern the organizational OKR process

by overseeing the responsible team, establishing accountability, and ensuring timely progress and alignment with enterprise strategy.

Provide enterprise financial leadership

that integrates Accounting, FP&A, and Strategic Planning into a cohesive financial operating model aligned to organizational strategy, priorities, and execution, in close partnership with the CFO.

Serve as a strategic business partner to executive and functional leaders

by providing financial guidance, problem solving, and decision support that enables departments to operate effectively and achieve organizational objectives.

Serve as the organization’s Controller

with explicit ownership of the financial close process, technical accounting interpretations, and final sign‑off on financial statements, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and compliance with GAAP, statutory, tax, and nonprofit reporting requirements.

Exercise clear decision making and escalation authority

on significant accounting judgments, estimates, reserves, and auditor matters, resolving issues through sound analysis and documentation while keeping the CFO appropriately informed.

Ensure integrity of financial reporting

through strong accounting governance, clear policies, effective internal controls, and accountability for remediation of audit findings, regulatory observations, and control deficiencies.

Support the CFO in enterprise financial risk management

by leading financial risk identification, analysis, and mitigation execution, and by providing disciplined risk insight to inform executive and Board level oversight.

Partner with the CFO to support capital allocation, investment prioritization, and strategic decision making

through robust financial modeling, scenario analysis, and evaluation of trade‑offs related to return, risk, affordability, and mission alignment.

Lead enterprise planning, budgeting, forecasting, and long‑range financial modeling

and prepare and manage departmental budgets, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives, cost discipline, and ongoing financial stewardship.

Deliver actionable financial and operational insight

across revenue, claims, margin, pricing, cost structures, and productivity to support informed decision making, continuous improvement, and sustainable operations.

Lead enterprise cost management and productivity efforts

by identifying best practices, process improvements, administrative efficiencies, and cost‑optimization opportunities, particularly during periods of financial pressure.

Oversee the design, tracking, and interpretation of key financial metrics and performance indicators

and participate in the development and execution of organizational and departmental OKRs, providing strategic leadership and change management to support DDCO’s mission and strategic plan.

Manage treasury, liquidity, banking, and investment relationships

to ensure financial stability, effective cash management, and sound stewardship of organizational funds, in partnership with the CFO.

Own the strategy and effectiveness of financial systems, departmental processes, workflows, and standard operating procedures

to enhance service delivery, scalability, internal controls, and data governance, including compliance with data security and privacy standards.

Enable organizational and finance transformation

by building strong partnerships with business and technology leaders, collaborating with peer Vice Presidents, the C‑Suite, and enterprise leaders to implement new capabilities and improved ways of working.

Lead, mentor, and develop a high‑performing finance organization

by providing strategic direction, delegating work, solving problems, and holding leaders accountable for results.

Own the finance talent strategy

including interviewing, hiring, performance evaluations, disciplinary actions, terminations, succession planning, and the deliberate development of future finance leaders.

Partner with directors, managers, and the Learning and Development team

to plan and support job‑specific training and adoption of new business processes, ensuring teams are equipped to perform effectively in a changing environment.

Support the CFO in Board and committee engagement

by preparing and, as appropriate, presenting financial reporting, analysis, and materials that clearly communicate performance, risks, and outlook.

Provide financial oversight and governance for Foundation and grant‑related activities

to ensure appropriate accounting treatment, compliance, and transparency.

General Position Responsibilities

Serve as a key liaison between Finance and other areas of the company to ensure a seamless experience for team members and members.

Compile and present detailed reports to the executive leadership team, the DDCO board, and internal stakeholders. Provide insights and recommendations based on performance data.

Collaborate with stakeholder departments to ensure that department‑specific technologies are effectively integrated with other business systems and existing infrastructure to optimize performance and functionality. Triage and troubleshoot issues that arise impacting business continuity.

Assist in producing ad‑hoc reports for ELT and other departments, providing information regarding various elements of the business.

Work closely with the peers to develop new reports, dashboards, and other analyses to help internal and external stakeholders.

Role‑model a positive work attitude and expect the same from others while holding self and others accountable to DDCO’s Core Values.

Take the lead role in oversight of the quality improvement initiatives and ensuring timely project management and reporting.

Maintain competency through professional self‑development by participating in professional group and network activities.

Act as a liaison with other departments and work in collaboration with other department leaders.

Become familiar with and follow DDCO‑wide and department‑specific policies, standard operating procedures and the DDCO Core Values; seek assistance from management or Human Resources when clarification or assistance is needed.

Assist others as requested.

Degree of Authority / Management
Team members in this position will be expected to perform most job duties and responsibilities independently and in accordance with established departmental and organizational policies and standard operating procedures.

This position is responsible for the supervision of the following departments and all team members in those departments: Accounting; OKR / Project Management.

Working Conditions

This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, and photocopiers. Regular exposure to a computer screen.

No physical effort beyond that is typically required in a normal office environment.

A flexible schedule may be required. The potential for tight deadlines or periods of high workload might require additional hours.

Work on weekends or evenings may be required.

This position is a hybrid role that requires 3 days in the office per week and may change based upon the needs of the organization.

Ability to perform the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation.

Benefits

23 days of PTO

11 paid holidays

6 paid illness days

Three affordable medical health plans

Fantastic dental insurance plan

Vision and hearing plan

401(k) match with immediate vesting

Supplemental retirement savings plan

Company‑paid life insurance, short‑term disability, and long‑term disability policies

Wellness program

ECO Passes for team members

Equal Opportunity Employer Statement
Delta Dental of Colorado is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity, genetic information, military or veteran status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or any other applicable status protected by federal, state, or local law.

This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the Know Your Rights notice from the Department of Labor.

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