Vice President Finance (Hammond)

Company Overview Interlight is a fast-growing, Hammond, Indiana-based specialty lighting distributor serving commercial, industrial, and institutional customers across North America. With a robust eCommerce platform and deep SKU complexity across lamps, ballasts, fixtures, and specialty lighting components, Interlight combines digital sophistication with operational excellence. Backed by private equity, the company is focused on scalable growth, operational discipline, margin expansion, and strategic acquisition opportunities. Position Summary The VP Finance is the senior financial leader of Interlight and a strategic partner to the CEO and private equity sponsor. This role owns the full finance function — accounting operations, treasury, payroll and benefits, tax compliance, and financial reporting — directing a team of three (Staff Accountant, AP Specialist, and AR Specialist) who execute the transactional work, while the VP Finance sets standards, reviews and approves outputs, and drives the company's financial strategy. This is a full-time, remote role. The VP Finance will partner closely with accounting, AP/AR, and operations teams and maintain strong oversight of cash and transaction controls, coordinating primarily through virtual collaboration tools. Key Responsibilities Financial Strategy set priorities and quality standards for AP/AR processing. • Partner with the Sales Manager to review and set customer credit terms and conduct periodic credit reviews. • Oversee the corporate credit card program (Ramp), including spend controls, limit approvals, and new card issuance. • Approve weekly AP payment runs and monitor past-due payables and receivables. Sales Tax ERP implementation or optimization experience a plus. • M comfortable both directing a small team and rolling up sleeves when needed. • Data-driven and analytically rigorous. • High sense of urgency and ownership over cash and transaction accuracy. • Operationally curious. • Strong communicator capable of interacting with PE sponsors, lenders, auditors, and frontline team members. Compensation primary financial point of contact for lenders and auditors