Head of Finance

About Superstep

Superstep Capital is a growth-oriented private equity firm established by experienced technology services operators and investors who partner with founder-led businesses to build category-leading services platforms. The firm’s investment approach centers on long-term value creation through close collaboration with management teams and targeted investment in leadership development, go-to-market capabilities, and delivery excellence, while preserving strong cultures and trusted client relationships.

About the Role

Zencore is seeking a Head of Finance to help scale the core finance and accounting function of a newly formed, high growth professional services platform. The role will own foundational financial operations and reporting while partnering closely with executive leadership on post close integration, M&A, and board level reporting at a critical inflection point in the platform’s growth. This role is for someone eager to help build a platform from early scale through a successful exit.

Responsibilities

Own company-wide financial reporting, forecasting, and budgeting

Lead monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes with audit-quality rigor

Establish and enhance internal controls, policies, and procedures appropriate for a PE-backed environment

Own board-level financial packages, KPIs, and investor reporting

Lead financial aspects of post-merger integration, including systems consolidation, reporting alignment, and process standardization

Support M&A activities including financial diligence, purchase accounting, and integration planning

Lead or support ERP implementation and optimization to enable scalable, services-oriented financial reporting

Own external audit processes and manage relationships with auditors and advisors

Own the contract lifecycle across client and vendor agreements, including drafting, redlining, and negotiating MSAs, SOWs, NDAs, and renewals; coordinate with outside counsel on material terms and maintain a centralized contract repository

Partner with executive leadership on strategic planning, capital allocation, and operational decision-making

Build and enhance reporting templates and dashboards to improve visibility into profitability, utilization, and cash flow

Coordinate with Superstep Capital on performance reporting, value creation, and other ad hoc initiatives necessary to support a fast-growing platform

Qualifications

10+ years of progressive finance and accounting experience required

Audit experience required

CPA strongly preferred

Experience in a private equity-backed environment strongly preferred

Professional services experience strongly preferred

Hands-on experience with ERP implementation and financial systems transformation

Experience supporting M&A and post-close integration

Board or investor reporting experience

Experience managing legal function preferred

Strong communicator with the judgment and flexibility to operate in a fast-moving, ambiguous environment

Ability for occasional travel

Why work at Zencore?

We Are Trusted Experts: Our teams bring deep, hands-on experience to solve the hardest cloud and AI challenges.

We Value Candor: We share unbiased opinions and aren't afraid of hard truths—our clients view us as true subject matter experts.

We Are the Missing Link: We connect our enterprise clients directly to Google Cloud innovation, moving with agility where larger consultancies stall out.

We Remove Uncertainty: We bring structured playbooks that eliminate risk from complex cloud migrations and AI deployments.

We Show Empathy: We build lasting client trust because we understand the real-world operational complexities of enterprise technology.