Finance Business Partner

SUMMARY

Mortenson is seeking a Finance Business Partner to support Vermilion Group. This role is responsible for leading the development and delivery of financial results, insights, and strategic recommendations to Vermilion’s leadership team. Core responsibilities include planning, budgeting, and forecasting, which serve as the foundation for providing high-impact decision support.

This role operates in an environment with evolving priorities, imperfect information, and open-ended questions, requiring comfort making judgment calls and building solutions rather than relying on defined playbooks.

The Finance Business Partner will act as a key liaison between the Vermilion team, its parent company (M. A. Mortenson Companies), and the broader Finance organization. This individual will play a critical role in driving financial performance and enabling strategic growth across the Vermilion portfolio.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Serve as a trusted finance business partner to Vermilion leadership, delivering proactive insights, strategic support, and responding to ad hoc requests with agility and precision. 

• Apply real estate finance expertise and market intelligence to guide data-driven recommendations that shape strategic decisions. 

• Design and build financial models and analytical frameworks from scratch that influence leadership thinking around current initiatives and future investment opportunities. 

• Create new tools, models, and decision-support frameworks where none previously exist. 

• Establish and maintain relevant industry benchmarks, leveraging data from trusted publications to contextualize performance and identify trends. 

• Lead monthly financial reviews with Vermilion leadership, highlighting key risks, opportunities, and variances between forecasted and actual results. 

• Deliver quarterly management reporting that tells a compelling financial story—integrating market, portfolio, and regional insights to inform executive decision-making. 

• Leverage financial technology tools to streamline workflows, enhance data synthesis, and improve reporting efficiency. 

• Foster strong cross‑functional relationships, collaborating effectively across diverse teams and organizational levels and building credibility through influence rather than formal authority. 

• Partner directly with portfolio company executive teams (CFOs and CEOs), serving as a thought partner and building trusted, long‑term relationships—not just providing financial analysis.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Strong understanding of real estate fundamentals and capital markets required 

• Bachelor’s degree in finance or equivalent; MBA or other advanced degree preferred 

• Minimum seven years prior Finance experience 

• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and ERP applications

• Demonstrated strengths in:
  • Financial and business acumen 
  • Curiosity and a drive to understand the “why” behind the numbers
  • Data analysis and storytelling
  • Advanced analytical and financial modeling skills
  • Adaptive and critical thinking skills and ability to operate effectively in unstructured or ambiguous environments
  • Results orientation with a focus on timely and accurate delivery of high-impact work
  • Executive presence and effective communication across all formats
  • Building strong cross-functional relationships
  • Assessing risks and opportunities within a real estate portfolio
  • Ability to operate with autonomy
  • Comfort constructively challenging assumptions and offering alternative viewpoints with senior leaders
  • Willingness to speak up, ask hard questions, and take a point of view while remaining pragmatic and collaborative

A few benefits offered include: 

(for Non-Craft & Non-Union Craft working 25+ hours / week)

• Medical and prescription drug plans that includes no additional cost vision coverage 
• Dental plan 
• 401k retirement plan with a generous Mortenson match
• Paid time off, holidays, and other paid leaves 
• Employer paid Life, AD&D, and disability insurance 
• No-Cost mental health tool and concierge with extensive work-life resources
• Tuition reimbursement 
• Adoption Assistance  
• Gym Membership Discount Program  

The base pay range for this role is $118,600 - $178,000.

Base pay is positioned within the range based on several factors including an individual’s knowledge, skills, and experience, with consideration given to internal equity.  This position is eligible for Mortenson’s incentive plan.

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Please make note:  

• Visa sponsorship is not offered for this position.

• Our postings are typically open a minimum of 5 days and an average of 44 days. 

ABOUT MORTENSON

As a top builder, developer, and EPC (Engineering, Procurement, and Construction), our expertise spans markets like sports, renewable energy, data centers, healthcare, and more. We are builders at heart, working to ensure the built environment has a lasting positive impact. 

Let’s Redefine Possible® 

ABOUT VERMILION GROUP

Vermilion Group is the private direct investment arm for the Mortenson family. Vermilion partners with founder‑ and family‑owned businesses, providing patient, long‑term capital to help great companies become even stronger. The team is industry‑agnostic, with experience across manufacturing, distribution, and business services, and typically invests in majority recapitalizations, control investments, and select co‑investments. Vermilion operates outside traditional fund cycles, prioritizing long‑term stewardship, value creation, and positive impact for employees, communities, and the environment.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Your uniqueness brings new and creative perspectives to the team. Mortenson is committed to providing equal opportunities of employment (EOE) to all individuals, regardless of your race, religion, gender, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, marital status or any other legally protected category.

Others Items to Note:

• Mortenson reserves the right to hire any individual without legal or financial obligation on unwanted solicitations. No agency emails, calls, or solicitations are accepted without a valid agreement.

•  Must be currently legally authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status, 0-1, TN, CPT, OPT, etc.). We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.