Director / VP of Finance and Administration

Position Summary

(Depending on experience, this position may be filled at the Director or VP level. In either case, it is designed to evolve into a key senior leadership role with firmwide impact.)

As Director or VP of Finance and Administration, you’ll spearhead financial strategy and operations for Pinkston, bridging high-level planning with hands-on execution. You’ll own financial reporting, budgeting, and forecasting while partnering with service-line leaders to optimize profitability and drive growth initiatives. Because Pinkston is a professional services firm, success in this role requires a deep understanding of—or the proven ability to quickly master—the financial and operational levers unique to services businesses, including utilization, project-based financials.

This role is finance-first, but also touches adjacent areas such as pricing, compensation planning, insurance renewals, and contract financials — you should be able to hit the ground running in all core finance areas and expand into broader firm leadership responsibilities over time. Ideal candidates bring 7-10 years of progressive finance experience, including a track record of owning end-to-end financial operations and partnering cross-functionally across operations, HR, and client teams.

Additional Details

• Status : Exempt, Salaried
• Work Location : Falls Church, VA
• Travel : 0%-5%
• Reports to : Christian Pinkston, CEO

Role Responsibilities

Finance Core

Cross-Functional Responsibilities

Requirements

Skills & Qualifications

Required

Preferred

Who We Are

Pinkston is a full-service branding, marketing, and communications agency offering integrated public relations, creative, digital, and research services to transform companies and organizations. As an outcome-driven agency, Pinkston is committed to delivering customized, strategic solutions that drive real-world impact.

We serve a broad portfolio of clients across sectors — including government and public sector organizations, corporations and consumer brands, public affairs initiatives, and a significant number of faith-based organizations and mission-driven non-profits.

Benefits

Pinkston offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes company-sponsored health, dental, and vision plans accompanied by employer-funded life insurance, HRA, and short-term disability plan. Optional long-term disability and additional Life Insurance are also available. Pinkston provides a 401k retirement plan and contributes to each employee’s retirement annually regardless of employee participation.

At Pinkston, we believe great things happen when people come together and are committed to building a collaborative in-person work environment. Pinkston is also committed to a healthy work-life balance. We offer flexibility through an innovative hybrid work model that gives team members the opportunity to work from home up to 30% of the time. Pinkston provides generous holiday and vacation policies, paid parental leave, and an additional week of paid “volunteer time off” to encourage employees to invest time in a 501C non-profit of their choice.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Pinkston is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, training, and apprenticeship. Pinkston makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.