Five-S Group expands executive leadership team with two new senior vice presidents.
In order to continue on a path of monumental growth, Five-S Group had a goal to bring in new executive leadership in 2024. The roles of Senior Vice President of Finance and Senior Vice President of Operations completed a strategic structure of the Five-S leadership goal.
Five-S is very pleased to welcome Kirk Arceneaux as Senior Vice President of Finance and Keith Keller as Senior Vice President of Operations. Five-S achieved eleven years in business this past July and is on track to meet the VTO goals set earlier this year by the C-Suite. These new additions to the team are a huge milestone for the company and the employees could not be more excited with the selections of their new leadership.
Kirk Arceneaux
Kirk is a resident of Baton Rouge and graduate of Louisiana State University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting. Kirk began his career in public accounting as an auditor and after seven years moved into industry serving multiple accounting roles over the last 25+ years. Kirk has a diverse portfolio of experience in wholesale and retail fuel distribution, PVF distribution to the oil and gas industry, downhole equipment inspection services, and valve distribution and repair services in the petro/chem industries. Kirk is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), a Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA), and a member of the Louisiana Certified Public Accountants and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA).
As SVP of Finance, Kirk will direct and oversee all the financial functions with a growth focused mindset ensuring all the proper financial controls are in place to support the business strategy while conforming with all applicable laws and regulations. He will direct the preparation of financial reports, summaries and create forecasts predicting future growth, and will manage department managers in all financial functions. With Kirk’s extensive experience and leadership skills he aims to bring an array of new processes and efficiency to Five-S Group’s financial operations.
Keith Keller
Keith is a resident of Baton Rouge area and native to Louisiana. After growing up in Houston and spending many years in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, Keith and his family returned to Louisiana. Keith has spent the last 22 years working in our Gulf Coast region with assignments as a project engineer, estimator, preconstruction manager, project manager, and division leader. He has project experiences throughout the country with a focus on the southeast United States - projects ranging in size from $1,000,000 to $80,000,000.
As SVP of Operations, Keith is responsible for the oversight of all preconstruction, project management, and field operations. Keith ensures Safety is paramount for our team and ensures our team is focused to provide client solutions from the ground up on all projects. Each project and client are carefully analyzed by Keith to understand each stakeholders desired outcome. He’ll lead our team to enforce alignment with each solution to ensure the key performance objectives are met through each stage of the project. Keith embodies our mission and brings it to the forefront with every action: Five-S Group exists to build better people and projects from the ground up!