• Leads the finance and accounting teams. Staying true to Company Values and focuses on people, strategy, and performance.
• Collaborates with senior leadership to understand the organization’s goals and strategies. Develops an intimate understanding of each department within the organization by working in each department during onboarding.
• Provides dynamic leadership of the finance and accounting teams, maintaining a positive attitude, driving retention and performance.
• Sets expectations of the finance and accounting teams, including but not limited to, prioritization of work, establishing daily/weekly/monthly tasks, budgeting, and forecasting.
• Acts as an advisor to the Senior Team, keeping current on financial metrics, banking and insurance considerations, and financial best practices.
• Implements and executes standard operating procedures to keep the company in compliance.
• Maintains an intimate understanding of inventory management, receivables, cash flow, and borrowing, with a focus on liquidity.
• Supports a culture that drives empowerment and success across the organization.
• Plays a role as part of the decision-making team around financial strategy of the company.
• Guides financial team to drive transparency, insight, and forward-looking strategy to the rest of the organization. Each department knows where they stand financially, what metrics drive their business, and how they are forecasting to end the fiscal year.
• Lead Corporate Governance and Management
• Maintain existing banking relationships while also scouting for newer and better avenues.
• Ensure accurate and timely corporate reporting, including assist in the coordinating of Budgets and Forecasts
• Analyze business performance, create scenario analysis, perform rolling forecasts and competitor analysis
• Cultivate productive working relationships with cross functional teams to create and provide guidance on strategic plans, annual budgets/quarterly forecasts, identifying risks and opportunities
• Coaching and development of the operational team to generate improvement in account profitability through raising financial awareness and acumen
• Drive efficiencies working across finance / commercial teams through system and process improvements
• Coordinate field management needs with corporate accounting, finance, treasury, IT and other departments as needed

Education Requirements:

• 15+ years of broad financial planning & analysis experience including accounting, budgeting, planning, execution, and analysis. 10+ years in a management or other financial leadership role.
• Must hold a four-(4) year accounting/ finance degree
• CPA and MBA preferable
• In-depth knowledge of accounting software, corporate principals, and financial analysis.

• Personable, highly ethical, and thrives in a collaborative environment.
• Proven leadership and interpersonal skills in a multicultural, dynamic environment.
• Technology aptitude and the ability to drive and adapt performance in a changing environment.
• Proactive communication capabilities, identifying and addressing issues via candid dialogue.
• Record of accomplishment of developing high levels of credibility and forging solid and positive professional relationships with subordinates, peers and upper management and can operate effectively in a matrix reporting structure.
• Possess strong leadership and team building skills.
• Exceptional analytical, problem solving and critical thinking skills.
• Self-motivated with high bias for action and accountability.
• Ability to balance priorities and thrive in a complex business environment.
• Able to understand the business at a granular level.
• Adept at planning, organizing, and controlling complex processes as well as analyzing moderately complex financial information
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Skilled at managing multiple priorities and relationships, prioritize in a fast-paced, dynamic work environment