Director, Finance & Accounting

JOB DESCRIPTIONEmployee: Director, Finance & AccountingFLSA Status: Exempt/Bonus Eligible

Reports To: President

Department: Accounting & Finance

Position Summary:

As a key member of the North American leadership team representing Accounting and Finance, Director, Finance & Accounting will lead a team of seven and be responsible for all aspects of the accounting close process, financial reporting process, and working closely with the external auditors and the Company’s internal audit team to refine and support an effective internal control environment. and has a passion for growing a dynamic team.

Essential Functions:Accounting and Financial Reporting.

• Provide complete month-end and year-end close financial statements (income statement, balance sheet, statement of cash flow), cash account reconciliations, and G/L analysis.
• Develop the company’s annual operating budget and plan for consideration by the BOD and deliver the agreed operating plan and budget as approved by the BOD. Works with the operations team to ensure budget compliance and achievement.
• Provide financial leadership with acquisitions and business development to include integration, onboarding, and conversion of accounting systems, and direct balance sheet adjustments through purchase accounting.
• Develop and implement acquisition and business development financial models and monitor performance against plan, post-transaction.
• Maintain an ongoing dialogue with the company’s external auditor, senior and subordinate lenders, and insurance brokers.
• Ensure that the company operates sound risk management and internal control systems to safeguard stakeholders’ interests, the company’s assets, and to ensure the integrity of the company’s financial performance and statements.
• Provide strong functional leadership to the company’s accounting, finance, tax, treasury, and investor relations operations, communicating to those groups the expectations of the BOD in relation to the company’s objectives, culture, values, attitudes, and behaviors, and ensuring that operational policies and practices help drive those appropriately.

Management and BOD Analytics and Communications.

• Support the President and BOD in providing accurate, timely, balanced, and clear financial and other relevant KPIs and information in a form and of a quality that will enable the President and the BOD to discharge their duties effectively.
• Provide on-going financial analysis and modeling to a range of company leaders in support of key business decisions.
• Alert executive members of any sudden and significant changes to operating trends, budgets, and forecasting.
• Regularly analyze organizational operations, identifying opportunities for improvement, cost reduction, and systems enhancements.