Chief Financial Officer

The Chief Financial Officer is directly responsible for the financial health of the organization, the success of its operations, and strategic financial planning. This individual will provide financial leadership by managing budgets, overseeing all accounting functions, conducting forecast analysis, and monitoring corporate credit. The Vice President of Accounting shall also play a key role in long-term strategic decision-making processes that affect the organization's profitability.

• Provide general counsel to the CEO on all business and financial matters.

• Directs the preparation of all financial statements, including income statements, balance sheets, shareholder reports, tax returns, and governmental agency reports.
• Compares sales and profit projections to actual figures and budgeted expenses to actual expenses; makes or oversees any necessary adjustments to future projections and budgets.
• Reviews planning process and suggests improvements to current methods.
• Analyzes operations to identify areas in need of reorganization, downsizing, or elimination.
• Works with the CEO and other executives to coordinate planning and establish priorities for the planning process.
• Studies long-range economic trends and projects their impact on future growth in sales and market share.
• Identifies opportunities for expansion into new product areas.

• Establish and maintain sound financial controls and record keeping; approve financial expenditures up to the level established by the CEO.
• Ensure that the financial operations of the company are carried out in an ethical, responsible manner.
• Attend promptly to the administrative details of the position including the signing of documents, preparation of reports, completion of performance appraisals and other employee-related actions.

• Demonstrates high degree of financial operational excellence (e.g., planning, contracts, budgeting, capital financing, and cash management).
• Holds finance team accountable to high ethical standards (e.g., compliance, internal controls, audits and SOX reporting).
• Effectively gauges external factors and trends to provide a forward-looking perspective when creating business strategy and forecasting.
• Demonstrates business and analytical skills to identify gaps in the current business plan and actively refreshes the financial outlook and strategy as needed (e.g., case management, staff/volume adjustment, net revenue management).
• A highly visible leader who works with team to identify challenges and capitalize on opportunities
• Acts as a thought partner for CEO and thought leader in promoting own perspective and ideas in a bold and respectful manner
• Demonstrates excellence in formal and interpersonal communications that results in financial understanding and "ownership" at all organizational levels.
• Evidences collaborative leadership to engage employees in improving short- and long-term results (e.g., department improvement plans, reporting systems, etc).
• Acts as an intuitive thinker willing to take prudent and necessary risk to achieve balanced results (e.g., cost, growth, people, service, quality).
• Performs as a financial consultant to the company.
• Continually analyzes and interprets financial performance and recommends and/or executes corrective action as needed
• Maintains high quality standards (e.g., oversee preparation of financial statements, reports, business plans; ensures internal audits with no Sarbanes-Oxley items; maintains and addresses internal control checklist).
• Shapes roles and assignments in a way that maximizes individual capability and performance contribution.
• Regularly provides performance and professional development feedback, coaching and guidance to improve performance and build career potential (e.g., all direct reports receive regular feedback and well managed development plans).
• Engages in team bench strength assessments and recruitment or promotion action plans that meet current/future talent requirements (e.g., Controllers, ACFO developed for CFO promotion readiness).

Requirements:

• University degree in Accounting, Business, or Finance; an MBA, CPA or CMA designation is preferred.
• Extensive experience and knowledge in dealing with accounting systems, budgets, internal controls, business planning, and asset management.
• Effective attention to detail and a high degree of accuracy.
• High level of integrity, confidentially, and accountability.
• Strong work ethic and positive team attitude.
• Sound analytical thinking, planning, prioritization, and execution skills.
• Ability to respond appropriately in pressure situations with a calm and steady demeanor.
• A well-defined sense of diplomacy, including solid negotiation, conflict resolution, and people management skills.
• Excellent teamwork and team building skills.
• Able to effectively communicate both verbally and in writing.
• Able to build and maintain lasting relationships with other departments, key business partners, and government agencies.
• Experience creating and managing budgets for a large, distributed organization.
• Strong problem identification and problem resolution skills.
• High level of proficiency with Microsoft Office productivity suite.