Accounting Director

Accounting Director/Controller (Future)

Job Summary

Leads and directs an organization's accounting functions. Establishes and maintains the organization's overall accounting systems, procedures, and policies.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for timely, accurate and efficient accounting month close.
• Manages accounting functions on a day-to-day basis including invoicing, accounts receivable, accounts payable, payroll, treasury management, procurement, and general ledger accounting.
• Performs technical accounting issue research and resolution.
• Assists the CFO with preparation and completion of the fiscal year budgeting process, evaluates business unit performance against budget and develops forecast, re-forecast, to provide an accurate projection of financial performance.
• Keep up-to-date on the financial market to understand how to maximize profits and find new expansion areas.
• Collaborates with Director, Financial Reporting in the preparation of the monthly management financial reporting package, including variance analysis.
• Reporting of operational data to key members of leadership team, including key metrics on inventory.
• In collaboration with Director, Financial Reporting coordinates the creation of periodic Board of Directors reporting packages.
• In collaboration with Director, Financial Reporting manages the annual financial audit process performed by our independent CPA firm.
• Develops, analyzes, documents, and implements internal controls.
• Develops, maintains, and enhances accounting and finance policies, processes, and procedures to comply with US GAAP.
• Seeks opportunities to revise or create new policies and procedures to improve efficiency and effectiveness of the accounting group.
• Responsible for local, state, and federal tax compliance and reporting (including payroll, property and sales and use tax compliance and reporting).
• Manages preparation of regulatory filings.
• Manages debt covenant reporting.
• Establishes and implements short and long-range accounting department goals, objectives, policies, and procedures.
• Other responsibilities as assigned by the executive team.

Experience/Requirements:

• Minimum 7 years of experience with a minimum of 3 years in public accounting (publicly traded company
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting with current CPA, Master's Degree preferred
• In depth knowledge of GAAP accounting
• Excellent business acumen and people leadership capability
• Accounting and Audit management experience
• Financial Planning & Analysis experience preferred
• Corporate budgeting experience
• Expert knowledge of internal controls
• Experience with financial analysis software, Sage, SAP and Quickbooks preferred
• Management experience building and leading accounting teams
• General ledger and other accounting systems experience
• Advanced experience with Microsoft Office Suite, specifically Excel