The successful candidate will:

• Act as a fiduciary: exhibit integrity, credibility, and an unwavering commitment to the company’s mission.
• Embrace and champion change with evolving technology to drive efficiency and cost savings company-wide.
• Maintain a positive attitude in an extremely fast-paced environment.
• Easily transition from transactional to strategic thinking.
• Focus on details to drive accuracy and identify improvement opportunities.
• Communicate clearly and effectively (e.g. presentations to senior management, board, and outside partners) and promote an open-door atmosphere.
• Exhibit strong customer focus and customer service skills.
• Lead the finance group including people development and team building.
• Maintain and grow trusted relationships with external parties (e.g. bank, insurance, CPA)
• Employ analytic, organization and problem-solving skills.
• Provide strategic data interpretation versus simple reporting.
• Translate complex financial concepts to individuals at all levels including finance and non-finance stakeholders.
• Possess strong experience coordinating audit activities and managing reporting, budget development, and analysis, accounts payable and receivable, general ledger, payroll, and accounting for investments.
• Be willing to travel occasionally, if necessary.
• Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, 5 years experience in retail, tax, or public accounting

Responsibilities Include:

Reporting:

• Prepare quarterly and annual consolidated financial statements of related entities for external users.
• Complete monthly, quarterly, and year-end close responsibilities; ensure all deadlines are met in a timely manner.
• Determine potential weaknesses in internal controls, recommend process improvements and implement changes to correct deficiencies.
• Analyze financial data and present financial reports in an accurate and timely manner; clearly communicate monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements; monitor progress and changes and keep senior leadership abreast of financial status.
• Ensure timely and accurate monthly sales tax reporting for 10+ states.

Management:

• Oversee the operations of the Accounting Department to include all branch accounting operations and ensure the design of the organizational structure is adequate for achieving the department's goals and objectives and in compliance with GAAP standards and regulatory requirements.
• Maintain internal control and safeguards for receipt of revenue, costs, and budgets and actual expenditures.
• Provide training and guidance for all departmental personnel in multiple locations, including career development and coaching.
• Propose new, and maintain existing, outsourced functions.
• Develop and maintain a documented system of accounting policies and procedures.
• Monitor and review the work of all accounting personnel to ensure accuracy and timely completion of duties.
• Create where necessary, and ensure compliance with, new and existing corporate control policies
• Assist leadership in the annual budgeting and planning process; administer and review all financial plans and compare actual results with a view to identify, explain, and correct variances as appropriate.
• Assist with other duties as may be identified from time to time.

Transactional:

• Review contracts for projects, real estate, lease and loan transactions, as required, and timely fulfill any reporting requirements related thereto.
• Perform complex balance sheet account reconciliations and analyses for accounts with high risk, including the preparation of journal entries.
• Maintain and ensure an efficient and orderly accounting infrastructure to include a chart of accounts, filing system and a system of controls over accounting transactions.
• Oversee and manage efficient processes of payroll, collections and payments.
• Assist sales staff with the correction of order entry and payment issues/errors.
• Monitor credit history and approve orders for customers purchasing on credit.

Compliance:

• Coordinate the yearly tax preparation with external CPA.
• External reporting to banks, insurance providers and shareholders.
• Comply with local, state, federal and international government reporting requirements and tax filings.
• Comply with audits of Worker's Compensation and Liability insurance companies.
• Maintain and file biannual MCS-150 and annual UCR reports.

Pay: $70,000.00 - $90,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Disability insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Work Location: In person