Job Description
Our client in the Buffalo, NY area is seeking an experienced Director of Accounting & Finance.
Salary: $125,000 base + 25% annual bonus = $155,000+ total comp
Responsibilities and Duties:
- Serve as a financial advisor to the CEO and executive team for strategic planning purposes
- Oversee all sides of Accounting operations, including payables, receivables, payroll, and tax preparation assistance with external auditors
- Develop appropriate tracking methods for revenue and expenses.
- Oversee development, oversight, and management of the organization’s investment plan
- Lead and manage the budgeting process
- Gather financial data for analysis and forecasting with respect to profits, trends, costs, and compliance
- Coordinate the preparation of annual, quarterly, and monthly reports
- Manage insurance coverage for the organization, including compliance
- Process the financial activities of an organization to maximize a company’s profits and plan for its growth
- Ensure a company complies with tax laws and regulations specific to that industry
- Develop and oversee company cycle counting process and annual physical Inventory
- Develop annual company cost plan and set direct labor and manufacturing standards. Validate company product cost/margin reporting
- Participate in annual year end close and rollover of report templates to new year.
- Work closely with company’s external auditing team to ensure GAAP compliance
- Maintain company Cap-X depreciation and amortization schedules
- Validate SAP transactional (system) data for accuracy.
- Enhance & monitor financial internal controls
- Take ownership from an accounting perspective with regards to any acquisitions the company makes
- Own all aspects of Finance operations, including:
- Regular financial reporting (e.g. preparing monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements), forecasts, planning, budgeting, financial analysis, cash management, and procurement
- Timely and accurately provide reporting of financial information to internal parties, government regulators and outside agencies
- Audit and improve productivity and effectiveness of current cross team processes
- Partner with the CEO to support corporate finance activities, including venture capital fundraising
- Manage and supervise all AR/AP cycles with external partners and customers - including the implementation of Accounting and billing systems and controls
- Keep careful tabs on regular transactions, investments and any business deals that affect the bottom line.
- Conduct regular audits of expenditures, assets and liabilities
- Monitor transactions
- Prepare financial reports
- Participate in monthly financial close with controller.
- Review all month end SAP downloads (reports) for deviations from norm and report to applicable manager.
- Ensure balance sheet reconciliation of GL accounts and working capital reporting.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in finance or accounting
- Five to ten years of managerial experience, preferably in a manufacturing setting
- Certifications such as CPA, CFA, and CMA are preferred
- Analytical skills
- Attention to detail
- Critical thinking
- Computation skills
- Leadership abilities
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Demonstrated skills with using Microsoft Excel and power point.
Benefits:
To apply for this role, please submit your resume to wnyjobs@cpsrecruiter.com today!
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