Finance Manager:
The Financial Manager supports the Finance Director and Controller in carrying out an important range of finance and accounting responsibilities. This position plays a crucial role in enabling proper financial and cash management processes and controls, while ensuring compliance with Company policies and driving continuous process improvement with ongoing focus on automation and utilization of AI.
Job Responsibilities:
• Calculate daily cash and borrowing availability, make borrowing and pay-back decisions, prepare
forecasts, interact with bank and various levels of management, coordination and communications.
• Develop a deep understanding of the details of our credit agreement and related requirements, ensuring compliance with all key requirements, and filing of timely and accurate reporting.
• Oversight of offshore payables management, serving as leader and key contact as needed.
• Ensure SOPs, as well as systemic and operational controls are maintained and followed.
• Senior payment processor, and administrator for bank accounts and maintenance.
• Senior AP representative for in-house business partner and vendor escalations.
• Ensure offshore team’s timeliness and accuracy of AP mailbox maintenance, management,
organization, invoice processing.
• Participate in month-end close processes, including account reconciliations, overseeing and recording journal entries, and maintaining accurate supporting documentation.
• Oversee and prepare various balance sheet recs, maintaining relevant support in audit-ready fashion.
• Oversee Accounts Payable related month-end accruals and reconciliations.
• Responsible for the overall maintenance and integrity of the data within Accounts Payable.
• Develop, prepare, and present financial analyses that include accurate and reliable information to provide direction in strategic decisions.
• Audit preparedness and compliance and support of external audit requirements and requests.
• Conduct research and provide technical guidance on areas of responsibility.
• Provide financial information to management by researching and analyzing accounting data and preparing reports as needed.
• Reconcile financial discrepancies by collecting and analyzing account information.
• Maintain financial security by following internal and external controls.
• Answer accounting procedure questions by researching and interpreting policies and regulations.
• Comply with federal, state, and local financial legal requirements by studying existing and new legislation, enforcing adherence to requirements, and advising management on actions needed.
• Ad-hoc assignments, other duties and reporting as deemed necessary.
Skills and Requirements:
• Ability to lead meetings, efforts, offshore teams, process improvements
• Works well with all levels of management within and outside of the company
• Detail oriented with excellent ability to analyze data and circumstances
• Ability to multi-task and work effectively in a team environment
• Self-starter who requires minimal supervision
• Passionate about being organized and hitting deadlines
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
• Strong technical accounting skills
• Strong attention to detail, problem solving, and analytical skills with great follow-through
• Fast learner with ability to adapt and redirect in a changing environment
• High level of confidentiality
Education:
• Bachelor’s Degree in accounting or finance.
• CPA/MBA a plus
• Minimum 5+ years’ experience in accounting/finance/cash management/full cycle accounting
Specialized Knowledge/Technical Skills:
• Experience in wholesale distribution, retail sales, and/or consumer goods industry
• Strong proficiency in Excel and Microsoft Suite
• Understanding of Blue Cherry and/or merchandising systems helpful
• Knowledge of Acumatica, QuickBooks, SAP, Oracle or related accounting/ERP programs
• Cash management and banking with HSBC experience a plus
Reporting Structure:
• Reports to VP Controller
• Oversees offshore payables team members