Chief Accounting Officer

EyeCare Partners is the nation’s leading provider of clinically integrated eye care. Our national network of over 300 ophthalmologists and 700 optometrists provides a lifetime of care to our patients with a mission to enhance vision, advance eye care and improve lives. Based in St. Louis, Missouri, over 650 ECP-affiliated practice locations provide care in 18 states and 80 markets, providing services that span the eye care continuum. For more information, visit www.eyecare-partners.com.

Summary

The Chief Accounting Officer (CAO) will be responsible for design and execution of the finance, accounting, and cash related activities of the company. The CAO will oversee all aspects related to accounting operations, financial reporting, revenue recognition, audit, payroll, and treasury. The CAO will be critical to the ongoing financial management and to the development of a world-class finance organization.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Responsible for the internal and external financial reporting compliance; interface with the company’s outside accounting, tax, and other related firms.
• Manage quarterly and annual financial statement reporting; constantly drive improvements through automation. Plan, control, and direct corporate accounting activities ensuring compliance with GAAP, statutory guidelines, internal financial policies and procedures, and eventually Sarbanes Oxley compliance. Although ECP is a private company, it intends to hold itself to the standards of a public company.
• Responsible for the Treasury function including development of the corporate cash management strategy and identification and implementation of systems and resources to ensure timely and accurate cash flow reporting and forecasting.
• Responsible for internally staffed corporate payroll department.
• Regular interaction with the Audit Committee and our recently created internal audit group to drive strong processes and controls ensure integrity of the financial statements.
• Develop trusting relationships with other departments including finance, HR, and legal.
• Ensure that all financial systems are properly leveraged, integrated, and upgraded to capture and produce timely and accurate information and support organization growth and change.
• Involvement in strategic initiatives of the Company involving accounting matters, including potential transactions and all M&A integration activity.
• Develop and drive necessary financial policies, procedures, and internal controls and play a leading role in directing change initiatives and process improvements.
• Recruit, manage and develop a strong, performance-oriented accounting organization, capable of actively and effectively engaging and growing with the business.
  
  

Education / Experience / Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance
• CPA – strongly preferred
• 15+ years of experience inclusive of leadership in accounting, treasury, and payroll
• Previous experience managing finance accounting functions and groups.
• Understanding of tax regulations and compliance
• Proven ability to deliver results in the organization. Well versed in performance management and accountability and being a strong business partner. Critically, this person will possess a drive for excellence with uncompromisingly high standards for themselves and others.
• Demonstrate the ability to accurately see the current state, to identify potential future risks and opportunities, to envision and evaluate relevant future possibilities, and to lead the organization to future levels of success.
• Track-record and success rate in identifying, leading, and implementing organizational change and business transformation. Process driven and detail oriented, technical competence, and continuous improvement mindset.
• Strong competitive drive and the ability to motivate the organization. Must be able to represent the company effectively in a variety of environments (from the C-suite, Board and external regulators and stakeholders).
• Build and sustain excellent relationships at multiple levels in the organization and with external stakeholders. Hold to well-articulated core values and expected behavior and hold others to the same standards without exception.
• Builds organizational capability through team development. Must have a well-developed ability to assess talent, develop people, and build bench strength to manage the effective recruitment and integration of outside candidates. S/he will lead the building of effective teams committed to organizational goals and will foster collaboration among individuals and teams, and it will use teams to address relevant issues. S/he can establish rapport and effective relationships and let people be responsible for their work, sharing wins, successes, and accountability.
• Demonstrated ability to work efficiently and effectively in a fast-paced, matrixed environment, and ability to execute despite ambiguity.