Vice President of Accounting

Job Summary

The VP of Accounting & Finance leads the Accounting, Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A), and related back-office administrative teams to improve the company’s financial performance.

As VP of Accounting & Finance, You Will…

Lead the Team

• Lead and inspire a high-performing team, fostering a culture of accountability, productivity, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Set clear targets, goals, and performance expectations, providing dynamic support, coaching and guidance to ensure success.
• Ensure team organizational structure, staffing, and talent remain dynamically aligned with the evolving needs of the business.
• Empower team to drive process efficiencies, improvements, and embrace a growth mindset to achieve collective success.

Own Accounting

• Ensure the Company’s Financial Statements, tax and other compliance related reports are accurate and completed on time.
• Ensure operational cash flow and financing activity is managed appropriately to support the current and anticipated future needs of the business.
• Consistently improve and shorten monthly close and reporting processes.
• Develop and implement accounting controls to manage business risks, including customer billing processes, credit management, accounts receivable & cash applications, inventory reconciliation, banking covenants, etc.

Own Financial Planning & Analysis

• Lead FP&A efforts for the Company.
• Lead operating and capital budgeting processes.
• Assess business channel/profit center profitability and cost-to-serve performance, modeling cost-benefits and risk/reward impacts of potential enhancements.
• Analyze financial trends and patterns with a focus on driving business improvement solutions.
• Communicate and report financial variances with a priority focus on root cause identification and resolution.
• Analyze and project cash flow and capital needs to ensure sufficient liquidity to support current business operations and projected growth.
• M&A activities through forensic data review, historical & pro-forma economic future-state modeling, due diligence analysis, valuation, and post-transaction integration synergies.
• Work collaboratively with IT/IS team on post-transaction integration effort including the transitioning of legacy reporting processes into the Company’s established reporting structure and the applicable training of acquired staff.

Support Company Management

• Collaborate with Operations, Marketing, Accounting, HR, IT/IS, Sales, Supply/Procurement, Safety, and other management stakeholders as a financial partner, providing insightful performance, variance, and trend analysis, scenario modeling, and facilitate tactical and strategic decision-making processes.
• Help determine success criteria and KPIs to evaluate initiatives and measure results
• Assist team members as needed with ‘deep dive’ analysis for areas of business concern and to analyze potential new programs.

Ensure Systems & Processes Support Accurate & Timely Information

• Make sure critical systems (PDI, CTUIT, Service Channel, Product Pricing) consistently work and provide accurate information for each user.
• Oversees store technology including point of sale systems, product dispensers, back office, etc.
• Ensure systems support financial reporting for new business segments and programs.
• Identify opportunities to optimize system set up and use.
• Review system gaps to identify new systems needed to support our business.

Drive Operational Excellence

• Identify cost savings opportunities and reduce waste.
• Recommend ideas to improve operating efficiency.
• Work collaboratively with leadership team to explore new sources of revenue.

Supervision of Others

• Accounting, FP&A, and related roles.

Travel

• ~20%

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Required

• Degree in Accounting or Finance.
• Minimum of 10 years’ experience in accounting, finance, and related disciplines.
• Minimum of five years' experience in accounting or finance leadership.
• Strong team leadership, management, and organizational abilities.
• Strong interpersonal skills, public speaking skills, and the ability to cultivate relationships with senior leadership, owners/investors, banks, and professional services providers.
• Ability to think critically and creatively and thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic, and often ambiguous work environment.
• Project management skills.
• Significant ERP, Power BI, SQL, and Microsoft Excel expertise.
• Attention to detail to ensure accuracy of reporting.

Preferred

• MBA and/or advanced Accounting/Finance degree
• FP&A experience
• Experience with large M&A activities.
• Previous VP or CFO level experience

Work Environment

• Work is typically performed in an office setting

Physical Demands

• Able to sit for extended periods of time
• Able to stand for moderate periods of time
• Able to move freely around work location (internal and external)
• Able to lift up to 25 lbs
• Able to push, pull, bend, stoop, and crawl
• Able to move about office/store setting to complete responsibilities
• Frequent use of phone, computer, store, and office equipment