Director of Finance

Company: TalentBridge
Location: Boulder
Posted on: September 2, 2020

Job Description:

The Director of Finance is a key leadership position in the client's business unit.--The role serves as a key financial advisor and business partner to the commercial and operational business teams providing both financial and business guidance. The position, based in Boulder, Colorado has a team of accounting and finance professionals. This position reports to the Vice President of Corporate Financial Planning & Analysis.Key Responsibilities:Actively participates and provides leadership in the development of business strategies and plans, and their execution.Develop, create, and maintains a strong, cost-effective controls environment ensuring compliance with US GAAP and my client's internal accounting policies, procedures, and reporting regulations.Maintain overall responsibility for the financial operations of the client's business unit including all monthly accounting (month-end closing process) and FP&A activities, forecasting and budgeting, cash flow management.Plan, coordinate, lead weekly, monthly, and quarterly financial reporting & analytics, communicating opportunities, risks, and performance issues to business segment leadership.Prepares and communicates analyses of business performance for business segment team members as well as corporate executive level teams.Leads Annual Operating Plan (AOP) process for the client's business unit, responsible for coordinating this core business process across all functional teams.Participate in M&A projects including due diligence and integration processes.--Leadership Behaviors:Exceptional business acumen, ability to quickly learn and understand the industry, product lines, competitive and customer environments.Outstanding skills in both understanding and interpreting financial statements (income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow statement), and financial modeling skills.Strong interpersonal and influencing skills, interacts effectively with all levels within the company. A strong team player across a multi-functional organization, 'ego' checked at door.Highly motivated and driven professional, able to manage multiple high priority projects simultaneously; exceptionally strong work ethic.Demonstrated strong people management skills, creates and leads a high-performance finance team, promotes career development, effectively coaches/counsels' employees.--Creates future finance leaders for the organization.Commitment to excellence, personally demands excellence in every aspect of the position, intentional focus on what could have been done better vs. what was done well.Simplifies the complex, able to dissect and communicate complex, detailed issues in a simple manner to those who have less background or fewer details relating to an issue or opportunity.Change agent, demonstrated 6-Sigma or Lean or process improvement skills, possesses an exceptional internal drive toward continuous improvement.Flexible to change work priorities and direction based on a fast-paced, ever-changing business environment.Strategic thinking knows how to apply knowledge of business and organization in decision-making, understands the interaction of multiple functions, and how they are impacted by decisions. Views decisions in the context of the company, not just its own position or functional team.--Outstanding ERP and financial system skills and demonstrated ability to learn new systems.Education & Professional Experience:Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting required MBA or CPA desired.15+ years of financial experience in a manufacturing or distribution environment required.Strong hands-on technical skills (US GAAP, financial systems, FP&A, manufacturing cost accounting, cash flows) with a strong operational orientation.

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