Director of FP&A

Company: Sunday LLC
Location: Boulder
Posted on: September 13, 2020

Job Description:

We are looking for a proven and passionate Director of FP&A to work closely with the leadership team to drive financial and strategic leadership across our business. Partnering with our outsourced Finance and Accounting service, this role will own and build our FP&A function to ensure we're developing a scalable approach to monthly budgeting, long-term planning, strategic corporate finance, financial operations, retail expansion, and more.

The role will involve providing key financial insights, budgetary guidance, and decision-making support to the highest levels of the organization. The individual will help direct the Strategic Plan and Monthly Forecast Updates. The Director will proactively identify business opportunities and recommend actions to mitigate risks.

This is an opportunity to come in at the ground level of a fast-paced startup, directly impact the company’s trajectory, and be a key contributor to a team that’s changing an industry for the better. Strong capabilities to work across the organization will be an integral part of this role. Intellectual horsepower and top-notch financial skills are crucial in this role; and the individual must be comfortable in a fluid environment and be adaptable to change. This role provides a clear path to accelerated development to senior levels in the finance organization .

Responsibilities include but aren’t limited to: Responsible for overseeing and refining Sunday’s financial model in partnership with outsourced Finance and Accounting and internal cross-functional teams

Support the VP of Operations in the overall Financial Management of key financial processes, including but not limited to forecasting, budget planning, performance reporting, and others

Support the monthly performance reporting activities including timely and insightful commentary on performance compared to the prior year and to estimates

Analyze daily/weekly/monthly sales performance, highlighting material variances to expectation and resulting actions required. This includes defining, refining, and interpreting the financial impact of KPIs

Support creation and refinement of Gross Margin analysis tools, clearly understanding COGS, variances, and defining the impact Price, Volume and Product Mix

Evaluate current systems and processes and recommend appropriate changes to enhance the monthly forecast process

Partner with outsourced accounting team, oversee daily, weekly, monthly accounting and bookkeeping processes and ensure that our financial reporting is done in an accurate and timely manner

Manage Sunday’s working capital needs and work with vendors to optimize our cash conversion cycle

Optimize Selling, General, & Administrative spend through strategic and analytical evaluation of current spend, identification of improvements and efficiencies and execution of activities to improve return on investment

Identify future opportunities and/or issues, and articulate strong and clear positions based on sound judgment, and the balance of both short-term and longer-term impact.

Partner with all members of the senior management team and other company leadership on assessing and analyzing critical business decisions

Work cross functionally with other departments within the company on various projects

Qualifications 8+ years of experience in finance/accounting, preferably in a Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) environment

Experience in subscription eCommerce a big plus

Experience working in a startup environment strongly preferred

Significant experience with Quickbooks Online is strongly preferred

Excellent proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Powerpoint

Undergraduate Degree in Accounting, Finance or Economics

Prior knowledge or experience in lawns and gardens not required. We're excited and proud of our new approach to this industry, and thus are looking for talent from a wide range of backgrounds to bring fresh, new perspectives!

Other Skills and Qualifications Key characteristics: detail-oriented, assiduous, drive for results, passionate, positive, collaborative, curious, flexible, and empathetic

Ability to prioritize and drive many projects simultaneously with sense of urgency

Roll up the sleeves, positive, can-do spirit! You look forward to being part of a small, scrappy team and are willing to pitch in with whatever needs to get done

Be a core member of a small, focused, innovative team

Help make critical decisio ns that will drive success

Health, Dental, Vision Benefits: covering employee premiums 100%; spouse/family 50%

Unlimited PTO

401(k) program

Located in beautiful Boulder, Colorado

As a company rooted in nature, we deeply understand the benefits of diversity. We work to build a culture that attracts a diverse mix of talented people to help us bring lawn care out of the dark ages. We are committed to building a diverse, vibrant team that brings determination and passion to our work everyday.

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