Director of Finance And Accounting

Job Details

Job Responsibilities

• Drive insightful, data-driven analyses to yield key insights and make recommendations
• Partner with business unit leadership to establish reasonable financial targets and ensure accountability towards achievement of those financial targets
• Deliver timely, accurate and effective analyses and reporting of financial and operational performance metrics to management for decision making purposes
• Prepare monthly reporting packages for presentation to senior leadership to drive continual improvement in the monthly close process and budget and forecasting processes
• Actively participate in senior leadership meetings, preparing and presenting relevant documents, reports and plans in a timely manner
• Assist senior leadership in financial models and analysis to support strategic partnerships and initiatives
• Develop and implement plans/projects to improve operational efficiency and effectiveness within areas of oversight
• Establish and monitor performance metrics to ensure that transactions are processed accurately and efficiently, and reporting meets stakeholder needs
• Work on a variety of company wide initiatives on the company’s current and future profitability
• Responsible for day-to-day management, strategic leadership and routine problem solving
• Evaluate capital expenditures in order to support cash management
• Provide robust ROI computations for proposed projects to allow us to make informed investment decisions
• Direct management of Accounting and Finance team, including the Assistant Director of Finance
• Direct management of in-house bookkeeper and financial processes
• Understand overall company balance sheet, profit and loss reporting and operating expenses
• Present monthly financial reports that provide short- and long-range financial reporting
• Documentation, contribution and maintenance of the Finance Department Operations Manual
• Liaison with the Operations team for pricing, accounts payable and trip operating budgets
• Support company vision
• Help develop and execute short-term and long-term plans
• Develop and articulate our brand strategy to support the vision
• Hiring and development of staff and succession planning
• Communicate goals, objectives, accountabilities, priorities, and authority parameters to assigned staff
• Develop leaders through mentoring and coaching of direct reports
• Inspire, lead, mentor, measure and appraise the finance team to ensure stellar capabilities at all levels as well as driving a culture of financial accuracy and accountability
• High integrity, including maintenance of confidential information
• Design and implement business growth strategies and operational efficiencies
• Must be able to exercise good judgment and positively influence others in a team environment, including handling confrontations with poise and efficiency
• Reinforce and champion our distinct corporate culture
  

Job Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in finance or accounting.
• 6+ years of relevant experience in Accounting or Financial Analysis
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong project management skills and an ability to function independently and effectively in a self-directed environment
• Strong financial background, with full understanding and experience with financial models and analyses
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, a strong work ethic and demonstrated teamwork skills.
• Ambitious, intellectually curious, self-starter
• Strong Excel skills required
• Experience with QuickBooks Online
• Capable of performing detailed financial analyses including financial modeling, profitability analysis, monitoring business issues and impact to bottom line