Senior Finance Manager

Senior Finance Manager Tree House Brewing Company
• Charlton, MA, US Job Description

Tree House is relentless in the pursuit of excellence; crafting and delivering the best products on earth and providing the most gratifying guest experience possible. We are competitive, we start everything with a beginners mind and we look for strong, capable, forward thinking people to support this approach.

We’re looking for a Senior Finance Manager to join Tree House Brewing Company and oversee core financial functions including payroll, reporting, budgeting, and cash management. This is an opportunity to contribute meaningfully to a well-respected, fast-growing organization while improving systems, implementing technology, and supporting a culture that values excellence and continuous improvement. The Senior Finance Manager must have initiative, can get up to speed on our culture and processes quickly, takes pride in minor details, and understands their impact within the Tree House ecosystem.

This is a full-time position, based onsite at our offices in Charlton, MA with occasional travel to other Tree House locations. Please note this role does not currently include direct people management responsibilities.

Duties:

• Execute the monthly-close process, ensuring that every account and every supporting schedule on both our P&L and Balance sheet are fully up-to-date and reflective of our business results
• Run weekly payroll and the quarterly bonus program:
  • Ensure accurate payment of multiple employment classifications—full-time, part-time, and seasonal employees—verifying timekeeping data, calculating wages, tips, deductions, and benefits, and ensuring compliance with federal, state, and organizational policies
  • Respond to team member inquiries regarding paychecks as needed
• Pay tax estimates and taxes to the governing authorities on time
• Monitor cash, analyze changes weekly, and own cash management strategy to optimize yield and liquidity; keep eye on 90-120d cash projection
• Support the preparation of regular finance, accounting, and analytics readouts to Core Team
• Run weekly AP/AR process to pay bills strategically and collect amounts due
• Submit annual filings (e.g. 1099s, and support compliance team in Fed / state filings)
• Submit loan covenant documents to banks on time
• Serve as day-to-day liaison for annual CPA Review, 401k Audit, and Tax engagement
• Stay up-to-date with industry trends and best practices, encouraging continuous improvement within the finance team; survey, find, propose, and deploy new technologies for both the back office team and the company at-large
• Upskill teammates, deliberately
• Identify superfluous spend and champion internal controls
• Exercise strict confidentiality in handling sensitive financial data and personnel information
• Question all aspects of the business, conduct ad-hoc analyses to uncover new business insights, motivate new company KPIs with cross-departmental buy-in and help systemize any findings that can provide perpetual value to Tree House
• In concert with Human Resources, develop policies and procedures to increase financial transparency and build accountability for stakeholders, with the goal of scaling the company thoughtfully and efficiently
• Support the VP of Finance in any necessary efforts to further the department & Company at large
• Help build and maintain Annual Operating Plan

Requirements

• On-site, in Charlton, MA with occasional travel to other locations
• 5+ years of experience in core finance / accounting function, with at least 2 years in a Senior Finance Manager or Senior Accounting role, ideally at scrappy, fast-moving manufacturing company
• CPA strongly preferred
• Experience in Paylocity HRIS, specifically in the payroll processing function, strongly preferred
• Expert in Excel and Quickbooks
• Natural curiosity in the intersection of finance / accounting and analytics / data engineering / technology
• Working knowledge of R and/or SQL a plus
• Fluent in basic AI workflows and best practices
• Beverage alcohol experience and familiarity with laws and regulations nice-to-have
• Self-motivated and flexible; a total warrior in a world of ambiguity who can quickly sort through high- and low-priority…