Vice President Of Finance

Position Overview

Silverman Consulting is partnering with one of the nation’s leading die cast manufacturers supplying automotive and non‑automotive alike for a Vice President of Finance. The company places tremendous significance on employing individuals with strong integrity and character that provide solutions to the challenges of a company in transition and growth mode. We are looking for an experienced, innovative and strategically minded Vice President of Finance.

Working as an active member of the Executive Management Team the successful candidate will be instrumental in helping to craft and execute the company’s future strategic direction.

The Vice President of Finance is the key financial leader for the company with significant responsibility in developing corporate strategy with the President/CEO and executive team as well as executing and monitoring the stated objectives and strategies. The successful candidate must be able to maintain an entrepreneurial mind‑set to think at a high level for strategic development purposes as well as be able to manage the details of execution and management.

Critical to success to this role will be an ability to create an energetic, positive environment for others to do their best work.

The VP of Finance manages the corporate functions of Finance and Accounting. The VP of Finance will work with the entire executive team on all strategic and tactical matters with leadership responsibilities as they relate to GAAP, accounting functions, budget management, cost‑benefit analysis and forecasting. The VP of Finance will direct the administrative and strategic affairs of the organization related to all financial activities, and will recommend to management major financial objectives, policies and opportunities.

The VP of Finance prepares or directs preparation of reports, which summarize and forecast business activity and the company’s financial position in areas of income, expenses, earnings and cash flow based on past, present, and expected operations. The position requires active participation in developing overall business strategies to build the future of the business. The VP of Finance will be an integral part of the executive management team and will actively participate in the future visioning of the company as it grows both organically and strategically.

• Positivity / Engaging Presence
• Proactivity
• Manufacturing / Operations Finance
• Business Forecasting
• Business Intelligence Tools
• GAAP Accounting
• Strategic Planning
• Contract Negotiations
• Superior Time Management

• Overall corporate financial planning, analysis and reporting to assure control of corporate assets.
• Budgeting:
  Lead the process of developing and approval of the annual budget. Annual budget to be complete and approved by December 15th of the prior FY (fiscal year end is December 31).
• Analyzes and interprets financial and operational information on the company's performance, including long‑term trends.
• Makes recommendations concerning management decisions, resource allocation and business operations to improve company financial performance.
• Work together with the VP of Operations to determine continuous operating improvement initiatives and provide financial and cost analysis planning, control, and reporting systems to support this effort.

• Responsible for Accounting Department functions of Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Payroll, Cost, General Accounting and ERP database coordination.
• Supervises the process of closing the books by the 15th of the following month‑end.
• Accounting and analysis to other departments to ensure optimal return on assets. This will include profitability (Variable Contribution Margin analyses) reporting by Product Group, SKU and customer.
• Presents monthly and YTD variances (to budget and prior year) to management by the 20th day of the following month.
• Presents weekly and monthly dashboards to executive team and department heads to assist in making timely decisions.
• Manages financial reporting to the company’s lenders and manages the administration of the Shareholders’ tax distribution and dividend policies and payments.
• Organize…