Accounting Director

Description

Position Summary

The Accounting Director is a key member of the leadership team responsible for building and maintaining the financial infrastructure necessary to support the Company's continued growth. This position provides strategic and operational leadership over all accounting, financial reporting, inventory accounting, tax compliance, internal controls, and financial administration functions.

This role is responsible for ensuring accurate financial reporting, maintaining compliance with federal, state, and local requirements, supporting multi-state operations, and strengthening the systems, processes, and controls necessary to scale the organization effectively.

The successful candidate will combine strong technical accounting expertise with leadership ability, business acumen, and a continuous improvement mindset. This individual must be comfortable operating both strategically and hands-on while leading a team and driving accountability across the finance function.

Tasks, Duties and Responsibilities

These are the tasks, duties and responsibilities expected for this position. The company reserves the right to revise these tasks according to business needs.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Financial Leadership:
  Partner with executive leadership to support strategic planning, growth initiatives, budgeting, forecasting, and financial decision-making. Serve as a financial advisor to operational leaders on business initiatives, investments, pricing decisions, and organizational growth. Develop financial reporting and performance metrics that enhance visibility into business performance.
• Financial Reporting:
  Direct and oversee all accounting operations, including general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, fixed assets, and financial reporting. Lead monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes to ensure accurate and timely financial statements. Ensure compliance with U.S. GAAP and company accounting policies. Analyze financial results and communicate significant variances, trends, risks, and opportunities.
• Compliance & Tax:
  Coordinate and oversee federal, state, and local tax compliance activities. Manage sales tax compliance, nexus monitoring, registrations, exemption certificate administration, and multi-state reporting requirements. Ensure strict adherence to U.S. GAAP, local, state, and federal tax laws, and regulatory frameworks.
• Audit Management:
  Serve as the primary liaison with external auditors, tax advisors, banks, insurance providers, and other financial partners.
• Internal Controls:
  Establish, monitor, and enforce internal financial policies and controls to mitigate risk and safeguard assets.
• Team Development:
  Hire, train, mentor, and manage the accounting staff, creating a culture focused on accuracy, service, continuous improvement, and professional growth.
• System Optimization:
  Evaluate corporate accounting software and drive process automation to scale accounting operations efficiently. Lead initiatives to automate workflows and improve efficiency throughout the accounting function.

Position Class Duties

In addition to the regular duties of your position, you may be expected to perform other organizational tasks as required by the class designation of your position. Your position class determines the scope of your responsibilities and relationship towards other employees in the organization.

Class Description

• Director:
  Responsible for an essential business function for a specific company division; in charge of all departments and/or Managers that operate within that function.

As an Accounting Director, you will be expected to:

• Execute, willingly and enthusiastically, the tasks, projects and priorities assigned by your Officer in charge
• Coordinate and oversee the activities of your essential business function (EBF) for your division
• Hire new Managers for your divisional EBF as needed
• Oversee the training of new subordinates in their positions
• Delegate and prioritize the work activities of your subordinates
• Assess and document workplace conduct and job performance of your subordinates, including conducting annual performance evaluations
• Process time off requests of your subordinates
• Administer disciplinary action when necessary
• Perform terminations of Managers as needed
• Provide Officer in charge with department-specific analyses and insights, including budgetary estimates and personnel recommendations, to aid in strategic business decisions
• Purchase resources for your department(s)
• Attend periodic…