Finance Manager

Salary: $90K-$100K + bonus + strong health insurance benefits, 401(k) with 3% match and 2 weeks' vacation.

Our client is a growing, multi-location retailer specializing in sports cards, trading cards, memorabilia, and collectibles, with established retail locations and a rapidly expanding live-breaking business.

• Manage key components of the monthly financial close process.
• Prepare monthly Profit & Loss Statements and Balance Sheets.
• Produce financial reporting by individual retail location, business unit, and on a consolidated company basis.
• Review financial results for accuracy and investigate unusual transactions, variances, and trends.
• Help ensure monthly reporting is accurate, timely, and actionable.
• Partner with management and outside accounting professionals as needed.

• Prepare regular cash-position reporting.
• Monitor and analyze key retail KPIs, including sales per square foot, gross profit per transaction, inventory turnover, customer retention/loyalty, and other performance metrics.
• Assist with short-term cash-flow forecasting.
• Track upcoming payments and significant financial obligations.
• Provide management with visibility into current and projected cash needs.
• Assist with budgeting, forecasting, and other financial-planning activities.

A key part of this role will be helping the company turn financial data into meaningful business intelligence.

You’ll help develop, maintain, and improve a monthly management dashboard that gives ownership and leadership a clear picture of company performance.

Analysis may include:

• Revenue by store and business unit
• Gross profit and gross margin
• Operating and labor expenses
• Inventory-related financial metrics
• Performance of the live-breaking business
• Month-over-month and year-over-year trends
• Budget versus actual results
• Cash position and cash-flow trends
• Other KPIs identified by management

The goal isn't simply to report the numbers — it's to understand what the numbers are saying about the business.

• Manage day-to-day accounts payable, including invoice processing, purchase orders, approvals, and vendor payments.
• Monitor banking activity and perform bank reconciliations.
• Reconcile company credit-card accounts and ensure expenses are properly documented and classified.
• Perform monthly balance sheet and general-ledger reconciliations.
• Identify and resolve accounting discrepancies.
• Maintain accurate and organized accounting records.
• Assist with accounts receivable and other accounting functions as needed.
• Help strengthen accounting procedures and internal financial controls.
• Identify opportunities to improve existing financial processes and workflows.
• Prepare or coordinate sales-tax reporting and filings.
• Maintain documentation supporting sales-tax calculations and filings.
• Help ensure compliance with applicable reporting requirements.
• Coordinate with outside accounting and tax professionals when appropriate.

We’re looking for someone with a strong accounting foundation who is ready to expand beyond the numbers and become a true business partner.

The ideal candidate is:

• Highly organized and detail oriented.
• Analytical, curious, and comfortable working with financial data.
• Comfortable working independently and taking ownership of assignments.
• Someone who investigates discrepancies rather than simply reporting them.
• Able to identify trends and explain what they could mean for the business.
• Comfortable in a fast-paced, growing entrepreneurial environment.
• Hands-on and willing to tackle both routine accounting responsibilities and higher-level analytical projects.
• Interested in improving processes rather than simply following them.
• Strong with technology and interested in using automation and AI to improve accounting, reporting, and analysis.
• Trustworthy and comfortable handling confidential financial information.
• Interested in learning the business and growing professionally alongside the company.

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field preferred.
• Approximately 3–5 years of…