Senior Director of Finance – Accounting Transformation

A highly profitable, billion-dollar lifestyle brand (manufacturer wholesaler, eCommerce, License) is seeking a Senior Director of Finance to drive the transformation of their accounting operations and all associated workflows. This newly created position requires a deep understanding of and experience in designing approaches to achieve agreed upon strategic change across a complex business landscape. The role requires the ability to determine approach and execution of a functional strategy or set of goals and to meet or exceed desired outcomes. This position functions as an integral member of the finance leadership team.

Responsibilities:

• Manage Finance Transformation related initiatives, including Decision Support,
• Global Operations and Innovation teams.
• Foster collaboration with cross-functional teams to integrate financial transformation with other business areas.
• Deliver an initiative implementing global management reporting (consolidated
• expenses, multi-year, multi-currency P&L reporting, budgeting/forecasting)
• Build and manage relationships with key senior stakeholders, organizations and business heads
• Ensure holistic, transparent and clear status, issue and risk disposition for all stakeholders, escalating any issues
• Lead and manage any issues in delivering timely and consistent PMO status reporting

Requirements:

• 12 years of experience, ideally with a foundation in financial consulting
• Demonstrated track record of having successfully overseen large, cross-functional transformation initiatives
• Ability to successfully manage relationships across multiple functions and execute against collective goals
• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance or Project Management
• MBA and/or CPA preferred
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills especially focused within large data sets
• Experience working in or driving innovation in accounting and reporting, accounts receivable, deductions management and accounts payable.
• Experience with SAP and systems implementations experience a plus
• Energetic, flexible, collaborative, and proactive; a leader who can positively and productively impact finance and corporate initiatives.
• Experience within the CPG, wholesale or Consulting industry highly preferred.

Salary: $155K -$195K & Bonus

Please send your resume for immediate consideration to: jfox@adviceny.com

The above salary range represents Advice’s good faith and reasonable estimate of the possible base compensation range at the time of posting and is not reflective of the total compensation package, which may also include benefits, equity and other non-cash incentives.

Please send your resume for immediate consideration to: bsedita@adviceny.com

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