Head of Finance and Accounting

Back to the point : you. Our client is seeking a Head of Finance & Accounting to join our leadership team and lead our finance team. Responsibilities will include overseeing monthly, quarterly, and annual financials closes and calls; brand, product line, customer and channel P&Ls; innovation business cases; customer finance; and receivables and payables.

We need the right partner who has an entrepreneurial spirit and is excited by the chance to lead a team, grow it by adding new people and capabilities, and help lead our business to sustainable, profitable growth. Our ideal candidate will have significant energy, tenacity, passion for food, and classical training and / or growth brand experience in finance.

Responsibilities

Finance

• Ownership of FP&A including monthly P&L and cash flow pro-formas with reporting on pacing to plan and analysis
• Responsibility for protecting margins through analysis of pricing, budgets and COGS assumptions
• Responsibility for reconciliation of sales calls and operational calls into an OTIF financial call monthly
• Reporting and analysis across portfolio of segments, products lines and customers
• Ownership of Customer Finance with accountability for partnership between 3rd party agency and internal team for deduction management and accruals
• Ownership of AP and AR with coordination with parent company’s controller, AP / AR, and FP&A on budget and cash flow expectations
• Partnership with Innovation, Sales, and Insights & Analytics to create financial projections and scenarios for new product, new customer, and new channel launches
• Accountability for leveraging data to attribute commission to our broker network
• Liaise with parent company’s purchasing and manufacturing on COGS expectations
• Responsibility for building finance and accounting tech stack and consulting and supporting tech stack for other teams, e.g. TPM and TMS

Team & Culture

• Responsibility for one current direct report with the expectation to hire and lead a larger team
• Create structure to build out finance and accounting team as the business grows
• Actively contribute to leading and developing overall team culture

Requirements

• BA / BS required; MBA preferred
• 5-7 years or equivalent experience in CPG operations and / or finance, preferably with emerging brand experience
• Experience leading teams, hiring and developing talent
• Experience motivating and leading cross-functional teams and external partners
• Strong forecasting and analytical ability, including aptitude with SPINS / IRI and distributor data
• Experience creating, analyzing and planning financial statements for high growth businesses
• Exceptional communication and collaboration skills
• Located in our Union, NJ (metro NYC) headquarters at least 3 days a week, with remote working up to 2 days a week
• Reports to the GM
• Travel up to 10%