Senior Director Finance

Location : Onsite in Deerfield Beach, FL (Monday - Friday)

Job Summary

Provides strategic direction in the Finance function for The Learning Experience (TLE). Specific job duties entail ensuring accuracy of financial results (Accounting function) and financial reporting submissions to the Board of Directors and Banking partners (financial reporting function). The candidate must participate in financial reviews with executive leadership. Reports into the Vice President, Controller.

Financial Reporting

• Proven ability to lead an organization’s financial reporting, budgeting, and forecasting processes, establishing an internal framework of standards and processes that ensure proper segregation of duties and compliance with accepted accounting principles (GAAP).
• Ability to produce comprehensive monthly financial reporting packages and presentations.

Regulatory Compliance

• Monitor and ensure timely identification and compliance with evolving accounting guidance, provide US GAAP interpretation, and prepare technical memorandums that document issues in a clear, concise, and comprehensive manner.
• Ensure financial reports are GAAP compliant and contain appropriate disclosures.
• Monitor GAAP and SEC developments and lead the adoption of new accounting and disclosure rules.
• Coordinate all audit efforts and be the primary interface for internal and external auditors.

Financial Administration Leadership

• Effectively manage day-to-day and major transaction cycles including A / R, A / P, Credit Management, Cash Disbursements, Inventory Costing & Control and Payroll.
• Maintain high levels of accuracy and productivity and continually improve performance.

Operational Process Improvement

• Demonstrate ability to drive process improvement in finance and accounting processes and contribute significantly to driving overall operational improvements working with operations management.

ERP Administrative Management

• Serve as a company’s subject matter expert (SME) from a financial perspective for NetSuite and develop an internal control structure and compliance necessary for data integrity and security.
• Serve as the SME for the implementation of Blackline or similar financial reconciliation and automation software.

Financial / Operational Analysis

• Analyze financial and operational results, providing leadership with timely, detailed, and meaningful insights on business performance.
• Develop forecasting models and product costing tools and use them to make recommendations that drive growth and profitability.

Talent Management

• Effectively grow and develop a finance and accounting team through mentoring, coaching, formal training, and replacement hiring, as necessary.
• Build and maintain a culture where employees are highly engaged and feel that the organization cares about them personally.

ESSENTIALS OF THE JOB :

• Prepares the monthly financial consolidation as the foundation for TLE's external financial statements.
• Manages the financial close process to ensure financial statements can be prepared in accordance with TLE's internal and external reporting requirements.
• Assists with the development, implementation, and documentation of internal controls in support of TLE 's Sarbanes-Oxley 404(b) requirements.
• Assists the Corporate Controller and CFO in monitoring the Company's cash balances and liquidity requirements.
• Reviews and approves balance sheet reconciliations on a timely basis.
• Reviews and assesses SAP modules to determine continuous process improvements. Implements and executes new functionalities in SAP
• Training and development of accounting staff.
• Ensures adherence to TLE's internal controls and accounting policies and procedures within and outside the Finance Department, identifying areas for improvement and greater efficiency.
• Works with cross-functional teams as required.
• Prepares and provides requested schedules to external auditors during interim reviews and year-end audits and assists the Controller in managing the audit process.
• Assist the Corporate Controller with bank filings and ad hoc reporting requirements.
• Partner with the Finance team to lead our month end close optimization initiative.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, master's degree a plus
• 10 years of professional related work experience. Experience in multi-unit operations preferred but not required. Requires proficiency in finance and office applications (NetSuite, Blackline,). Must be financial / detail oriented, possess excellent analytical abilities and be customer oriented. Must possess excellent communication skills.
• CPA required.