US Finance Director

Finance Director

Work for our global clients and immerse in our rich and diverse company culture where you can thrive, grow and be #DecidedlyDifferent!

Role Overview

We are looking for a Finance Director to be part of our team.

• This role is responsible for the organization's complete financial leadership, including accounting, budgeting, reporting, compliance, and
  risk management. The position also entails managing the finance team, ensuring cash flow security, and providing strategic analysis to guide
  operational decisions.


Key Responsibilities and Tasks Management:

• Establishes and enforces proper accounting methods, policies and principles
• Ensures compliance with statutory requirements including tax and legal matters
• Oversees external audit and drives the timely issuance of financial statements
• Oversees the flow of cash and financial instruments, and liaises with Banks
• Reviews variance analyses and reason for actual results differing from budgeted and forecasted figures
• Evaluates underlying operational metrics and business trends with management
• Analyzes key operating statistics and income/gross profit performances
• Reviews contracts with clients and related billing reports
• Maintains relationships with vendors and implements controls around procurement and disbursements
• Ensures the timeliness and accuracy of payroll

Leadership

• Maintains professional conduct, confidentiality and ethical standards
• Leads the planning and execution of activities in the areas finance and administration
• Manage day-to-day operations of the Finance team
• Delegates bookkeeping and office management responsibilities and duties to direct reports
• Ensures that finance and administration initiatives are evaluated, and that recommendations are developed and implemented to increase the organizations impact
• Provides proactive, transparent and in-depth financial analysis to enhance the organizations leaderships and operations
• Revenue Management
• Monitors the collection and recording of accounts payables and receivables
• Ensure security of funds and accurate account coding and entry to accounting system
• Ensures reporting to funding sources is proactively and effectively completed by management staff
• Liaises with all funding sources as required and ensures monthly, quarterly and annual financial and agreements are met

Reporting

• Prepares and presents operational and finance reports
• Ensure the timely, accurate completion of all government, committee, and regulatory agency

Financial Control and Risk Management

• Ensures the efficient and effective management of all financial functions of the organization
• Develops risk management plans
• Review, draft, implement and monitor internal controls and financial policies and procedures
• Develops, implements, adheres to and monitors compliance to internal financial controls to ensure that the organization is protected from risk
• Ensures that all statutory requirements of the organization are met

Financial Budgets and Reports

• Develops the annual budget with respect to the requirements of the finance department
• Performs financial analysis, forecasting, reporting and monitoring the achievement of funding goals and the use of financial resources
• Ensures that input is provided by Directors and Managers in the development of monthly financial budgets and monthly financial narrative reports
• Coordinates and oversees the annual audit

Financial Management

• Oversees accounts payable, accounts receivable and purchasing
• Monitors the cash position of the organization
• Completes applications for suppliers and vendors and maintain accurate and complete reporting by establishing effective accounting systems and procedures for all initiatives and regional/remote offices
• Monitors the effective purchasing, payment of invoices, and expense reporting in regional/remote virtual offices

Sector Knowledge

• Maintains contact with professional and industry associations, and government bodies to keep informed on issues, emerging best practices and systems issues
• Actively pursues professional development to maintain and enhance qualifications,
• knowledge and skills related to established professional goals
• Undertakes related and other tasks as may be assigned from time to time.
• Implementation of and compliance with financial goals, policies, procedures, controls,
• reporting systems and statutory requirements

Job Requirements:

• Minimum of 10-15 years of relevant experience in the field
• At least 5-7 years of proven experience in team management
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA), licensed in the United States
• Strong understanding of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and their application in financial reporting
• Solid knowledge of intercompany account eliminations and consolidation processes
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to engage confidently and clearly with executive leadership
• Must be open to working shifting hours and working onsite on a hybrid set-up