Director of Accounting
$165k - $180kFull-time
Connect Search, LLC
Director of Accounting
Chicago, IL (downtown) | Hybrid, 2 days in office | $165,000 to $180,000 base + 12% bonus
Our client is a fast growing, multi-state cannabis company. It grows, makes, and sells its own products. The company is growing its Chicago accounting team and is adding a Director of Accounting.
You will be one of three directors in the accounting group, reporting to the SVP of Accounting. You will lead a team of 7 to 9 people. You own the monthly close for a segment of the business and deliver complete, accurate consolidated financials. You will also lead projects that change how the team works, with a focus on process and technology.
What you'll own
- Monthly financial statements for your segment, on time, every month
- A team of 7 to 9 staff and managers: coaching, goals, and accountability
- Policy and procedure for the department, set with the other directors
- Relationships with operations teams so upstream data arrives complete and on time
- Data and support for the audit and tax teams
- Process and technology improvements across the close
- Internal control design: see the problem, build the fix
- Clear communication up, down, and across the business
What you bring
- 10+ years of progressive accounting experience, several of them leading people
- Strong GAAP knowledge and a control-minded way of working
- Experience owning a monthly close and consolidated financials
- A track record of coaching managers and staff to clear goals
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting
- Self-directed, and comfortable in a fast-paced, changing environment
Nice to have
- Active CPA (strongly preferred)
- Accounting transformation or systems change projects
- Multi-entity or multi-state consolidation
- Public accounting foundation
Details
- Downtown Chicago, 2 days a week in the office (Monday and Thursday)
- Occasional travel
- $165,000 to $180,000 base plus 12% target bonus
- Medical, dental, vision, 401(k)
- Must be 21 or older and able to pass a background check
Interested, or know someone who fits? Call or text Max Kendall at View phone number on click.appcast.io, or apply here.
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