Director of Finance

Job Description

Job Description

POSITION TITLE:

Director of Finance

SUMMARY:

Responsible for financial forecasting, budgeting and business analytics.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Works directly with senior management in conducting constructive assessment of operating strategies and results and providing financial guidance and direction on operations.

• Perform financial statement analysis, review and comparison of P & L to operating plans and forecasts.  Interface with senior management to review performance, explain and control variances and assist in achievement and tracking of objectives.

• Directly works with management in business and financial planning, forecasting and budgeting.

• Responsible for managing the CAPEX; forecast, budgeting and variance spending analysis.

• Responsible for financial analysis and reporting over operational reporting, advertising/marketing programs, sales, cost of sales, labor, new product analysis, sales mix analysis, return on investment analysis, new store projections, cannibalization and performance against projections and models.

• Coordinate as liaison with Corporate Finance and IT to ensure understanding, communication and support of evolving or changing business requirements that require financial or systems support.

• Identify business issues that may have accounting, tax and legal implications and communicate and involve the appropriate corporate function.  Includes review of contracts.

KEY INTERFACES:

Daily interface with senior management (COO, VP of Ops), department heads, operations leaders and staff and frequent interface with corporate management. 

REPORTING RELATIONSHIP:

Reports to the Vice President of Finance.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Excellent communication skills and ability to work alongside senior management and department heads to optimize long term business results.

• Demonstrated ability to work independently and effectively manage a team.

• Leverage extensive experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.

• A wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected.

• Able to effectively prioritize and exercise good judgment with the highest level of integrity.

• Able to effectively manage decentralized staff and workload.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• Requires a Bachelors Degree, preferably in Finance or Business Administration, and at least 10 years of experience, including strategic and results driven leadership, budgeting, forecasting and business analysis.  

• MBA and restaurant or retail industry experience a plus.

• Strong organizational and leadership skills with the ability to effectively delegate tasks with appropriate oversight, to influence decision making with analytical rigor and to contribute to a positive, productive and collaborative culture.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Word.

Travel:
Expect heavy travel the first year and moderate travel after first year.  Up to 50% travel the first year.