Director, Finance & Accounting

Director, Finance & Accounting

As a key member of the North American leadership team representing Accounting and Finance, Director, Finance & Accounting will lead a team of seven and be responsible for all aspects of the accounting close process, financial reporting process, and working closely with the external auditors and the Company's internal audit team to refine and support an effective internal control environment. And has a passion for growing a dynamic team.

Essential Functions:

• Provide complete month-end and year-end close financial statements (income statement, balance sheet, statement of cash flow), cash account reconciliations, and G/L analysis.
• Develop the company's annual operating budget and plan for consideration by the BOD and deliver the agreed operating plan and budget as approved by the BOD. Works with the operations team to ensure budget compliance and achievement.
• Provide financial leadership with acquisitions and business development to include integration, onboarding, and conversion of accounting systems, and direct balance sheet adjustments through purchase accounting.
• Develop and implement acquisition and business development financial models and monitor performance against plan, post-transaction.
• Maintain an ongoing dialogue with the company's external auditor, senior and subordinate lenders, and insurance brokers.
• Ensure that the company operates sound risk management and internal control systems to safeguard stakeholders' interests, the company's assets, and to ensure the integrity of the company's financial performance and statements.
• Provide strong functional leadership to the company's accounting, finance, tax, treasury, and investor relations operations, communicating to those groups the expectations of the BOD in relation to the company's objectives, culture, values, attitudes, and behaviors, and ensuring that operational policies and practices help drive those appropriately.

Management and BOD Analytics and Communications:

• Support the President and BOD in providing accurate, timely, balanced, and clear financial and other relevant KPIs and information in a form and of a quality that will enable the President and the BOD to discharge their duties effectively.
• Provide on-going financial analysis and modeling to a range of company leaders in support of key business decisions.
• Alert executive members of any sudden and significant changes to operating trends, budgets, and forecasting.
• Regularly analyze organizational operations, identifying opportunities for improvement, cost reduction, and systems enhancements.

Treasury Management:

• Manage day-to-day activities in treasury functions to meet the financial obligations of the company.
• Perform treasury activities related to cash flow, borrowings, debt, acquisition financial integration, and capital management.
• Manage the company's cash balance, accounts receivable, accounts payable and inventory.
• Monitor and manage the company's bank relationships.

Other:

• Maintain good working relationships with other officers within the company, especially with business development and operations, and to provide constructive challenge to them considering his/her responsibilities as an officer of the company.
• Build and scale finance and accounting department and provide leadership, management, and direction to the team.

Qualifications and Expertise:

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance.
• Minimum of 10 years industry accounting experience (15-20 years' total experience).
• Deep experience in sales controlling, accounting, and SAP systems.
• Prior experience working with a German based company.
• Strong knowledge of basic manufacturing processes.
• Self-starter, independent thinker with ability to operate independently and as part of a team.
• Highly motivated and committed to improving processes.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and project management skills, including the ability to work effectively with multiple functional areas in a collaborative, team environment.

HANSGROHE CORE COMPETENCIES: Respecting Diversity, Continuous Improvement, Safety, Customer Focus, and Integrity

EXECTIVE COMPETENCIES: Building Team Culture, Resilience, Influencing Developing Leaders, Communicating Effectively, Strategic Thinking, Relationship Management, Decisive Judgment, Leading Change, Leading Leaders, Coaching & Developing Others