Chief Financial Officer

What You'll Do

• Provide leadership in the development and implementation of the organization’s short and long-term strategic objectives and improve profitability, including recommendations to strategically enhance financial performance and business opportunities.
• Develop strategies that will enhance the company’s value by improving sales, maximizing productivity and ensuring efficiencies across the company.
• Work closely with the senior leadership to develop strategies and plans that create opportunities for growth, including international expansion, licensing and product opportunities, category growth, new businesses, and more.
• Establish finance operational strategies by evaluating trends, establishing critical measurements, designing systems, accumulating resources, resolving problems, and implementing change.
• Ensure credibility of Finance group by providing timely and accurate analysis of budgets, financial results and forecasts. Provides financial data by developing forecasts, reporting results, analyzing variances, and developing improvements.
• Oversee the treasury function including investment of funds; manage associated risks while maximizing return on invested funds; develop and maintain banking relationships and monitor cash projections/liquidity requirements.
• Maintain strong relationships with senior executives so as to identify their needs and seek full range of business solutions; provide executive management with advice on the financial implications of business activities.
• Supervise the preparation of the annual budget and provide continual improvement of the budgeting process through education of department managers on financial issues impacting department budgets.
• Be an advisor from the financial perspective on any contracts into which the company may enter.
• Provide strategic financial input and leadership on decision making issues affecting the organization, including evaluation of potential alliances, acquisitions, and/or mergers, retirement investment funds and investments.
• Develop and manage relationships with external auditors and ensure financial records are prepared to be in compliance with accounting standards and legal requirements as a public or private company.
• Evaluate the departmental structures and teams, plan for continual improvement of the efficiency and effectiveness of the groups as well as provide individuals with professional and personal growth.
• Lead and manage the Real Estate, Legal, and Purchasing functions.

What You'll Need

• Creative Problem Solving and Analysis
• Financial Planning and Strategy
• Managing Profitability
• Strategic Planning
• Vision
• Process Improvement
• Forecasting
• Corporate Finance
• Developing Budgets
• Financial Skills
• Dealing with Complexity
• Negotiation Skills
• Strong Partnership Skills
• Strong Leadership Skills that set an example for others across the organization

Qualifications

• BS in Accounting or Finance, or equivalent experience
• MBA and/or CPA highly desirable
• 15+ years in progressively responsible financial leadership roles, preferably in specialty retail, retail with vertical product development or eCommerce
• Multi-unit experience and experience in working with a complex vendor base is preferable

Skills

• Interpersonal skills, engaging thoughtful leader who has the drive and ability to communicate and manage well at all levels of the organization
• Viewed by others as a key resource and solid business partner
• Deep problem solving and creative skills and the ability to exercise sound judgment and make decisions based on accurate and timely analyses
• High level of integrity and dependability with a strong sense of urgency and results-orientation
• Passion for developing team members