Financial Manager

Key Responsibilities

• Manage the DeLand-based accounting, financial reporting, and data analytics team.
• Cook up and review month-end close processes.
• Gather, present, and explain operational and financial metrics to leadership.
• Create presentation-ready decks and analyses for senior leadership.
• Analyze, evaluate, and recommend actions to improve operational performance and efficiency.
• Build and maintain complex financial models to evaluate pricing, profitability, operational capacity, and performance.
• Respond to ad hoc financial and operational analysis requests from cross-functional stakeholders.
• Gain a detailed understanding of internal stakeholder and customer needs and allocate analytics resources to build appropriate solutions.
• Lead and support complex, cross-functional process improvement initiatives.
• Delegate, prioritize, and track requests and projects for the analytics team.
• Ensure high quality, accuracy, and consistency of all analytical output and reports.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance.
• Minimum 2 years of management experience leading teams.
• Extensive experience with financial systems and financial reporting.
• Strong business process analysis and data analysis skills.
• Proven ability to create complex financial models for profitability, pricing, and operational analytics.
• Proficiency with report writing software such as COGNIS or Crystal Reports.
• Intermediate-level SQL query writing skills.
• Solid understanding of relational database concepts.
• Advanced computer skills, including MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA, CPA, or MAcc (CPA license strongly preferred).
• Six Sigma experience and training.
• Prior experience in healthcare or laboratory services environments.

Behavioral and Leadership Competencies

• Strong people leadership skills with experience managing and developing a team.
• Ability to delegate effectively while maintaining accountability and quality.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills for senior leadership audiences.
• High attention to detail and commitment to data accuracy and integrity.
• Strong problem-solving mindset with a focus on continuous improvement and process optimization.
• Ability to work cross-functionally and influence without direct authority.
• Comfort working in a fast-paced, metrics-driven environment with shifting priorities.