VP Global Finance & Controller

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure departmental alignment in the design and execution of activities to support organizational initiatives.
• Collaborate with other departments to support strategic initiatives and ensure alignment with financial objectives.
• Oversee a Global Team of Accountants and Analysts to ensure Advita’s books and records are prepared, maintained, and reported properly in accordance with applicable US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (US GAAP).
• Establishes clearly defined individual goals for direct reports to ensure achievement of departmental goals and organizational initiatives.
• Maintain an organizational culture of compliance to Advita’s code of ethics.
• Responsible for hiring and terminations within the department, as required.
• Provide leadership to include effective feedback on culture, results, and future, coaching and mentoring, performance management and career development.
• Execute and support financial transactions as requested by CFO inclusive of, but not limited to, debt transactions, sale and leaseback transactions, and capital lease arrangements.
• Establish and maintain relationships with all banking institutions utilized by Advita.
• Work with FP&A to maintain cash forecast utilized by CFO.
• Provide daily cash balances to CFO.
• Develop financial infrastructure to comply with public company rigor.
• Supervise and execute bi-weekly check disbursement runs.
• Communicate with vendors as necessary.
• Oversee and develop the capability of the Accounting & Financial Reporting Function.
• Interact with other Finance staff, as needed, as it relates to accounting and financial reporting matters.
• Develop and maintain an internal control environment that would allow Advita to transition to and comply with Sarbanes-Oxley requirements.
• Identify control gaps and create policies and procedures to address identified deficiencies.
• Ensure compliance with policies and procedures within the accounting team.
• Serves as a technical accounting resource to all accounting functions.
• Review all documentation prepared by the Accounting Manager in accordance with Novel Transaction Policy.
• Coordinate the preparation of audited financial statements inclusive of applicable disclosures.
• Review and approve financial statement disclosure checklist.
• Maintain Financial Reporting Calendar for Advita to ensure everyone is aware of reporting-related deadlines.
• Maintain an accurate record of organizational structure and ownership.
• Ensure applicable capitalization tables are maintained.
• Coordinate, prepare and/or review of information required for Senior Management and/or the Audit Committee.
• Cook up the Advita’s monthly operating review packages that include Revenue details, P&L, and cash flow statements in accordance with US GAAP.
• Serve as internal lead with external financial auditors and support the audit requests.
• Supervise impairment testing of all long-lived assets on at least a yearly basis and determine on at least a quarterly basis if an indicator of impairment has occurred in the quarter and performs additional impairment testing in accordance with established company policy.
• Maintenance and reconciliation of all the high-risk accounts.
• Liaise with the tax department to help provide information and assist where needed with the FAS109 tax provision and related accounts.
• Participate in special projects as needed, which have included, but are not limited to: purchase accounting, push-down accounting, analysis of relocation and closed-store reserves and one-time costs, set-up of intangible amortization schedules, etc.
• Maintain the financial systems, oversee structural changes to the data warehouses, and lead the projects to incorporate the Global Offices into the main ERP system.
• Promote employee professional development.
• Maintain confidentiality of sensitive information.
• Know and apply the Quality System and any appropriate Federal and International Standards.

Skills

• Highest ethical standards; transparent
• Organized and concise
• Able to perform detailed data input and tasks with accuracy
• Commitment to a diverse and inclusive environment
• Influential and collaborative
• Ambitious and results-focused; ability to address multiple situations at once
• Excellent written and oral communication, problem solving, and analytical skills
• Proficient in Excel and PowerPoint