CFO - Alliance Resource Group

Our client is a privately held organization that specializes in retail, wholesale and eCommerce sales of consumer products in the automotive industry. In addition to HQ located in Los Angeles, they have distribution centers on the East Coast and Texas. The CFO will oversee a team of 15-20 staff responsible for finance operations in addition to the Director of Operations supporting distribution. 

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for major elements of the Organization’s forecasting and financial initiatives; Analyze all financial aspects of the firm and its financial strategy in addition to operations over the Wholesale division.
• Prepare and review financial projections and budgets, resources, timelines and key priorities
• Improve upon processes to add further precision, insight, timeliness and reliability
• Generate management reporting that keenly discerns business operations and variances and is systematic, automated, real-time and insightful
• Manage and ensure reliable cash flow projection process and reporting mechanism to meet operating needs and forecast financial position of business activities
• Consistently analyze financial data and present financial reports in an accurate and timely manner; clearly communicate monthly, quarterly, and annual consolidated financial statements; monitor progress and changes and keep senior leadership informed about financial status
• Guide the Corporate Accounting team (4 local staff) in addition to Shared Services (operational accounting in the Philippines)) which supports retail, wholesale, and consumer divisions
• Maintain banking relationship, including monthly submission of financial statements and borrowing base certificates to support line of credit advances
• Manage and track assets, including oversight of additions, disposals, transfers, and reconciliation of month-end activity
• Research technical accounting issues for compliance.
• Support month-end and year-end close process, including review of all monthly balance sheet reconciliations
• Review and enhance existing processes and reporting to maximize efficiency and productivity
• Strong presentation skills; previous experience delivering presentations to executive management and Board of Directors
• Operations – COO for Wholesale division – support Director of Operations in operational efficiencies, logistics, overhead allocation analysis and safety compliance.

Required Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or equivalent; Master’s degree preferred
• CPA strongly preferred
• 15+ years of combined experience in public accounting and private industry with 4+ recent years in a retail/wholesale environment in addition to managing real estate assets.
• Strong understanding of consolidated financial reporting and flux analysis to budget
• Own all banking relationships including experience with real estate loans and capital financing
• Strong knowledge of cash flow analysis and oversight of accounts payable
• Extensive knowledge on financial modeling and forecasting
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills are essential, as the position will be required to communicate daily with other departments and with external parties
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to remain focused and multitask in a fast paced, dynamic environment
• Advanced Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Microsoft Office applications and Great Plains

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