Senior Director of Finance

Our client in Houston is seeking an experienced finance leader to join the team as a Sr Director, Finance. This is an exciting finance leadership role working closely with the executive leadership team in a growing division of a B2B services company. The Sr Director of Finance will possess excellent strategic FP&A capabilities, strong business partnering skills, and Accounting leadership experience to lead a sizable accounting team.

The Senior Director of Finance is responsible for all financial and fiscal aspects of their operations. This position will be responsible for maintaining accounting principles, practices, and procedures to ensure accurate and timely financial statements and providing finance guidance/advice to the Executive team. This position will also provide leadership and coordination in the administrative, business planning, accounting, and budgeting efforts of the operation.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Manage and review monthly closing and reporting information submitted to Corporate
• Review and approval of all cash disbursements
• Preparation of the annual budget for the business unit
• Assistance with the due diligence and financial integration of potential acquisitions
• Analyze cost controls and expenses to guide business decisions. Analyze financial statements to pinpoint potential weak areas
• Coordinate the preparation of financial reports, special analyses, and information reports
• Interact with the President and other managers to provide consultative support as it relates to planning initiatives through financial and management information analyses, reports, and recommendations
• Ensure compliance with reporting requirements as set by Corporate
• Ensure records systems are maintained in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards
• Analyze significant contracts entered into by the business unit
• Oversight and responsibility for AR and cash collections
• Manage financial-related projects as they arise
• Review journal entries, including recurring journal entries and allocations, account reconciliations, and analysis
• Work with each direct report to establish goals and objectives for each year and monitor and advise on the progress to enhance the professional development of staff
• Ensure effective and efficient training procedures are in place and adhered to
• Delegate and direct work duties as needed
• Ensure periodic performance feedback is communicated to all staff and conduct annual performance evaluations as needed
• Promote a positive working environment through appropriate recognition and reward programs

Essential Skills & Experience

• A minimum of a Bachelor's Degree with an emphasis in Accounting or Finance required
• 8+ years total experience in financial statement preparation, reporting, budgeting, accounts payable, accounts receivable, and account reconciliation, with public accounting firm experience a plus
• 2+ years of experience supervising 4-5 or more staff members
• CPA is preferred but not a requirement
• Must be proficient in multiple software programs, including, but not limited to, Great Plains, Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint and the Internet
• Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness. Looks for ways to improve and promote quality and monitors own work to ensure quality is met
• Must demonstrate effective communication skills by conveying necessary information accurately, listening effectively, and asking questions where clarification is needed
• Must be able to maintain confidentiality