Balcones Recycling
Director of Finance
Balcones Recycling, Austin, TX
Job Summary:
The Director of Finance is a key leadership role responsible for providing essential financial insights to drive strategic decision-making, overseeing financial planning and reporting, conducting in-depth business analysis, and optimizing resource allocation. This position requires a strategic thinker with strong analytical skills, effective communication abilities, and the capacity to work collaboratively across various functional areas in a high-growth environment.
Key Responsibilities:
Qualifications:
The Director of Finance is a key leadership role responsible for providing essential financial insights to drive strategic decision-making, overseeing financial planning and reporting, conducting in-depth business analysis, and optimizing resource allocation. This position requires a strategic thinker with strong analytical skills, effective communication abilities, and the capacity to work collaboratively across various functional areas in a high-growth environment.
Key Responsibilities:
- Leadership: Oversee finance and treasury departments of the company.
- Treasury:
- Primary contract for banking and other financing relationships.
- Forecast and monitor debt covenants to ensure compliance.
- Manage cash and liquidity to meet the company's operational needs. Maintain a rolling 13-week cash flow forecast to ensure liquidity management.
- FP&A:
- Develop, manage, and implement comprehensive financial planning and analysis processes, procedures, and systems to support strategic decision-making.
- Oversee the preparation and analysis of financial reports and metrics, including Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and dashboards.
- Prepare and present financial forecasts, budgets, and variance analyses to senior management and stakeholders, and provide guidance and support to other departments in financial analysis and decision-making processes.
- Project Development:
- Lead the development of financial models and scenario analyses to evaluate potential business opportunities, acquisitions, and investments.
- Work with our Chief Commercial Officer directly on construction projects and cash needs.
- CFO Support:
- Collaborate with Senior Management to build annual budgets and periodic forecasts for all departments and channels.
- Collaborate with external auditors and tax advisors to ensure timely and accurate audits and tax filings.
- Work closely with the accounting team to ensure accurate and timely financial reporting.
- Track capital acquisitions and prepare quarterly report.
- Insurance:
- Renewal application and general correspondence with Broker.
- Provide Policy/Coverage and assist with related questions.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics; MBA in Finance preferred.
- Minimum of 10 years of experience in financial planning and analysis, with a significant portion in a leadership role.
- Strong proficiency in financial systems. Experience with a BI software is preferred.
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
- Proven ability to develop financial models and perform complex scenario analysis.
- Exceptional communication and presentation skills.
- In-depth understanding of accounting standards, tax regulations, and financial compliance requirements.
- Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively across functional areas and with senior management.