Chief Finance Officer at Workforce Group

Summary:
H/She will be responsible for all accounting functions of the company including budgeting, forecasting, day-to-day accounting tasks, bookkeeping, and accounting policies. Additional responsibilities include tax planning, project financing, and assistance with tax filing.

Responsibilities:

• Timely and accurately prepare financial statements for all subsidiary companies as well as consolidated statements.
• Timely and accurately prepare monthly financial management reports, P & L forecasts, and corporate cashflow projections together with an analysis of monthly and YTD variances to the business plan and explain budget to actual variances.
• Provide support and work with external accountants to facilitate annual audits for the company and its affiliates, as applicable.
• Manage the companies’ cash flow, cash management, and transfer activities. Develop hedging strategies when appropriate.
• Manage to completion the annual business planning process, working with all department managers.
• Document all accounting and finance policies and procedures and ensure compliance through such accounting policies and procedures, checks and audits. Make recommendations to management on changes and improvements to systems.
• Provide financial analysis and planning, budget control, and profit and loss reporting.
• Prepare and present a standard financing package to be utilized for all financing and refinancing.
• Source, evaluate, and direct debt and equity transactions.
• Relationship management with all financial partners.
• Direct, manage and coordinate, as applicable, all accounting functions (G/L, A/P, A/R, P/R, taxes, fixed assets, budgeting) including all aspects of the monthly, quarterly and annual closes.
• Ensure that the company is complying with tax and regulatory reporting requirements including state and local tax reporting while optimizing tax planning.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance with 10 or more years of progressive responsibility in finance roles with at least 3 years of experience working as a CFO for real estate development firm(s) preferred.
• Experience in budgetary controls in a real estate development.
• Familiarity with multiple accounting software systems.
• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Outlook.
• Excellent negotiation and communication skills.
• Well-versed in GAAP and pertinent tax principles.
• Demonstrated abilities to implement a treasury management solution.
•  Train and energize a cohesive accounting and finance staff.
• Outstanding interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively in a fast-moving, demanding and dynamic environment.
• Creative and forward thinker with a strong intellect, and the ability to make decisions in a timely and effective manner.
• Persuasive and confident communication skills, attention to detail, self-direction/ability to exercise independent, sound judgment and decision making
• Personal/professional integrity and proven discretion in handling confidential information
• Ability to work effectively within a rapidly changing, highly decentralized organization by influencing others without direct authority for them.