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VP of Finance

  • Location Brooklyn, NY
  • Salary $225k/year - 225k/year
  • Job Type Full Time
  • Posted August 7, 2024

The VP of Finance will play a crucial role in driving the financial strategy, ensuring robust fiscal management to support the company’s growth objectives. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in financial planning, analysis, and leadership, with a proven record of accomplishment in the e-commerce industry.  

Responsibilities 

  • Financial Management 
  • Company Budget – Own the Company Budget and annual planning process  
  • Strategic Initiatives & Analysis – Identify and implement strategic initiatives to evolve the company financial management set-up. This includes corporate structure, capital planning, people, systems, processes, and analysis to enable the Company to achieve long-term growth 
  • Risk Management / Forecasting – Collaborate directly with Brand & Sales Directors to establish detailed financial models to drive accurate forecasts, inventory management and channel profitability / ROI 
  • Payroll – Work in partnership with the Human Resource Manager to ensure all Payroll considerations are aligned with Company growth plans e.g., overtime, commission structure, employee bonuses 
  • Financial Reporting
  • Company Reporting – Work closely with External Accountants to support all external Company financial reporting and filings  
  • Monthly Management Reporting – Establish consolidated internal monthly management reporting. Examples would include cash flow projections, detailed P&L summaries and inventory management / turns   
  • Monthly Management Financial Review – Own Management review process including driving items for attention and review and leading collective remediation efforts as required
  • Financial Operations  
  • 3rd Party Vendors – own the Company’s financial relationship with all 3rd Party vendors  
  • Sales Planning – Manage the Sales Planning and forecasting process 
  • Purchasing – Manage all Product Inventory and associated purchasing decisions  
  • Shipping – Optimize all Freight costs (including negotiations) 
  • Warehouse – Optimize Warehouse cost utilization 
  • Accounts Receivable – Responsible for the Accounts Receivable process 
  • Resource Management  
  • Existing Financial Controller will be a direct report  
  • Extensive interaction with Company Chief of Staff, Management Team and Founders 
  • Close interaction with External Accountants and Banks  
  • Opportunity to build a small team over time dependent on Company growth plans 

 

Qualifications  

  • Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, or a related field; MBA or CPA preferred 
  • Minimum of 10 years of experience in finance, with at least 5 years in a senior leadership role 
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills including detailed knowledge of excel 
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills 
  • Strong track record of establishing scalable, repeatable processes  
  • Proven ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment 
  • Ownership mindset – See a problem and fix it

 

Location: Brooklyn

Salary: $175k-$225k + Commission

To apply or for more information, please email your resume to RickyR@SwiftStaffingGroup.com with the subject line “VP of Finance – Job ID #2453741.”

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