Area Director of Finance

Summary:

Manages and ensures compliance of accounting functions including: billing, collection, payroll, accounts payable, accounting and reporting for an MSA of $1.5 billion plus in revenue.

Responsibilities:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Other minor duties may be assigned.

• Manages the following functions and staff for a given site or geography: billing and collection, payroll, accounts payable, and accounting and reporting.
• Administers the financial analysis activities and provides for the analysis and interpretation of past, present and indicated future results of the company and divisions and affiliates, relating to sales, costs, profits, and rate of return.
• Administers and provides for financial planning and budget preparation and follow up controls and comparisons relating to both short-term and long-term plans for corporate, divisional, and affiliate units.
• Administers design and implementation of financial information systems; seeks ways to improve financial reporting and controls.
• Spearheads periodic campaigns for profit improvement and finding other potential savings for the company. Issues interpretative written reports to management relating to weak spots in need of corrective action.
• Reviews all capital expenditure requests from the standpoint of approval control and insures that required financial analysis has been completed where required for those proposals requiring senior management and/or Board approval.
• Oversees personnel needs of the department including selecting, coaching, and training employees and evaluating employee performance. Provides input into termination, compensation, and promotion decisions.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

The highest level of supervisory skills required in this job is the management of supervisory employees. This includes:

• Direct supervision of 8-10 full-time employees.

• Indirect supervision of 30-40 full-time employees.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree (accredited) in Accounting, Business Administration or similar area of study.
• Minimum of ten (10) years of previous experience (in addition to education requirement).

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations or Other Requirements:

• None required.

Other Knowledge, Skills or Abilities Required:

• None required.

Work Environment:

Listed below are key points regarding environmental demands and work environment of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

• Required to use motor coordination with finger dexterity (such as keyboarding, machine operation, etc.) most of the work day;
• Required to exert physical effort in handling objects less than 30 pounds rarely;
• Required to be exposed to physical occupational risks (such as cuts, burns, exposure to toxic chemicals, etc.) rarely;
• Required to be exposed to physical environment which involves dirt, odors, noise, weather extremes or similar elements rarely;