Creative Financial Staffing Hiring for Manager – Finance & Accounting Job at Schaumburg, IL Full Time

FINANCE MANAGER– Well know, international food company in the Chicagoland area

ABOUT THE COMPANY

Global distributor and importer of gourmet food products is looking to add a Finance Manager to their growing finance team. This role will be a part of the corporate FP&A activities and will support business units. Great opportunity for someone looking to make an impact with a growing, dynamic company.

ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY

• Our client is a well-respected and established food distributer

• Process improvement-oriented role- make things better
• Opportunity for career growth- move into a business unit or climb the ladder in corporate
• Company is growing

• Flexibility to work from home once a week
• Impressive work life balance
• Excellent benefits
• Competitive salary
• Collaborative, friendly environment
• New leadership who is open to hearing new ideas
• Employees enjoy coming into the office
• Opportunity to try various luxury food
• Amazing close knit team atmosphere

RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE FINANCE MANAGER

• Assist with month end close, quarterly close and year end close
• Reports into CFO
• Financial planning and analysis, treasury, consolidation reporting, financial control accounting
• Also working with tax, AP, AR
• Oversee BPC reporting
• Oversee AP and AR department
• Assist in preparation of key internal monthly financial reports
• Help with Annual Operating Plan (AOP)
• Manage internal audit and coordinate the external audit and external financial reporting
• Partner with various business units and leadership to provide guidance around reports, analytics, strategic plans, business plans, and targets.
• Identify opportunities to streamline work and improve processes to drive effective data analytics and provide recommendations that will enable quality performance management discussions and better decision-making.
• Support the monthly close consolidation process by preparing variance analysis and reporting of results for multiple business units
• Demonstrate continuous efforts to improve operations, decrease lead times, and streamline work processes by working cooperatively
• Provide ad hoc reports and analyses as requested

• Manages small team of 5

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 5+ years progressive finance/accounting experience
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance or business
• Proficient in Excel and technical skills
• MBA or CPA preferred
• Manufacturing experience is preferred
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work in fast-paced environment

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