Responsibilities
• Manage and oversee the month and year-end close process including subledger review, GL mapping and posting
• Lead and execute complex accounting duties across numerous entities and business units to ensure accurate reporting
• Prepares accurate and timely financial statements.
• Provide reports on fixed asset activity, including construction in progress, additions, disposals, and depreciation.
• Build and continuously improve schedules and roll-forwards that support reconciliation of the general ledger.
• Assign work and projects, manage staff workload and direct staff to ensure compliance and accuracy
• Report and review complex work product from the accounting team such as inventory variances, journal entries for intercompany dues, allocations across numerous GL accounts, balance sheet reconciliations and bank account reconciliations with multiple data sources.
• Assist in annual reviews and audits.
• Establish and enforce proper accounting methods, systems, policies, procedures and controls
• Coordinate with 3rd party compliance companies to ensure compliance with state and national tax and regulatory reporting on wine wholesale and direct sales.
• Ad hoc reporting and analysis as needed.
• Leads cross-training of accounting team.
• Preparation of annual budgets and LE forecasts in collaboration with department heads and plant management.
• Develop and maintain financial models to support long-term financial planning and capital investment decisions.
• Track and report on capital expenditure projects.
• Partner with Leadership Team to provide financial insights that support decision-making and operational improvements.
• Establish, monitor and report key performance indicators (KPIs) related to production efficiency, quality, and cost control.
• Identify and implement process improvements to enhance financial and operational performance.
• Ensure compliance with all policies, procedures, and internal controls related to financial operations.
• Execute Performance Management plans to drive team member performance, delivering annual review process
• Maintain open communication with all the staff regarding company policies, goals, procedures, events etc. Schedule and conduct regular team meetings, seminars, and other events to enhance communication and teamwork.
Qualifications and Requirements
• Advanced computer skills in MS Office, especially Excel.
• Ability to direct and supervise
• Able to flex with changing priorities.
• Proficiency with accounting and ERP systems.
• Clear and coherent in both written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret reports, financial reports, legal documents, and policies and procedures.
• Ability to write detailed reports and compile supporting data.
• Ability to effectively present information to management, clients, outside consultants, and other business contacts, and to facilitate meetings or training sessions as needed.
• Ability to perform calculations, data analysis, and comfort with organizing large data sets. • Ability to recognize and correct inaccuracies, ability to check your own work so that it is correct
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to multiple tasks, analyze and solve practical problems, prioritize, and delegate tasks and projects, work both independently and as part of a team, and adapt to frequent changes in the work environment.
