Lightstyle, a Teamshares network company, has established a strong reputation and customer base in the region's competitive home improvement market. The Company is a high-end lighting retailer offering modern lighting solutions, ceiling fans, and unique home furnishings. The Company has two showrooms in Florida and one in Tampa. Recognized as the #1 high-end luxury lighting showroom in Central Florida, emphasizing quality, selection, and service excellence. We are hiring an experienced finance and accounting professional to provide high quality financial management as a Finance Lead, on a full-time basis. This person would have a passion for taking initiative, ownership and overcoming roadblocks to achieve continued success. You will partner with the general manager and employee-owners to streamline the financial reporting function and implement a new ERP (Oracle NetSuite) and processes to drive efficiencies and cost savings. As is common with small companies, this is a hands-on active involvement role.
\n ResponsibilitiesLead the general ledger, financial reporting, including budgeting and forecasting functions of the business.Collaborate with Teamshares, parent company, the internal team, My Financial Partner © and other stakeholders to implement and continuously improve U.S GAAP practices and controls that safeguard financial assets of the Company.Prepare various analyses that inform management about the past, current and future state of the business. E.g., Store level sales and profitability, product movement, segment analysis, etc.Partner with the management and operational team to prepare financial budgets, forecasts, and other strategic projects.Manage the completeness and accuracy of the company's P&L, balance sheet and cash flow at both the store level and consolidated level.Oversee all accounting operations including Billing, A/R, A/P, GL inventory accounting, Fixed Assets and proper revenue recognition on a daily basis.Prepare and manage month-end and year-end close processes to ensure accurate and timely reporting. This includes preparing and booking accruals and adjusting journal entries.Document current financial process, recommend improvements and management continuous improvement of accounting and finance functions.Lead the development of internal control policies and procedures appropriate for the current team and functions.Assist with year-end audit requests from KPMG at the parent level. Be comfortable training on the dated legacy ERP and accounting system and be the lead liaison for new ERP system implementation.Perform risk management activities and develop plans to minimize riskPerform various bank account reconciliations and reconciliations for other balance sheet accounts.Coordinate inventory cycle counts throughout the year and full-counts at year-end.Support management and current team with other operational functions around HR, payroll, sales taxes, etc.Be on-site to learn the current accounting and finance functions, drive improvements and build rapport with the team majority of the time. QualificationsBachelor's degree or advanced degree in Accounting, Finance or related field.CPA preferred but not required.5+ years of professional accounting and financial reporting experience.Must have inventory accounting experience.Strong working knowledge of accrual basis accounting and overall US GAAP.Strong Microsoft Excel skills and proficiency with other Microsoft Office applications.Experience implementing ERP or stand-alone accounting/finance systems preferred but not required.Critical thinker capable of initiating process improvements and problem-solving.Experience using Oracle NetSuite for various accounting and operational functions.Flexibility to manage multiple tasks and shift between priorities.Ability to collaborate and also work independently on-site for the most part.Enthusiastic, inquisitive and desire to learn a broad range of functions and topics.Advanced project-management and problem-solving skills with a roll-up-the-sleeves, get-it-done attitude. BenefitsMedical, Dental, Vision coverageEquity stake in the company as an employee-owner.Paid-time-off and Holiday PayCompany-matched retirement benefits.
\n$70,000 - $90,000 a year
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