Key Responsibilities
1. Financial Close & Reporting
- Lead month-end, quarter-end, and annual accounting close processes-ensuring accuracy, documentation, and adherence to GAAP.
- Oversee critical financial close activities, including but not limited to cash application, reconciliation of customer accounts, bank accounts, etc., for entities in the US, Kenya, and Switzerland.
- Prepare consolidated financial statements (P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow), including monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting, audit support, and leadership and board presentations.
- Maintain timely internal and external reporting, including non-GAAP metrics where applicable.
2. Internal Controls & Compliance
- Design, execute, and continuously improve robust controls
- Oversee all control frameworks-AP/AR/T&E management, account reconciliations, policy documentation
- Coordinate external audits, liaise with auditors, and resolve control gaps.
3. Cost, Inventory & Margin Management
- Own cost accounting processes: standard costing, COGS reporting, margin analysis, product costing, pricing analysis.
- Oversee inventory accounting: valuation, reconciliations, and physical cycle counts.
- Conduct variance and margin reviews to support pricing decisions.
4. Budgeting, Forecasting & Analysis
- Support budgeting and monthly forecasting-building models, templates, analyzing trends, and tracking budget vs. actuals
- Provide timely variance analysis and actionable insights to Operations, Supply Chain, Product, Marketing and Sales teams.
5. Cross-Functional Partnership
- Collaborate with Operations, Sales, Supply Chain, Marketing, Legal, and HR to embed financial rigor in business workflows.
- Partner on ERP implementations, system enhancements, and automation initiatives
- Enhance efficiency through tools, dashboards, and AI-enabled analysis - including the development and monthly execution of a POS dashboard for all key customers.
6. Tax & Regulatory Compliance
- Oversee federal, state, international tax compliance with external advisors-filings, indirect taxes, nexus evaluation.
- Ensure compliance with GAAP, SEC, and local regulatory frameworks.
7. Treasury & Cash Management
- Manage cash forecasting, bank reconciliations, covenant compliance, cash controls, and banking relationships.
8. Team Leadership & Culture
- Lead and develop accounting and finance team: hiring, training, mentoring, and performance management.
- Promote a culture of integrity, continuous improvement, and cross-functional collaboration.
9. Process Optimization & Scalability
- Map and formalize accounting workflows; create process documentation and process flows.
- Drive ERP and automation projects to streamline close cycles (target: 3-5 days monthly close).
- Implement dashboards and KPI reporting for ongoing performance monitoring.
Ideal Qualifications
- Bachelor's in Accounting/Finance; CPA required; MBA or CMA preferred
- 7+ years of progressive accounting experience, including Big 4/Public accounting and CPG/manufacturing exposure
- Solid experience with ERP (NetSuite)
- Proven hands-on leadership in full-cycle close, internal audits, and SOX compliance, with sharp cost accounting skills
- Technical GAAP knowledge, ASC 606 revenue recognition, inventory, and cost standards.
- Analytical, process-oriented, detail-focused, with strong communication and cross-functional partnership skills.
- Ability to thrive in a high-growth, mission-driven, globally distributed environment.
