Finance Manager - Inventory Accounting

Facilities become furnaces during the summer, but businesses still expect peak performance and productivity. Without providing the basic human right of comfort, that’s just asinine. Seeing how overhead fans cooled California dairy cows begged a massive question for our founder. “And customers knew it. From our customers to our employees, we are passionate about what we can accomplish together. The successful candidate will bring passion, energy, and a “get it done” mentality to BAF and the industrial business and contribute in a meaningful way to realize the company’s full potential in the market.

The Canada Finance Manager plays a vital role working alongside Leadership in our mission to Build to a Billion! This role is the most senior Finance and Accounting role in the business and is responsible for both the day-to-day accounting and financial execution and setting the strategic financial vision of the business. Applying the 80/20 methodology to our Business Units, you will streamline financial processes so that we can better invest in our people, our products, and our systems and bring the biggest returns. You will serve as a strategic authority and dynamic business partner managing all finance and accounting functions, including annual budgets and forecasts, monthly financial analysis, monthly close, KPI reporting, forecasting and leadership presentations. Working side by side with the Managing Director of Canada and the Global BAF Finance Team, the successful candidate will have a desire to work in a fast-paced environment based on trust and a bias for action!
Contribute to the development, delivery, and achievement of Canada Business Unit strategic financial objectives and priorities.

• Enhance Canada Business Unit financial performance through improved forecasting, business analysis, reporting (i.e. budget-to-actual/variance reporting) and overall systems and processes.
• Accountable for all relevant Financial and Accounting processes (Accounting, Treasury, Finance, Tax, etc) in the Canadian Business Unit.
• Deliver timely, complete, and accurate financial statements, management reports, budgets and forecasts, while adhering to all regulatory requirements.
• Manage sales tax filings and remittances on a monthly and quarterly basis.
• Act as a steward of all financial assets of the Canada Business Unit.
• Analyze and communicate the trends of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) relating to financial metrics such as sales, expenditures, and profit margin within each Business Unit.
• Interpret and communicate monthly financial results and business performance for the Canada Business Unit.
• Collaborate with Canada Business Unit Managing Director on monthly business reviews to Senior Leadership.
• Partner with Corporate FP&A in the annual budget process and quarterly forecasting for Canada Business Unit.
• Create and manage Business Unit pricing models; contribute to commercial business decisions via , as well analyzing monthly leading indicators to help predict future performance.
• Create and lead continuous improvement and strategic best practice initiatives necessary to drive financial efficiencies and processes.
• Analyze complex financial scenarios to provide detailed insight into Canada Business Unit drivers and potential value creation opportunities; this may require gathering and interpreting of marketing, logistics, manufacturing data.
• Leadership – CEO, Int’l VP and Group CFO - on data requests regarding Business Unit financials, strategic initiatives, and ad-hoc duties as required and necessary to support the business.
• Manage and administer all aspects of payroll and employee benefits in compliance with sound business practice Canada-wide.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance or Accounting
• 5+ years finance experience required
• Systems: ERP, CRM, and Consolidation reporting ledger systems experience required (Epicor, Salesforce and Planful preferred)
• Advanced Microsoft Office skills, including strong working knowledge of Excel
• Experience with product inventory management
• Self-starting, flexible and responsive - able to make decisions in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple tasks/assignments within specified deadlines
• Proven team player with ability to work with colleagues at all levels, including senior management and peers
• When you kickstart your BAF journey with a strong 90-day plan, you’ll be set up for a great first day, week, month, quarter and beyond! Here’s a snapshot of the first 90 days as a BAF Finance Manager:

Learn & Integrate(Foundation)

• Complete your onboarding activities, including an on-site 4-day FANdamentals training
• Develop an understanding of the team’s structure and procedures, including shadowing team members for core processes around month-end, payroll, and AP/AR
• System training – learn Salesforce CRM and Kinetic ERP software and their integrations

ex: partner with leadership to refine project achievements and goals)

• Collaborate with Senior Management to align on KPIs to drive financial growth and success for the CA Business
• Begin identifying any refinement or improvement opportunities with reporting and data analytics

Establish clear communication channels cross-departmental and inter-office

Here, you’ll discuss the opportunity more in-depth, and talk through any questions you have, as well as cover any details that didn’t come out in the video screen.
#Hiring Manager Interview: This will be an in-person interview with the Managing Director and Finance Manager. Virtual interview: This will be a virtual interview with the VP of Channel business and CFO.

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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin, age, disability or veteran status. Individuals are expected to report unsafe work conditions or equipment operation to supervisors immediately and observe all safety rules.

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