Director - Outsourced CFO & Accounting Start-Up Services

About the position

The Director for the Outsourced CFO & Accounting Services group at EisnerAmper will serve as a fractional CFO for Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) startup and small business clients. This role involves providing financial consulting and strategic support to client leadership teams, leveraging deep knowledge of e-commerce, wholesale revenue models, and inventory management. The Director will also assist clients in fundraising initiatives and prepare investor presentations, ensuring optimal business decision-making through expert financial advice and insights.

Responsibilities

• Analyzing complex financial information and reports to provide accurate and timely financial recommendations to client's management team for strategic decision-making purposes.
• Supporting fundraising strategies and efforts of the CEO/Founders.
• Preparing for board presentations and attending Board of Directors' meetings as requested by client.
• Supervising junior finance staff in the development and maintenance of financial pro forma models for forecasting, budgeting, capital expenditure analysis, industry/peer group comparison, budget vs actual analysis and operating plan variance analysis.
• Ensuring that financial models reflect GAAP (e.g. Revenue Recognition).
• Analyzing trends in financial metrics and KPIs pertinent to client industry and needs.
• Continually monitoring metrics and highlighting trends and unexpected variances.
• Supporting Client employee Option plans and Cap Table management as needed.
• Working with other members of the client team (accounting staff and controllers) to review and support in the creation and distribution of quarterly and monthly financial reports.
• Implementing and working with Business Intelligence and Dashboarding Technology tools.
• Improving performance by evaluating client's current processes to drive efficiencies.
• Performing Ad-Hoc Reporting and Analysis and proactively providing strategic insights as needed.
• Overseeing all aspects of the client engagement to ensure client satisfaction and the timely preparation of accurate & insightful financial deliverables.
• Expanding services to existing clients.
• Coaching, mentoring and assisting staff so they can develop.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Business field.
• 15+ years of accounting or finance experience.
• CFO experience with small, scaling and/or start-up CPG company.

Nice-to-haves

• MBA or advanced degree highly preferred.
• Consulting (multi-client) experience is preferred.
• Ability to draft customized financial policies and procedures for clients.
• Strong interpersonal skills, ability to communicate and manage well at all levels of the organization and with staff at remote locations essential.
• Executive presence: Articulate, with excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to think creatively and demonstrate effective and creative problem-solving skills.
• Highly detail-oriented with ability to juggle multiple client requests simultaneously.
• Ability to meet deadlines; highly driven and self-motivated.
• Demonstrated ability to roll-up sleeves and work collaboratively with team members in a hands-on capacity as mentor and coach to both internal and client teams.
• Collaborate with other EisnerAmper partners and colleagues to ensure seamless introductions and delivery of extended services (e.g. tax, Outsourced HR, etc).
• Comfortable with a wide variety of financial software packages.
• Ability to teach best accounting practices.
• Understands the development, implementation and maintenance of a comprehensive job cost system.

Benefits

• Flexible work hours to support work/life balance.
• Participation in Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) for Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (DE&I) efforts.
• Opportunities for professional development and growth within the firm.