The Finance Manager plays a critical leadership role in overseeing the financial operations, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and process improvement. This position manages a strong accounting team. The Finance Manager leads the preparation and analysis of financial statements, supports budgeting and forecasting efforts, and collaborates closely with the Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) team.
Skills desired:
GAAP reporting, regulatory compliance, and financial analysis, insurance-specific accounting standards, budgeting cycles.
The ideal candidate brings Accounting, Analysis, and process improvement skills to the table!
Leadership & Team Development
- Provides direct leadership to assigned team of accountants, career progression, etc.
Financial Reporting & Analysis
- Leads the process to generate and analyze monthly financial statements for Finance management.
- Manages the process of entries to general ledger accounts and ensures compliant and timely journal entries.
- Tracks monthly accruals, monitoring for accuracy/trends, and participates in year-end closing.
- Leads the team in supporting executive management with financial reports and ad hoc analysis based on trends, business needs, or other prioritization.
- Provides written analysis of large variances and identifies trends/discrepancies, with root-cause analysis. Proposes actionable steps to correct variances/discrepancies and outlines mitigation process to reduce variances in the future.
Budgeting & Forecasting Support
- Collaborates with FP&A team and assigned business lines to optimize budgeting and forecasting.
- Identifies variances from budget, performs root-cause analysis, determines best action to correct, and informs senior management.
- Proactively anticipates business line needs and delivers relevant financial data to guide operational and strategic decisions.
- Collaborates with FP&A to ensure financial results are accurately reflected across geographies and business lines.
Compliance, Controls & Process Improvement
- Works with internal stakeholders to resolve accounting discrepancies while upholding AAA Five Diamond Service Standards.
- Researches complex accounting issues and ensures adherence to internal policies and external standards such as GAAP.
- Identifies procedural gaps that could lead to fraud and recommends safeguards.
- Proposes improvements to accounting systems and practices to boost efficiency and accuracy.
Professional Development & Industry Awareness
- Maintains professional and technical knowledge. Promotes a culture of learning by disseminating insights from industry developments to the broader team.
- Tracks emerging financial reporting practices and updates internal processes accordingly.
- Assesses when to use internal vs. external resources and advises leadership on cost-effective solutions.
- Evaluates and manages relationships with external service providers to support Club initiatives.
Qualifications
Education Bachelor’s in accounting required
Certificates CPA required
Experience 7+ years of accounting experience required; 5+ years preparing financial statements
Requirements Advanced familiarity with the Microsoft Office
Ability to develop various models to analyze the cost / benefit of entering into a new business venture.
Demonstrated customer service attitude required, with ability to build effective relationships with senior and staff accountants, along with all levels of senior management.
Drive and persistence to handle technical accounting issues in a fast-paced/deadline-oriented environment.
. . . Pay Statement and Pay Transparency Laws: rate of pay listed is on a per hour basis. You will be entitled to health insurance once employed for 60 days and you must work 30 hours per week, on average, per month to enroll and maintain health insurance through Complete Staffing Solutions. Once both qualifiers are met you must complete the enrollment packet and your benefits will start on the first of the subsequent month. . . It is our policy to provide equal employment opportunity to all individuals regardless of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, religion, disability, age, veteran status, ancestry, national or ethnic origin or any other legally protected class. We are committed to a diverse workforce. We value all employees’ talents and support an environment that is inclusive and respectful. We are strongly committed to this policy, and believe in the concept and spirit of the law. #ZIP