Epic Gardening Looking for VP of Finance at Broomfield, CO Full Time

Title: VP of Finance

Reports to: President, Elliott Wilke

About The Role

Reporting to the President, the VP of Finance will be responsible for building out the finance function and strategy at Epic Gardening. The VP Finance will lead FP&A, reporting, and the accounting function. The VP of Finance will drive S&OP process and provide leadership across business decisions, capital allocation, and play a key role in managing capital partners and investment institutions. The VP Finance will partner with Brand President & CEO in M&A due diligence.

Key Responsibilities

• Build, lead, and direct a best-in-class finance and accounting team
• Work closely with Brand President on M&A efforts and evaluation
• Lead integration strategies; creating rigor and discipline in SOP and infrastructure
• Partner with Brand President to define financial strategy
• Provide financial insights to make the best decisions related to executing business strategy
• Develop and direct financial plans to deliver the strategic business plan, company growth and market opportunities and direction
• Maintain responsibility for financial operations including working capital, capital expenditures, debt levels, taxes, budget, and general accounting
• Manage cash flow and budgeting processes to support team operations and fiscal accountability
• Manage processes for financial forecasting, budgets, and consolidations, planning, analysis, ERP selection and implementation
• Establish and maintain stable cash flow management policies and procedures, and ensure cash resources are available for daily operations
• Set up and/or oversee all financial and operational controls and metrics within the organization
• Serve as a key point of contact with investors, shareholders, and outside lending/equity groups
• Own treasury and working capital requirements; ensure that banking and financial management relationships are optimized to support the business
• Develop and lead the strategic planning process including ownership of Company Scorecard
• Identify meaningful initiatives to achieve organizational goals
• Establish, cultivate, and maintain relationships across departments to ensure completion of projects and adherence to financial policies and procedures

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Planning, Finance, Analytics, or related discipline
• 10+ years of relevant finance experience
• 3+ years of relevant experience in a Strategic and/or Business Planning Function
• Experience working in a scaled organization; startup experience preferred
• Experience with inventory management; audit experience is a plus
• Analytic, organization, and problem-solving skills which support and enable sound decision making
• Excellent ability to prioritize, negotiate, and work with a variety of internal and external stakeholders
• Ability to translate strategic and business goals into visual deliverables
• Outstanding organizational and time management skills, with a strong attention to detail
• Excellent interpersonal skills and strong verbal and written communication skills
• Self-motivated and proactive with a strong work ethic
• Demonstrated leadership, change management, and verbal and written communication skills
• High emotional and social intelligence with experience fostering positive relationships with diverse teams

WORKING LOCATION

This is a hybrid position with preferred geography in Denver/Broomfield/Boulder Colorado or San Diego California with willingness to travel to Colorado as needed.

Compensation

This is an exempt role. The pay range for this position is $200,000- $225,000 + bonus + equity.

WORKING AT EPIC

Epic is committed to providing our team with a competitive benefits package. We offer competitive and fair compensation, retirement plans with match, comprehensive health, dental, and vision plans, twelve weeks of paid parental leave, Health Care and Dependent Care FSAs, and more.

About The Company

At Epic Gardening, we’re on a mission to teach the world to grow. Founded in 2013, Epic has become the most followed gardening brand and is the leading creator-led, content-to-commerce business in gardening. Millions of enthusiastic gardeners come to Epic for entertaining and informative growing content across video, blogs, podcasts, social platforms, and books. Through our online store, we offer highly curated, best-in-class gardening products designed to perform well for the gardener and stand the test of time. In December 2021, Epic closed a round of financing from The Chernin Group (TCG). In November 2022, Epic Gardening completed the acquisition of Botanical Interests, a vegetable, herb, and flower packet seed company founded in 1995 and based in Broomfield, CO. The acquisition dramatically expands Epic’s product offering and go-to-market channels with the addition of 800+ SKUs and a nationwide wholesale distribution channel.

EEO STATEMENT

Epic Gardening is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace, providing equal employment and advancement opportunities to all team members. To achieve our mission of changing the way the world treats weight, we are building an environment where every employee can thrive, feel a sense of belonging, and do the best work of their careers. We value diversity and recruit, hire, and promote individuals solely based on talent, qualifications, competence, and merit. We evaluate candidates without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other protected characteristics as required by law and as a matter of our company values.