Lavu Inc. Looking for SVP/Vice President of Finance at Tampa, FL Full Time

The #1 ranked Restaurant POS company (by Capterra).

Lavu is the world’s leading restaurant management platform for small and medium-sized restaurants. We make restaurants 5x more profitable with our proprietary software and payments solutions.

The company’s products include an award-winning mobile point-of-sale, online ordering, payment processing and accounts payable suite. Embodying values of hospitality in its 24/7 support of restaurant partners in more than 65 countries, Lavu helps businesses grow with solutions built for restaurants by restaurant people. Headquartered in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Lavu was the first iPad point of sale in the Apple App Store and continues to offer the latest in restaurant features and functionalities. Learn more at Lavu.com.

We’re on the hunt for a SVP or Vice President of Finance to work with the executive team. This is not just your typical finance role. You will partner with the CEO and be responsible for strategy, execution, on growing revenue and building out systems to scale. You will lead a team of 5 professionals. You’ll oversee all funds flow, including accounting operations, revenue, growth, accounts payable, accounts receivable, tax, treasury, audit and more.

We are in a monster growth stage right now so in addition to the day-to-day operations, you will work within and across departments to implement systems, improve processes and expand existing policies for costing and driving future revenues. Data integrity is key.

The ideal candidate will be comfortable working in a very fast-paced / hands-on environment while still maintaining close attention to detail. This is an in office role in South Tampa, Florida. Relocation assistance is available for qualified candidates.

Responsibilities

• Lead the finance and accounting transformation journey to enable operational excellence and scale, by leading automation, integration, and change management efforts; implementing change and creating programs to increase efficiency
• Work closely with the CEO and Board on forecasting for growth to scale
• Setting accounting policies and practices, reporting and compliance, technical accounting, maintenance of related fiscal records, management of transactional shared services, preparation of internal financial reports and analysis, general ledger accounting, development of new accounting systems as needed, and will be a strong project manager and leader with a demonstrated history of implementing positive change and improvement
• GL, Consolidations, Reconciliation, Monthly reporting
• Managing the P&L and setting financial budgets and strengthening financial controls
• Monitor monthly actuals on revenue and burn rate
• You will oversee General Ledger and accounting function; assures accuracy, timeliness, and conformity with professional accounting standards and best practices by generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP)
• Sales tax and Fed and State income tax filings, international tax, and other compliance matters
• Ensure the understanding of federal and state tax implications to key business decisions and financial accounting/reporting
• Revenue recognition policy and 606 implementation
• Ensure timely delivery of audits and data integrity of the financial system

Qualifications

• You are commercial. Have the rare mix of public accounting and operational / strategic finance experience
• Investment banking / Private Equity (PE) exposure is ideal
• CPA nice to have (but not 100% required)
• Experience managing remote teams
• At least 10+ years of finance experience working in a SaaS, Payments, highly transactional and global business environment
• Understand ASC606 – revenue recognition
• Proven exp working with C-Suite on strengthening each department – costing, forecasting, analysis, growth, where the business needs support and actioning on the plan
• US GAAP, IFRS exp (they have operations in India, Mexico and USA)
• Start-up, SMB, Mid size company ideal
• You want to win and are assertive!

Compensation

• Package will include Base Salary + Bonus + Equity