Logistick, Inc. Looking for VP, Finance & Administration at South Bend, IN Full Time

Logistick, Inc. is a fast-paced, entrepreneurial freight securement company servicing many Fortune 1000 customers, including some of the biggest, most progressive companies today. This highly successful B2B sales company has grown revenue by nearly 110% in the last 5 years thanks to patented, industry-leading products and its culture of innovation, growth and customer centricity. Logistick is seeking a strong, experienced Vice President of Finance & Administration or Chief Financial Officer to help lead and scale the company into the future.

The Ideal Candidate For The Position Will Have

• A minimum of 15+ years of finance and accounting leadership and management experience in a high growth, high performance, fast-paced business environment
• Transportation/logistics industry experience and/or B2B product sales industry experience
• A preferred Culture Index profile with predefined characteristic and trait parameters
• Residence within 3 hours of South Bend, Indiana, a willingness to relocate to South Bend, and expectations to be in-office a minimum of days/week

As a key member of the executive leadership team, the Finance and Accounting leader’s ultimate function is to support top line revenue and help drive bottom-line profits through Team leadership and development, process and procedural improvement, IT systems advancement, strategic development and planning, operational support and human resources management. This position offers highly competitive compensation and benefits, including a SEP retirement plan as a form of profit sharing, making this a highly desirable position.

The VP of Finance & Administration or CFO reports directly to the President. This role will also collaborate and team with the CEO, VP of Operations & Supply Chain, VP of Sales & Marketing, administration, operations and shipping teams, as necessary, and will have all members of the finance and accounting teams reporting to him/her, and potentially IT/Systems and Human Resources, depending on experience and qualifications.

Position Summary

As a key member of the leadership team, the ultimate function of this finance and administration leader is to support the revenue cycle and growth, maximize profitability and cash flow, while helping the company manage risk and ensure long-term sustainability. Additionally, this leader will manage and coach his or her team to operate in a high performance, fast paced, customer-centric environment, continually looking for opportunities to improve processes, increase efficiencies and scalability, with a heavy focus on people, profit, process, technology and systems.

Reporting Relationships & Accountability

• Reports to the President
• Manages the Finance & Administration departments, possibly including IT & HR
• Works directly with the CEO, VP Operations & Supply Chain and VP Sales & Marketing

Responsibility & Principal Duties

Primary Duties

• Foster collaboration and teamwork among the leadership team
• Create a high-performance environment for the administration and IT teams that drives accountability and teamwork both within those functions, as well as across the organization
• Maximize return on financial assets by establishing financial policies, procedures, controls, and reporting systems.
• Perform and/or oversee accounting functions to include general ledger, banking, daily reconciling, A/R, A/P, state sales tax, cash management, shipping, budgets and planning.
• Manage customer credit
• Keep up weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual KPI reporting for leadership Team
• Maintain reasonable IT security systems and protocols to protect the assets of the organization and drive necessary system enhancements, working with the leadership team and outside vendors, as needed
• Help manage the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Customer Relationship Manager (CRM) systems and the implementation of new systems and applications