Satori Talent Partners Looking for Controller Finance Manager at Nashville, TN Full Time

About the job

We’re thrilled to partner with Logical Brands, a trailblazer in the pet industry known for its innovative, eco-friendly, and dog-centric products like Playology®, Grrreen™, and Hound2O to search for a Finance Manager. This is an opportunity to join a high-growth company that offers a generous benefits package and a dog-friendly office environment, and where every day is an opportunity to make a tangible difference in the lives of pets. To apply please submit your resume to [email protected].

Position Summary:

Logical Brands is on the lookout for creative, forward-thinking Finance Manager to bring an accounting lens to their financial strategy and operations, ensuring sustainable innovation and growth.

In this role, you will…

• Enhance Financial Strategies: At this pivotal growth phase, you’ll work alongside external accounting teams to shape financial strategies that resonate with an ambitious expansion pand innovation goals. Your mission includes leading comprehensive budgeting, ensuring GAAP-compliant financial reporting, and spearheading forecasting efforts, directly impacting the ourney forward.
• Overseeing Finance and Supply Chain Integration: Integrating finance and supply chain management is crucial for the business and this demands meticulous financial transaction oversight and reporting. This is an opportunity to lead the financial operations with an emphasis on harmonizing supply chain management ensuring operational efficiency and fiscal responsibility.
• Drive Insights with Financial Data: The ideal candidate is adept at turning financial data into actionable insights. By identifying opportunities for cost reductions and efficiency improvements, you will play a key role in shaping the financial strategy and supporting growth objectives.
• Foster Cross-Functional Collaboration: The finance leader will be a crucial link between all departments, integrating financial and accounting strategies into the broader business operations. Your expertise will enhance budget management and support informed decision-making across the company.
• Empower Team Excellence: Guide the finance team towards excellence, ensuring they’re equipped with advanced knowledge and skills to support the financial infrastructure.

Competencies and motivations …

If contributing your financial abilities in an environment where every strategic decision ladders up to improving pets’ lives resonates deeply, these are key strengths and competencies required for consideration:

• Strategic Visionary: You are a seasoned pro in financial planning and analysis able to dive into accounting practices and align financial strategies with a bold vision for growth and innovation. This includes exploring how leading-edge AI can enhance forecasting, planning, and reporting.
• E-commerce and Supply Chain Finance Expert: You understand the financial intricacies of e-commerce operations and supply chain management, ensuring seamless integration of accounting practices to optimize inventory control, cost management, and profitability analysis. Ideally with exposure to how predictive analytics tools can provide supply chain insights.
• Data Detective: Your sharp analytical mind can unearth insights and decode complex financial and accounting data into actionable plans. Familiarity with leveraging AI augmented analytics to improve forecast accuracy a plus.
• Operationally and Tech Savvy: You are adept in leveraging advanced financial systems and software, including artificial intelligence tools, with a strong emphasis on accounting functionalities, to streamline our financial operations and enhance accuracy and efficiency.
• ERP Expertise: Proficient in Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems to integrate and manage financial and operational data, ensuring efficient financial reporting, supply chain management, and strategic planning. This includes optimizing business processes and decision-making in a dynamic e-commerce environment.

Educational Background:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or related, with a strong preference for advanced degrees or professional certifications like CPA or CMA.