The Chief Financial Officer will report to the CEO and assume a strategic role in the overall management of the company. This individual will have primary day-to-day responsibilities for planning, implementing, managing, and controlling all financial-related activities of the company.

• Direct the company's strategic planning initiatives and help to build out strong practices around financial planning and analysis.
• Responsible for coordinating the annual audit, preparation of monthly/quarterly/annual financial statements and tax returns.
• Designs and implements effective systems, reports, and models to measure and monitor the company's performance across all business lines and departments.
• Evaluate profit and cost efficiencies in various areas of the organization as needed.
• Oversee the company's transaction processing systems.
• Ensure that the company complies with all legal and regulatory requirements.
• Operates in a highly collaborative manner with all departments to ensure alignment with overall finance strategy and tactical execution.
• Develop performance measures and a management reporting platform that supports the company's strategic direction.

• BS in Accounting or Finance, MBA and/or CPA highly desirable.
• 8+ years of progressively responsible experience for a mid to large size high growth company or division of a large corporation as a senior VP of Finance or CFO/COO role in a high-regulated industry.
• Strong working experience in practical finance - AP/AR, accounting, financial systems and policies, and FP&A, P&L.
• History of developing and implementing accounting policies, procedures, controls, and financial reporting requirements.
• Experience with M&A’s preferred.

• Supervises staff, including hiring, scheduling, and assigning work, reviewing performance, and recommends salary increases, promotions, transfers, demotions, or terminations.

• Manages others through subordinate supervisors.

This job can operate remotely. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms.

The company complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), as amended by the ADA Amendments Act (ADAAA), and all applicable state and local fair employment practices laws and is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to qualified individuals with disabilities. Consistent with this commitment, the Company will provide a reasonable accommodation to disabled applicants and employees if the reasonable accommodation would allow the individual to perform the essential functions of the job, unless doing so would create an undue hardship.

No travel is expected for this position.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

There is no visa or H-1B sponsorship.

The client is a luxury cannabis brand located in the Emerald Triangle of Northern California, designed to create an environment focused on procuring and cultivating the finest cannabis flowers. They source from rare and exotic strain libraries from around the globe for their breeding program, and is partnered with master cultivators from the Humboldt, Mendocino, and Sonoma regions who have over 40 years of combined specialty tradecraft experience. They pride themselves on retaining the best old-world knowledge while utilizing modern cultivation techniques, optimizing the flower’s full potential. They work with top breeders, extractors, and master chefs to create an array of award-winning cannabis products. Their passion for hard work, affinity for only the best flowers, and respect for the cannabis community and its connoisseurs allows them to provide their beloved customers with a cannabis experience unlike any other.

The company provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

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