Director of Finance

ZOLL Medical • Atlanta, GA

18d • Hybrid

About The Position

The US Director of Finance serves as a business advisor to the US General Manager and functional leaders at ZOLL Itamar. The role leads the US Finance team, oversees accounting practices and procedures, and directly supervises employees in the US Accounting department. Supervisory duties include interviewing, hiring, training, assigning and directing work, evaluating performance, addressing complaints, and resolving problems. The director also supports continuous skill development and career-track development for finance staff.

The position maintains an approachable finance organization that advises business leaders, supports sales and marketing with financial guidance, monitors key financial information, and helps manage budgeting, forecasting, reporting, accounting controls, tax-related reporting, collections, payments, and employee expenses. It also provides finance approval for US agreements before execution and undertakes special projects assigned by the divisional VP Finance. The role is hybrid, and some travel may be required.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting.
• CPA certification.
• Five or more years of management-related experience.
• Federal and state income tax-related experience.
• Some travel may be required.

Nice To Haves

• Ten or more years of accounting experience.
• Experience with Microsoft Dynamics.

Responsibilities

• Lead the US Finance team and directly supervise employees in the ZOLL Itamar US Accounting department.
• Interview, hire, and train employees; plan, assign, and direct work; appraise performance; reward and discipline employees; and address complaints and resolve problems.
• Promote continuous skill development and develop relevant career tracks for employees with financial backgrounds.
• Maintain an approachable finance organization that business leaders consult for advice.
• Understand sales strategy and sales processing systems, and provide financial advice to sales and marketing leadership.
• Analyze and maintain a dashboard of critical financial information to identify opportunities and gaps for the Itamar US business.
• Support preparation of Itamar US annual budgets, including supporting documentation and justification.
• Work with local and divisional management to support understanding of and compliance with the budget process.
• Promote improvements to US financial and relevant IT systems.
• Prepare monthly financial and forecast reports for Itamar US.
• Develop internal accounting controls, procedures, and policies to ensure accurate information for departments.
• Maintain quality control over financial processes and controls, avoiding material control weaknesses or significant deficiencies.
• Coordinate communication with relevant tax authorities.
• Prepare actual-versus-budget reports and monitor spending.
• Prepare sales tax reports in compliance with applicable tax authorities.
• Provide finance sign-off on Itamar US agreements before execution.
• Manage collections from US customers and payments to vendors.
• Oversee employee expense reports, policy enforcement, and payments to employees.
• Prepare Sunshine Act or other statutory reports.
• Complete special projects assigned by the divisional VP Finance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director