Director of Treasury and Tax

Insomnia Cookies•New York, NY

20d•$165,000 - $210,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Insomnia Cookies is seeking a hands-on treasury and tax leader. Treasury is the immediate priority: the Director will own liquidity forecasting, banking infrastructure, and lender relationships, then build a scalable tax function. The role partners daily with the CFO, Controller, FP&A, Operations, Growth, and external advisors. It is highly visible and reports directly to the CFO. The Director will lead treasury operations across a footprint of more than 350 bakeries, including cash forecasting and positioning, receipts integrity, debt and lender management, capital structure support, bank administration, fraud controls, bank-fee optimization, treasury policies and automation, and Canadian and UK cash needs. The role will also oversee partnership, federal, state, local, sales and use, and personal property tax compliance and planning. Additional responsibilities include managing tax advisors, notices and audits, tax accrual support, unclaimed property, 1099 compliance, business-license renewals, and tax calendar management. The position is onsite, with work from home on Fridays. Compensation is $165,000–$210,000 per year, plus bonus, benefits, and equity.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance.
10+ years of progressive treasury and tax experience.
Experience building and owning a 13-week cash-flow forecast in a lender-reported environment, including covenant compliance, credit agreement mechanics, and lender diligence.
Hands-on partnership tax experience, including Form 1065, composite returns, and K-1s.
Multi-state sales and use tax experience at scale.
Advanced Excel modeling skills.
Ability to design processes and execute them hands-on, and to communicate financial results to a CFO, board, or bank.
Comfort working in a fast-moving environment with tight timelines, iteration, and a results-driven mindset.

Nice To Haves

CPA and/or CTP; an MBA is a plus.
Experience combining public accounting (Big 4 or national firm) with industry leadership.
Multi-unit restaurant, retail, or consumer experience.
Familiarity with Avalara or Vertex.
Exposure to Canadian GST/HST or UK VAT.
Experience in a sponsor- or investor-backed company and with financing or refinancing transactions.
Experience with Workday ERP and treasury or banking platforms.

Responsibilities

Own and maintain a driver-based 13-week cash-flow forecast, validate inputs, and provide weekly actual-versus-forecast variance analysis.
Manage daily cash positioning and liquidity across the bakery footprint, including depository concentration, sweeps, minimum-liquidity targets, and intercompany funding.
Monitor and reconcile card-processor, delivery, e-commerce, gifting, and catering settlements; resolve discrepancies and benchmark and negotiate processing fees.
Manage lender relationships and debt advisory, including lender reporting, covenant calculations and certificates, debt draws and repayments, and covenant-headroom scenarios.
Support financing initiatives, interest-rate risk and hedging strategy, and debt-capacity analysis with the CFO.
Administer bank accounts, KYC and documentation, signatory and authorization matrices, online-banking entitlements, and wire and ACH execution as bakeries open and close.
Operate payment-fraud controls, including positive pay, ACH blocks, and callback protocols.
Review bank fees and account structures and conduct banking RFPs when appropriate.
Write and maintain cash management and investment policies and drive treasury automation in ERP and banking platforms.
Manage Canadian and UK bakery cash needs, including CAD and GBP.
Own partnership tax compliance, including Form 1065, K-1s, composite returns, nonresident withholding, PTET elections, and partner tax distributions.
Manage federal, state, local, and franchise income taxes, including apportionment, nexus monitoring, and city-level business privilege and gross receipts taxes.
Manage sales and use tax returns and registrations, address taxability and marketplace-facilitator rules, and support audit defense.
File personal property tax returns and renditions for bakery equipment and leasehold improvements and pursue assessment appeals where warranted.
Manage unclaimed property and escheat, 1099 compliance, business-license renewals, and the master tax calendar.
Direct outside tax advisors; manage tax notices and audits; support tax accruals in the monthly close; and advise on entity structure and new-market expansion.