- Building a scalable close and reporting function for a rapidly growing company, reducing close timelines while improving accuracy, controls, and accountability
- Leading an ERP implementation or optimization, including chart of accounts redesign, process standardization, data migration, and finance team adoption
- Designing and implementing internal controls to strengthen the accounting organization and prepare a private company for SOX compliance and public-company readiness
- Leading post-acquisition accounting integration, aligning accounting policies, systems, processes, controls, and reporting across newly acquired entities
- Establishing a new accounting function for a startup or newly acquired business, including policies, systems, controls, close processes, and team structure
- Significant experience leading accounting and financial reporting functions
- Deep knowledge of U.S. GAAP and financial reporting best practices
- Experience with technical accounting, complex transactions, and audit readiness
- Strong understanding of month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes
- Experience partnering with CFOs, Controllers, and other senior executives
- A track record of improving accounting processes, controls, and reporting
- Experience with ERP and accounting technologies such as NetSuite, BlackLine, SAP, or similar platforms
- The ability to quickly assess complex situations, identify opportunities, and develop practical solutions
- Strong client management and relationship-building skills
- A proactive, collaborative, and solution-oriented approach
- The ability to operate effectively in fast-paced, ambiguous environments
- Competitive base salary with paid bench time
- Performance-based bonus plans
- Full medical, dental, and vision coverage
- 401(k) with employer match
- PTO, company and floating holidays
- Ongoing training, mentorship, and educational reimbursement
- Robust professional development resources
Skills Required
- Significant experience leading accounting and financial reporting functions
- Deep knowledge of U.S. GAAP and financial reporting best practices
- Experience with technical accounting, complex transactions, and audit readiness
- Strong understanding of month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes
- Experience partnering with CFOs, Controllers, and other senior executives
- Track record of improving accounting processes, controls, and reporting
- Experience with ERP and accounting technologies such as NetSuite, BlackLine, SAP, or similar platforms
- Ability to quickly assess complex situations, identify opportunities, and develop practical solutions
- Strong client management and relationship-building skills
- Proactive, collaborative, and solution-oriented approach
- Ability to operate effectively in fast-paced, ambiguous environments
What We Do
MAKE FINANCE & ACCOUNTING YOUR BUSINES GROWTH ENGINE 8020 is finance & accounting consulting to expertly solve critical enterprise finance challenges. Let us help you focus on the critical 20% of your efforts that drives 80% of your financial results. Our team of 100+ highly experienced financial operators become a part of your team to help elevate your operation & overachieve your goals. We strategically identify the critical few initiatives that generate the most significant business value and then embed a curated, highly specialized expert operator onto your team to solve your specific critical challenges quickly, so that you can get back to growth. OUR PHILOSOPHY We believe broadening the application of the tools of financial analysis to every aspect of business operations is one of the great unleveraged business opportunities of our time. The reach of finance should extend beyond compliance fulfillment reporting and incrementalist budgeting activity to the critical analysis of operating areas outside the finance function. In addressing these opportunities, our team applies focus, objectivity and superior academic and professional credentials. Our business model encourages and rewards individual initiative and creativity and mandates that Clients are measurably better at the end of each engagement.
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