GlassesUSA.com - part of the Optimax Eyewear group - has rapidly grown into a leading direct-to-consumer online eyewear retailer in the U.S. With the largest selection of styles and brands, we make it easy for everyone to find their perfect pair. Our mission is to enrich lives by offering eyewear tailored to individual needs, style preferences, and budgets.
Through innovative technology and AI-driven solutions, GlassesUSA.com is reshaping the eyewear industry and delivering a seamless, personalized shopping experience. We ensure quality, affordability, and efficiency by controlling the full supply chain, from product design and manufacturing to optical lens production and digital experience.
We are looking for a strong, hands-on, and highly analytical Director of Finance to lead core accounting and finance operations in a fast-paced, high-scale e-commerce environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Support and oversee the company’s accounting and finance operations, including monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes, ensuring accuracy, excellence, and timely delivery.
- Ensure all consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with US-GAAP and SEC guidelines, ensuring IPO-readiness all time.
- Use data analysis to strategically forecast financial trends.
- Provide an analytical overview of monthly P&L and BS.
- Manage and mentor the Controllers team, providing close professional guidance, support, and development
- Oversee Israeli and U.S. tax reporting and compliance
- Manage all Sales Tax matters, including filings, audits, and ongoing compliance requirements
- Oversee federal and state tax reporting requirements in the U.S.
- Support and coordinate relationships with external auditors and advisors
- Collaborate with Finance, Marketing, Legal, HR, Product & Operation to streamline workflows.
- Lead all payroll-related processes and support payroll budgeting and workforce planning
- Manage commission calculations and related financial processes
- Partner cross-functionally with business stakeholders to drive execution and improve financial processes
- Proactively support and drive ad-hoc financial projects and strategic initiatives as needed
Requirements:
- 9 + years of experience in finance, with at least 3+ years in managing teams.
- CPA from a big-4 firm.
- Business partner with commercial insights and overview.
- Leading skills.
- Strong analytical skills and attention to details.
- Strong understanding of financial reporting, consolidations, and close processes
- Extensive experience with U.S. and Israeli tax compliance
- Deep knowledge of Sales Tax and U.S. state and federal reporting requirements
- Experience in high-scale e-commerce companies - strong advantage
- Motivation and multi-tasking skills with a problem-solving attitude.
- Team oriented and have confidence in dealing with people at all levels within the organization.
- Responsible and deadline oriented with the ability to work in a fast-paced work environment.
- Ability to lead complex processes from conception to completion with minimal supervision
- Excellent communication skills, both orally and written.
- Strong accounting knowledge of US GAAP - Must.
- Excellent English level (Written & Spoken) - Must.
- Excellent Excel skills - Must.
- Experienced in Inventory closing process – An advantage.
Role Located in Ramat HaChayal, Tel Aviv
Skills Required
- 9+ years of experience in finance
- at least 3+ years in managing teams
- CPA from a big-4 firm
- Strong understanding of financial reporting and consolidations
- Experience with U.S. and Israeli tax compliance
- Excellent Excel skills
- Excellent English level (Written & Spoken)
What We Do
Disrupting the global eyewear industry, GlassesUSA.com is the fastest growing, leading online eyewear retailer. On a mission to change the way consumers purchase eyewear, we offer high-quality prescription eyewear at affordable prices. Established in 2008 as a subsidiary of Optimax Investments, GlassesUSA.com has been recognized by Internet Retailer as a category leader and as a “Top-500 E-Retailer” six years in a row, and has been recognized Best Online Shops 2021 by Newsweek. GlassesUSA.com houses a selection of over 9,000 frames by top designer brands including Ray-Ban, Oakley, Gucci, Armani, Muse, and more. Our state-of-the-art optical labs produce millions of the highest quality lenses for all our customer’s needs, from single vision to multifocals, progressives, sunglasses, sports, kids, blue light protection, smart audio glasses and more. We also carry an extensive variety of contact lens brands. Optimax was founded by Daniel Rothman (CEO), Eldad Rothman (COO) and Roy Yamner (CTO). Alongside its primary DTC operation, GlassesUSA.com, Optimax also owns and operates United Vision Plan (UVP), a B2B platform that is disrupting the traditional vision benefit market by providing innovative online vision benefit plans with substantial savings to both employers and participants. As well as partnering with major healthcare and vision providers to enable online access to benefits for their participants. To date, GlassesUSA.com has raised $95 million in fundings, with shareholders including Viola Growth and Tene Investment Fund.
