Head Of Finance

Head of Finance, USA (Location: Beverly Hills, CA 90211) – Hybrid

Reports To: General Manager Finance (Sydney), with a dotted line to the SVP – USA (Beverly Hills)

We are looking for… 

Hopefully, you! We’re seeking a Head of Finance, USA to lead our finance function from our Beverly Hills, LA showroom. We source and import natural stone and architectural surfaces from around the world and sell them into high-end residential projects. The US is our fastest growing market, and we plan to double in size over the next three years, and quadruple within six. This is a genuine leadership role: you’ll be our most senior finance person in the US, a member of the US management team, and the person who builds a finance function to match our ambitions. You’ll lead a Finance Manager and an Accountant, backed by our wider finance team in Sydney, and you’ll play a big part in developing them. We like to grow our own talent wherever we can.

The Head of Finance’s key responsibilities will include:

• Owning financial reporting and month-end close for the US business and leading us through our first external audit at the end of the fiscal year
• Keeping us compliant as we grow, including sales tax in 15+ states (we use Avalara) and multi-state payroll (we use Paylocity), and managing our external accountants and advisors
• Bringing a strong grasp of inventory, landed cost and margin to how we buy, price and grow
• Leading budgeting, forecasting and business planning as we open new showrooms and grow our team, including investment appraisal and capex management
• Managing banking, treasury and cash flow, including FX exposure on our largely Euro-denominated inventory purchases
• Making sure we get value for money from our vendors and competitive prices for goods and services
• Business partnering with the SVP – USA and the US management team to turn numbers into good decisions
• Leading, coaching and developing the US finance team
• Improving our data, systems and processes (we use NetSuite and Salesforce and are investing heavily in AI) 

We need you to bring… 

• A degree in Accounting or Finance and a CPA (or equivalent, e.g. CA/ACCA)
• 7+ years post-qualification experience with strong technical accounting and solid financial planning skills
• Experience as the senior finance person in a small or mid-sized, fast-growing business – hands-on across the close, external audit, sales tax and payroll