Job Summary:

The CFO is responsible for providing strategic leadership for Lorian Home Systems, Inc. (LORIAN) by working with executive management to establish long-range goals, strategies, and policies. The CFO directs and oversees all of the financial activities of LORIAN, including preparation of current financial reports as well as summaries and forecasts for future business growth and economic outlook.

Qualifications

• Committed to achieving results under demanding time frames.
• Synthesizes complex or diverse information.
• Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner and gathers and analyzes information skillfully.
• Speaks clearly and persuasively in positive or negative situations, demonstrates group presentation skills, and conducts meetings.
• Delegates work assignments, gives authority to work independently, sets expectations and monitors delegated activities.
• Inspires and motivates others to work well, accepts feedback from others.
• Includes staff in planning, decision making, facilitating, and process improvement; makes self available to staff; provides regular performance feedback; develops subordinates skill and encourages growth.
• Looks for ways to improve and promote quality and demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness.
• Displays willingness to make decisions, exhibits sound and accurate judgment and makes timely decisions.
• Possesses high ethical standards and expects the same from all others in the organization.

Responsibilities

• Plan, develop, organize, implement, direct, and evaluate the organization’s fiscal function and performance.
• Directs the preparation of all financial reports, including income statements, balance sheets, reports to shareholders, tax returns, and reports for governing regulatory agencies.
• Oversees accounting department, budget preparation, and internal audit functions.
• Participates in the development of LORIAN’S plans and programs as a strategic partner.
• Enhance and/or develop, implement, and enforce, policies and procedures of LORIAN by way of systems that will improve the overall operation and effectiveness of LORIAN.
• Meets regularly with department heads to keep informed and to offer direction.
• Oversees the human resources department and payroll operations.
• Reviews reports to analyze projections of sales and profit against actual figures.
• Develop a reliable cash flow projection process and reporting mechanism that includes minimum cash threshold to meet operating needs.
• Be an advisor from the financial perspective on any contracts into which LORIAN may enter.
• Analyzes LORIAN operations and pinpoints opportunities and areas that need to be expanded, reorganized, downsized, or eliminated.
• Confers with CEO, DON, and other managers to coordinate and prioritize planning.
• Studies long range economic trends and projects company prospects for future growth in overall sales and market share, opportunities for acquisitions or expansions into new service areas. Estimates requirement for capital, land, buildings, and an increase in the work force.
• Supervises investment of funds; works with banks, and/or investment bankers to raise additional capital as required for expansion.
• Responsible for the organization’s risk management functions.