Chief Financial Officer presso OREGON BEVERAGE RECYCLING COOPERATIVE

Description

Our Vision

A world where no resource is wasted.

Our Mission

To ensure that no resource goes to waste by empowering people to redeem every container easily, efficiently, and effectively.

Our Values

We are loyal, resilient, trustworthy, creative, competent, and engaged.

Summary

As a strategic business partner to the CEO, this financial leader collaborates with the executive team to provide finance and accounting support for companywide operational departments and other partnerships.  Drive business performance by influencing and executing strategies that further OBRC’s mission statement.  

Primary Duties & Responsibilities

• Advise in an active and supportive manner, the CEO, Board of Directors and other executive team members on strategic plans with a focus on controlling costs and meeting budget goals.
• Develop an in-depth understanding of OBRC’s business model, strategy, employees and customers.
• Lead the Finance and Accounting team to provide and interpret financial information to improve performance, efficiency and decision making across all departments.
• Influence executive decisions with data and respectful challenges to the status quo.
• Ensure sound financial management and control practices including internal financial reporting, internal controls, audit and tax compliance, accounting, strategic and operational financial planning and analysis, budget preparation and reporting, management reporting, as well as insurance and risk management.
• Direct and manage the treasury function including planning and forecasting cash flows and maintaining the primary relationship with banking partners.
• Partner with Human Resources in overseeing and managing employee retirement benefit plans and other benefit plans including health insurance, life and disability insurance.
• Manage OBRC patron relationships and lead the team members in monitoring and signing up new cooperative patrons.  Successfully monitor the monthly reporting process by patrons to ensure compliance with service agreements.
• Consult and lead business departments during the annual budgeting process and any required forecasting to support capital and business development projects.
• Provide timely and accurate analyses of budgets, financial reports and financial trends.
• Ensure data systems can meet the company’s business objectives.
• Compare actual performance against forecast and recommend corrective action when actual performance is significantly unexpected.
• Provide monthly internal reports and periodic reforecasting of the current year’s financial and business plans.
• Oversee OBRC’s Loss Prevention Department which emphasizes asset protection on a companywide basis and security at specified BottleDrop locations. 
• Review legal documents and manage legal challenges in collaboration with CEO/COO and legal counsel.
• Supervise and manage a team of employees including recruitment and hiring of staff, performance management, discipline and terminations.
• Other duties as determined by business needs.

Education/Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, business or other related field is required.  MBA or advanced degree is preferred.
• 15+ years of progressively responsible financial leadership experience required including public accounting experience.  At least 3 of those years should have been in a CFO or financial executive leadership role.
• CPA is highly desirable.

Requirements – Skills, Job Knowledge & Abilities

• Strong verbal and written communication skills; ability to communicate effectively at all levels with both internal and external partners.
• Demonstrated leadership ability, confidence, executive presence and ability to motivate accounting and other employees.
• Self-starter who works with a sense of urgency.
• Strong organization skills with exceptional attention to detail with a high level of accuracy.
• Proficiency and professional knowledge of MS Word, MS Excel, and Outlook.
• Adaptability, and ability to approach changes and problems with curiosity, humor with the ability to change course.
• Technical financial knowledge including cash-flow management, reporting, and analysis.
• Strong interpersonal skills to listen to understand different perspectives and motivations.
• Ability to assess a business problem quickly and identify solutions that address the root cause.
• Ability to delegate tasks and support the team by being hands on during periods of high need.
• Ability to effectively manage people and performance to deliver improving team performance.
• Experience with coaching and mentoring direct reports and assisting with conflict resolution.

Supervisory Responsibility

• Supervision and oversight over Finance and Accounting, Patron Membership, Loss Prevention and other certain other general administrative support team members.

Travel

• Negligible (less than 15%) local travel, occasional out-of-state travel.

Working Conditions/Physical Requirements

• Perform work in an indoor professional office environment.
• Use standard office equipment and supplies.
• Sit/stand for continuous periods of time at a desk and work on a computer, walk occasionally
• Use arms, wrists, hands and fingers to reach, grasp objects, use tools, and for writing and keyboarding.
• Read, write, and speak to communicate effectively with others.
• Listen to interpret comments and instructions received.
• Visual abilities to be able to read printed documents and computer screens.
• Lift, carry and push/pull to move office products and supplies up to 20 pounds.
• May require hours beyond 40 hours a week.

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