Director of Finance & Accounting

National Green Source is hiring a senior finance leader to direct finance and accounting operations on-site in Pueblo, CO.

Responsibilities

• Lead overall accounting operations and supervise the in-house bookkeeper.
• Maintain accurate records across the general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable, and bank reconciliations.
• Own and oversee monthly, quarterly, and year-end closing processes.
• Prepare and review monthly financial statements, including profit and loss, balance sheets, and cash-flow reporting.
• Ensure transactions are properly classified, reconciled, and supported with appropriate documentation.
• Establish and maintain accounting procedures and internal financial controls.
• Investigate discrepancies, unusual transactions, or other financial concerns and resolve them promptly.
• Coordinate with outside accountants and tax professionals as needed.
• Actively manage cash flow, monitor upcoming cash requirements, and provide ownership with visibility into financial obligations.
• Develop annual budgets and periodic financial forecasts.
• Compare actual results to budgets and forecasts, and explain significant variances.
• Analyze expenses, margins, profitability, and other key financial metrics.
• Recommend opportunities to improve profitability, reduce unnecessary expenses, and strengthen financial performance.
• Support ownership in evaluating major purchases, investments, contracts, and other financial commitments.
• Manage the preparation, filing, and timely remittance of applicable sales and use taxes.
• Maintain sales-tax records and reconcile sales-tax liabilities to accounting and sales systems.
• Coordinate federal, state, and local tax matters with outside tax professionals and support accurate, on-time filings.
• Maintain records and documentation needed for tax filings, regulatory reporting, and audits.
• Coordinate and respond to financial, tax, insurance, regulatory, and other audits as required.
• Stay current on accounting, tax, and financial compliance requirements impacting the business.
• Serve as the primary financial resource and advisor to ownership, translating financial information into clear recommendations.
• Identify financial risks early and escalate potential issues to ownership before they become significant.
• Develop financial models and analyses for new opportunities, expansion, capital expenditures, or operational changes.
• Evaluate financial impacts of business decisions and provide data-driven recommendations.
• Develop and monitor key financial performance indicators.
• Continuously evaluate accounting and finance processes and implement improvements where appropriate.
• Provide escalation support for complex accounting and financial issues.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field preferred.
• Significant experience in accounting, financial management, controllership, or a similar senior finance role.
• Previous experience independently managing the finance and accounting function for a small or mid-sized cannabis business strongly preferred.
• Strong working knowledge of GAAP and general accounting principles.
• Proven experience preparing and analyzing financial statements.
• Experience with budgeting, forecasting, cash-flow management, and financial analysis.
• Experience with sales-tax reporting and remittance.
• Experience working with outside CPAs, tax professionals, auditors, and regulatory agencies.
• Strong understanding of internal financial controls and accounting procedures.
• Advanced proficiency with QuickBooks On-line and Microsoft Excel.
• CPA or CMA designation is a plus but not required.

Technologies

• QuickBooks On-line
• Microsoft Excel

Benefits

• Health insurance

Ideal Candidate

• Enjoys being hands-on and taking ownership of the entire finance and accounting function.
• Comfortable moving between detailed review work (reconciliations, sales-tax filings) and advising ownership on cash flow, profitability, budgeting, and major business decisions.
• Well suited for an experienced Controller, Finance Director, Accounting Director, or other senior finance professional who wants autonomy in a privately held small-business environment.
• Highly organized, analytical, dependable, and proactive.
• Can identify a financial problem, research it, develop a solution, and bring recommendations to ownership.

Key Attributes

• High level of integrity and discretion with confidential financial information.
• Strong attention to detail while maintaining a view of overall financial health.
• Independent and self-directed.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent organizational and time-management abilities.
• Comfortable managing multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Clear communication of financial information to non-financial executives.
• Proactive rather than reactive.
• Willing to be hands-on in a small-business environment.
• Strong sense of ownership and accountability.

Reporting Structure

• Reports to: Ownership/Executive Management
• Direct Report: In-House Bookkeeper

Pay

• From $78,000.00 per year

Work Location

• In person
• Pueblo, CO