Finance Manager

Fish Furniture is seeking a hands-on Finance Manager to lead day-to-day accounting activities and translate financial results into practical recommendations for management. This onsite role in Cleveland, OH combines bookkeeping ownership with budgeting, cash forecasting, reporting, and cross-department coordination.

Key Responsibilities

• Own day-to-day bookkeeping in QuickBooks Online, including A/P, A/R, and G/L entries and records.
• Reconcile bank accounts, credit cards, merchant settlements, customer deposits, and related retail system balances.
• Resolve discrepancies and maintain a reliable audit trail.
• Manage the month-end close, including inventory and cost-of-goods-sold reconciliation, plus balance sheet account reviews.
• Coordinate commission accounting, tax payments and filings, and maintain a deadline calendar.
• Maintain payment approvals, cash handling controls, and appropriate separation of duties.
• Protect confidential information and promptly escalate errors or unusual transactions.
• Prepare organized records for accountants supporting FYE financial statement and tax preparation.
• Produce weekly financial and operating dashboards; monthly income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow statements; and quarterly and annual financial summaries.
• Compare performance against budget, prior periods, and prior year results.
• Explain material changes in sales, gross margin, expenses, earnings, and cash flow, including clear recommendations.
• Distinguish booked orders, delivered sales, customer deposits, and recognized revenue.
• Reconcile dashboard outputs to accounting records, disclosing estimates or incomplete data.
• Analyze performance by store, product category, supplier, and other business segments where reliable data is available.
• Partner with purchasing, sales, warehouse, and delivery staff to investigate underlying drivers.
• Lead the annual budget process: set assumptions, gather inputs, build the financial plan, and document management approval.
• Maintain monthly budget-to-actual reporting and update forecasts.
• Identify emerging gaps, recommend corrective actions, and track follow-through with responsible managers.
• Maintain a rolling cash forecast, including weekly expected receipts, vendor payments, payroll, taxes, and other commitments; flag potential shortfalls early.
• Continuously review vendor pricing, freight and delivery costs, insurance, payment processing fees, labor costs, and quantify savings opportunities and implementation costs.
• Work with leaders to implement approved improvements.
• Use QuickBooks Online, Excel, and connected business systems to improve reporting accuracy and reduce manual effort.
• Use AI tools for appropriate tasks such as drafting variance explanations, assisting with analysis, and documenting processes.
• Improve workflows for invoices, receipts, approvals, reconciliations, and reporting.
• Document procedures so work remains repeatable and can be covered by others.

Requirements

• 3-5 years of relevant bookkeeping or accounting experience, including independent responsibility for month-end close, financial reporting, and reconciliations.
• Proficiency in QuickBooks Online and Excel, including formulas, to analyze financial and operating data.
• Experience preparing budgets, forecasts, cash projections, and variance analysis, with the ability to explain financial results to non-accounting stakeholders.
• Practical familiarity with AI, computer systems, sound judgment, accuracy, and confidentiality.
• Strong accounting fundamentals, attention to detail, integrity, organization, and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaborate across departments.
• Accounting or finance degree, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Retail, inventory accounting, and multi-location experience preferred; CPA certification is a plus.

Tools & Technologies

• QuickBooks Online
• Excel
• AI tools

Location and Compensation

Cleveland, OH (onsite). Salary: USD 60,000 per year.

Benefits

• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee discount
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

What Success Looks Like

• Accurate books, timely payments, and dependable closes.
• Dashboards that leadership trusts.
• Clear explanations of financial movements and drivers.
• A disciplined budget and forecast process.
• Early visibility into cash needs.
• Documented cost savings and continuous improvement.
• Strong working relationships with the owner and colleagues across Fish Furniture.