Finance Manager
Location: Peak Scientific Inc., Westford, Massachusetts
Hybrid: In office 3 days/week
Overview
The primary purpose of this role is to support strategic financial decision-making by producing comprehensive management accounting reports that reflect both current and forecasted financial positions. This includes delivering high-quality insights and in-depth financial analysis to inform business performance. Additionally, the role involves assisting the Head of Finance in the day-to-day operations of the finance function across the U.S. and Canadian entities. This includes supporting end-to-end financial processes to ensure accuracy, efficiency, and compliance across all financial activities.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Prepare and deliver monthly management account reporting packs, providing high-quality, in-depth insight and analysis in line with Group reporting deadlines.
- Lead group audit procedures for the North America region, ensuring compliance with Group accounting standards and timely submission of audit deliverables to external auditors.
- Ensure balance sheet integrity through the preparation of accurate, timely, and fully reconciled accounts.
- Manage and coordinate the monthly and annual ledger close processes.
- Conduct variance and inventory analysis; lead physical inventory counts and cycle counts.
- Ensure the accuracy of revenue recognition by analyzing the full order-to-cash process, from order placement through to invoicing and payment.
- Provide financial support and guidance to departments across the business, including budgeting, cost-saving initiatives, spend analysis, performance tracking, and ad hoc financial advice.
- Assist the Head of Finance in the preparation and review of annual budgets.
- Take full ownership of income and sales tax processes, ensuring accurate reporting and full compliance with applicable tax regulations.
- Liaise with external advisors for U.S. and Canadian tax filings, ensuring timely and accurate submission of returns and payments.
- Implement and enforce global policies, procedures, guidance documents, and internal controls across U.S. and Canadian entities, ensuring consistent compliance.
- Identify, support, and implement process improvements to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.
- Perform ad hoc duties and participate in special projects as required.
Team Management
- Proactively manage and monitor individual and team performance to ensure work objectives and standards are achieved and formally address sub-standard performance quickly and constructively, in line with Company procedures.
- Motivate and encourage your team to realize their full potential and objectives.
- Undertake an Annual Performance Development Review and interim reviews for the team ensuring regular review of goals and objectives.
- Ensure all unauthorized/unplanned absences are effectively managed.
- Actively seek to develop the skills and capabilities of the team and that any skills gaps are identified.
Experience, Skills, and Qualifications
- Fully qualified accountant (e.g., CPA, ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent).
- Strong experience in preparing and presenting high-quality management reporting packs with detailed financial insights and analysis.
- Solid understanding of budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning processes.
- Proven ability to identify inefficiencies and implement improved financial procedures.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to present complex financial information clearly.
- High level of accuracy and attention to detail.
- Self-motivated and proactive, with a strong sense of ownership and accountability.
- Collaborative team player, capable of working effectively across diverse teams and cultural backgrounds.
- Results-driven, with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
- Proficient in ERP systems; experience with SAP is a strong advantage.
- Knowledge of U.S. and Canadian financial compliance and regulatory requirements is preferred.
- Experience in a manufacturing or industrial environment is beneficial.
- Adaptable and resilient, with a growth mindset and openness to change.
Living by the Peak Values
Put Customer First, keep customer needs at the heart of every decision and action
Be Innovative, always curious and open to new ideas and better ways of doing things
Stay Agile, be responsive and make timely, considered and well-informed decisions taking accountability for the outcomes
Always Respectful, kind and supportive, always look for the best in each other and strive to help one another do a better job
Show Pride & Passion, be proud about what we do and enjoy our work
