Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Hadley Designs is a family-founded brand redefining early education through creativity, beauty, and connection. As the Director of Finance and Accounting, you will lead the financial strategy and operations, ensuring accuracy and scalability in financial processes to support the company’s growth towards $100M and beyond.
Responsibilities
- Deliver accurate, audit-ready financials by the 20th of each month with full account reconciliation and zero material errors
- Build and maintain a 12-month rolling cash forecast, updated weekly, ensuring perfect liquidity and visibility
- Lead the annual budgeting and forecasting process across all departments with ≤10% variance between forecast and actual results
- Develop automated systems and workflows that reduce manual reporting time by at least 25% within your first year
- Partner with leadership to implement initiatives that increase profitability and improve EBITDA by 2 percentage points in your first 12 months
- Create and document SOPs for close, forecasting, cash flow, and reporting processes
- Implement new systems for expense management, travel, and purchasing by Month 6
- Produce insightful financial dashboards and KPIs that drive better decision-making
- Partner cross-functionally with Product, Sales, and Operations to align growth, cash flow, and inventory planning
- Evaluate technology solutions (ERP, reporting tools) that prepare the company for scale
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance
- 5+ years of progressive experience in finance or accounting, including 3+ years in leadership
- Proven success in budgeting, forecasting, and financial modeling
- Experience implementing scalable systems and automation in growing organizations
- Strong knowledge of GAAP, compliance, and tax standards
- Proficiency with tools such as Xero, QuickBooks, or advanced Excel/Google Sheets
- Excellent analytical and communication skills; you turn complexity into clarity
- Collaborative mindset and the confidence to influence executive-level decisions
- MBA or CPA strongly preferred
- Experience in e-commerce or multi-channel retail (preferred)
Benefits
- Remote-first environment with flexible hours
- Direct collaboration with the CEO and leadership team
- Autonomy and trust in how you structure your work
- Paid time off and holidays
- Learning opportunities and leadership development support
- Access to Hadley Designs products for your family
- A decade of stability and growth as a family-founded, purpose-driven brand
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