Accounting Director jobs in Tampa, FL

Job Title: Director, Accounting

Location/schedule: In office at Lavu’s Tampa, FL location

Job Description:

Lavu is a rapidly growing scale-up seeking a hungry, detail orientated professional to join our Finance team.The ideal candidate has demonstrated a history climbing the ranks in Finance/Accounting roles and has the ability to thrive in a fast paced environment.

As a growing SaaS and Payments company making a difference in today’s dynamic restaurant industry, we are looking for a leader that not only can keep up with our rapid pace, but embraces a company-first perspective. This enthusiastic, meticulous and confident professional would be seeking the opportunity of a lifetime, to be part of a mission that is improving the lives of restaurant owners.  

This is an in person role, working in our South Tampa office.

The Director, Accounting will play a crucial role in supporting all company initiatives by working directly with the VP of Finance. Responsibilities include data: ownership, maintenance and retrieval, cash management, forecasting, and contributing to month-end close activities. This is an in person role, working in our South Tampa office.

Responsibilities:

• Supports organization financial objectives by providing financial analyses and recommendations and directing staff.
• Develops accounting organizational strategies by contributing accounting and financial information, analysis, and recommendations for strategic thinking and direction, and establishing functional objectives in line with organizational objectives.
• Establishes accounting operational strategies by evaluating trends, establishing critical measurements, determining production, productivity, quality, and customer-service strategies, designing systems, accumulating resources, resolving problems, and implementing change.
• Provides financial projections by coordinating budget/forecast preparation, collecting, analyzing, and consolidating financial information, and advising departments on the collection and analysis of data.
• Maintains sufficient funds by forecasting cash requirements and obligations.
• Minimizes legally required taxes by studying regulations, presenting tax strategies to management, and filing returns.

Accounting Director Qualifications/Skills:

• Communication skills
• Leadership
• Teamwork
• Interpersonal skills
• Business to business selling skills
• State and federal tax laws
• Property and sales tax laws
• Computer accounting software skills
• Project management skills
• Attention to detail
• Ability to work in fast-paced, high-pressure environment
• Focused on results
• Mindful of deadlines

Education and Experience Requirements:

• BS or BA in accounting
• 7 years of relevant accounting experience
• CPA preferred
• Accounting management experience
• Experience supervising accounting staff
• Experience in accounts payable and accounts receivables