The Director of Finance & Accounting is a hands-on leader responsible for financial reporting, accounting operations, budgeting, forecasting, financial analysis, and team leadership.

Job Description
Own the day-to-day finance and accounting function, including the monthly and year-end close, and deliver accurate and timely financial statements, management reporting, account reconciliations, variance analysis, and clear explanations of financial results.
Establish a consistent financial reporting and review process that provides senior and operating leadership with meaningful visibility into business performance, significant variances, emerging risks, and opportunities for improvement.
Lead the annual budgeting and recurring forecasting processes, including financial modeling, cash flow forecasting, and analysis that connect operating, production, and inventory assumptions to expected financial performance and support senior leadership decision-making.
Manage the accounting functions supporting accounts payable, accounts receivable, billing, collections, general ledger, fixed assets, cash activity, and other recurring financial processes.
Ensure compliance with U.S. GAAP and maintain the integrity of the general ledger, including appropriate accounting for revenue recognition, deferred revenue, fixed assets, intercompany activity, and other significant transactions.
Oversee winery inventory and cost accounting, including vineyard and production costs, grape and bulk wine activity, bottling, finished goods, inventory valuation, cost of goods sold, and reconciliation of production and inventory records to the general ledger.
Oversee applicable tax, regulatory, and direct-to-consumer compliance, including the financial controls, reporting, inventory integrity, and systems supporting wine fulfillment and distribution. Serve as the primary finance contact for external financial statement reviews or audits and coordinate with outside accounting and tax professionals as appropriate.
Develop and maintain accounting policies, standard operating procedures, close schedules, review standards, and clearly assigned ownership of recurring finance and accounting processes.
Ensure the consistency of account coding, departmental classifications, cost allocations, supporting documentation, and financial statement presentation so that accounting records support accurate and meaningful management reporting.
Provide finance oversight of accounting and related operating systems, ensuring financial data integrity, effective controls, process improvement, and reliable workflows across platforms.
Lead and develop the finance and accounting team, including any related compliance functions, and oversee the accuracy, quality, and timely completion of its work.
Serve as the primary day-to-day finance partner to senior and operating leadership, translating financial information into actionable business intelligence, identifying root causes and financial implications, and providing practical recommendations to support business decisions.

Required Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
Approximately seven or more years of progressive finance and accounting experience, including meaningful winery experience and direct knowledge of winery inventory, production, and cost accounting.
Demonstrated experience leading month-end close and financial reporting, with strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP, account reconciliations, internal controls, and core accounting operations.
Demonstrated experience leading annual budgeting and recurring forecasting processes, preparing financial models and management reporting, and translating financial results into useful business analysis and recommendations.
Experience developing accounting policies, standard operating procedures, reporting processes, and internal controls that improve accuracy, consistency, accountability, and financial visibility.
Experience leading an accounting team, overseeing the quality and timely completion of its work, and serving as an effective financial partner to operating and senior leadership.
Strong Excel and financial modeling skills, with experience working across accounting, reporting, budgeting, inventory, and related operating systems.

Preferred Qualifications
Prior experience as a Director of Finance or Controller, or in a comparable finance leadership role with a demonstrated FP&A background.
CPA, CMA, MBA, or another relevant advanced credential.
Experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, ShipCompliant, and other winery accounting, production, inventory, or direct-to-consumer systems.

Pay Transparency Disclosure: The pay scale for this position is $165,000.00 to $180,000.00 annually. These figures represent what we reasonably expect to pay for this position, but the actual compensation offered will depend upon numerous job-related factors, including but not limited to candidate qualifications, skills, experience, education, location, and alignment with market data. The Company reserves the right to modify the range in the future.

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Employment is at-will, meaning either the employee or employer may terminate the relationship at any time with or without cause and with or without notice, except as provided by law.

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