[Remote] Director of Finance and Business Operations

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. @Orchard LLC is a mission-driven professional services firm supporting federal and commercial clients across scientific, environmental, and technical domains. They are seeking a hands-on Finance and Business Operations leader to improve cash flow, profitability, compliance, visibility, and operational leverage across the company.

Responsibilities

• Own the company’s finance and business operations functions that include accounting, government contracting, financial reporting, systems and process operating systems
• Develop forecasts, budgets, cash-flow projections, profitability models, pricing support tools, and decision-support capabilities
• Improve working-capital management, customer profitability visibility, contract profitability, task-order profitability, pricing support, indirect-rate management, margin performance, and overall financial efficiency
• Strengthen financial and operational controls supporting FAR compliance, DCAA readiness, labor-category compliance, project accounting, audit readiness, billing support, indirect-rate management, and contract financial management
• Ensure contract awards are translated into operational and financial structures that meet government compliance
• Develop management reporting including but not limited to dashboards, performance metrics, and financial visibility to make informed decisions
• Design and implement approval workflows, financial controls, operating procedures, and governance processes
• Develop and design strategy to own continuous improvement process for financial systems
• Identify opportunities to improve financial efficiency in new and existing processes
• Coordinate and direct accounting, payroll, tax and CPA providers on quality control, and improvements
• Establish performance expectations, accountability, and operating standards that ensure these providers support company objectives and reporting requirements

Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field—or equivalent demonstrated experience
• A minimum of 12 years of progressive finance and accounting experience with a proven track record of owning the financial operations function for a small business
• Must have hands-on experience developing and leading finance functions with the ability to own the activities
• Advanced Excel and financial-modeling skills, with proficiency in (or the ability to quickly own) QuickBooks, Harvest, Paylocity, and Smartsheet or equivalent
• Strong reporting skills with the ability to build complex reconciliations and custom reports outside of standard traditional software
• Comfortable working in a small, entrepreneurial business where you will own the work, not just manage it
• Significant experience in government contracting (familiarity with DCAA, FAR/DFARS, LCAT, indirect rate, billing, and compliance)
• Ability to work independently and communicate effectively with the executive leadership
• Prior experience reporting directly to the CEO is required
• Experience as the sole or senior-most finance person at a small or growing government contractor
• Professional credentials such as CPA, CMA, CDFM (Certified Defense Financial Manager), or CGFM
• Background in professional services, staffing, recruiting, or other project-based organizations
• A track record of turning raw data into organized information and management insight that drives better decisions

Benefits

• Benefits can be available in accordance with company policy.

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