Senior Vice President of Finance

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES: FINANCIAL STRATEGY & LEADERSHIPDrive Strategy: Develop and execute comprehensive financial strategies aligned with company growth objectives. Executive Insights: Provide the executive leadership team with actionable insights into financial performance, operational risks, and market opportunities. Corporate Planning: Lead long-range strategic planning, annual budgeting, and rolling forecasting processes. FINANCIAL REPORTING, ACCOUNTING & COMPLIANCEConsolidated Reporting: Oversee consolidated financial reporting, including monthly, quarterly, and annual statements, variance analysis, and executive performance dashboards. GAAP Compliance: Ensure timely, accurate, and compliant financial reporting in strict accordance with GAAP standards. Accounting Operations: Maintain general ledger integrity and directly oversee day-to-day accounting functions across accounts payable, accounts receivable, and payroll. Tax Governance: Oversee corporate tax planning, compliance, and filings across U.S. federal/state and Canadian federal/provincial jurisdictions. Audit & Risk Management: Maintain and enhance internal financial controls, frameworks, and policies to safeguard company assets. Lead annual corporate financial and multi-brand royalty audits, managing relationships with external auditors. SYSTEMS OPTIMIZATION & PROCESS AUTOMATIONWorkflow Automation: Evaluate and automate manual accounting workflows across ERP, AP, AR, and royalty modules to accelerate month-end close timelines and eliminate errors. AR & Chargebacks: Partner with the AR Manager to build robust, automated workflows for cash application and chargeback disputes, improving visibility and financial reporting. Accounts Payable Optimization: Partner with the AP Manager to oversee global vendor payouts and optimize the software stack for accurate cash-flow tracking and invoice processing. Royalty Accounting: Lead the royalty accounting team to ensure complex, multi-brand inbound and outbound licensing agreements are accurately calculated, tracked, reported, and paid on time. BANKING RELATIONSHIPS & TREASURY MANAGEMENTCapital & Covenant Management: Maintain a complete understanding of credit facilities and loan agreements, ensuring accurate compliance and covenant reporting. Liquidity Optimization: Partner with the Head of Treasury to optimize cash flow, liquidity planning, and cash management for ongoing operations and seasonal working-capital spikes. Treasury Activities: Collaboratively direct corporate treasury strategies, including cash forecasting, bank account management, and applicable hedging strategies. OPERATIONAL FINANCE & BUSINESS PARTNERSHIPDivisional Advisory: Partner with Divisional Presidents, Sales, Supply Chain, and Operations to review monthly financials, gross margin performance, inventory health, and G&A efficiency. Decision Support: Provide advanced financial modeling and scenario analysis for strategic initiatives, including new product launches, retail channel expansion, and potential M&A activity. TEAM LEADERSHIP & CORPORATE GOVERNANCETalent Development: Mentor and scale the Finance & Accounting team, fostering a culture of accuracy, accountability, and cross-functional collaboration. Risk Mitigation: Identify and mitigate corporate financial, operational, and regulatory compliance risks while managing comprehensive insurance coverage. CANDIDATE QUALIFICATIONS

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field. CPA or MBA highly preferred.

Experience: 10+ years of progressive financial leadership experience, with a proven track record in apparel, consumer goods, or manufacturing. Omnichannel Expertise: Deep operational familiarity with businesses navigating both traditional wholesale and direct-to-consumer (e-commerce) fulfillment channels. Sector Knowledge: Thorough understanding of department store vendor compliance guides, factor houses, and complex retail licensing/royalty frameworks. Hands-on Execution: Demonstrated history of personally leading or executing an accounting software migration or significant automation initiative. TECHNICAL STACKApparel-Centric ERPs: Advanced proficiency with systems such as BlueCherry, Full Circle, SAP, or NetSuite. Financial and Accounting Systems & BI: Mastery of Excel alongside professional fluency in systems such as SAP, Microsoft Dynamics, Great Plains, Sage Intacct Power BI, CCH Tagetik, Hyperion, or similar financial planning software. Automation: Direct experience utilizing software to automate processes across the accounting departments.