CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER (CFO) - OCG COMPANIES - BLOOMFIELD HILLS, MI
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OCG Companies is multi-dimensional industrial services construction company focused on serving the utility industry. OCG’s areas of expertise include surface restoration, trucking support, material hauling, fuel supply, scaffolding, fuel line installations, soil engineering, among many additional client-driven services. OCG works to hire and support personnel from urban workforce development programs and non-profit organizations throughout Michigan.
Job Summary:
The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) provides executive-level leadership and guidance to the organization’s accounting and finance teams, as well as the administrative team, including human resources, risk management, and information technology. The CFO will manage a cross-functional staff of six employees who provide financial, administrative, and technological support to the organization’s six business units.
General:
- Collaborates with executive leadership of each business unit to devise strategies and policies to meet company goals.
- Manages six direct reports (and two indirect reports) comprised of three financial managers, and three administrative employees who specialize in payroll/benefits administration, IT, and web/graphic design.
- Coordinates inter-departmental activities and delegates responsibilities to team.
Finance:
- Oversees the finance and accounting needs of the organization’s six business units.
- Develops best practices and procedures in conjunction with financial managers that will protect and promote the financial integrity of the organization.
- Implements standard monthly financial reporting across all businesses and creates a consolidated financial reporting package for review by top management.
- Implements a budgeting and re/forecasting process for all businesses.
- Implements financial ERP tool into our proprietary database.
- Acts as secretary in monthly management review meetings.
- Ensures there are proper and documented processes for AP, AR, Treasury, Reporting.
- Through FP&A, provides insights into how businesses can cut costs and grow revenue.
Human Resources:
- Oversees all HR processes (payroll, time keeping, benefits enrollment, PTO, etc.).
- Identifies key performance indicators for the organization’s HR and talent management functions and asses the organization’s performance and areas for improvement.
- Performance Management: Implements a performance management system across all businesses tied to metrics for each business and position.
- Ensures that all companies are compliant with all state and federal HR laws and regulations.
- Talent Management: Develops and implements talent management strategy including salary, bonus, and equity programs to incentivize and retain talent.
- Documents all HR processes to ensure standardization across businesses.
- Researches, develops, and implements competitive compensation, benefits, performance appraisal, and employee incentive programs.
- Ensures compliance with employment, benefits, insurance, safety, and other laws, regulations, and requirements. Maintains knowledge of laws, regulations, and best practices in employment law, HR, and talent management.
Administrative/IT/Risk Management:
- Oversees the IT needs of the organization’s six business units. Ensures that all business needs are met in the most cost-effective way. Develops a budget for each business and an approval process for expenses to ensure proper cost controls.
- Oversees office administrative staff which provide:
- General office upkeep and management
- Administrative assistance to executives
- Ensures consistent filing practices across business units and migration to e-filing.
- Ensures the organization’s compliance with applicable health, building, zoning, and safety licensing and certification requirements.
- Maintains the organization’s administrative policies, processes and procedures.
- Manages insurance procurement, develops, and implements risk management and compliance policies/procedures, and manages claims.
- Evaluates and provides recommendations regarding selection of policies, including but not limited to: Property, Casualty, General Liability, Workers’ Compensation, Directors and Officers, and Cyber-risk policies.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Required Skills/Abilities:
- Excellent communication skills, written and verbal, with the ability to clearly communicate issues to all levels of management and collaborate with others inside and outside the organization.
- Thorough understanding of, or ability to quickly learn, the office equipment, recordkeeping systems, management information systems, human resource information systems, and related protocols used in the organization.
- Ability to adapt quickly in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong leadership and supervisory skills.
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Thorough knowledge of employment-related laws and regulations.
- Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite, QuickBooks or other related accounting application systems.
Education & Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Human Resources, or related field required. MBA is preferred.
- At least ten years of HR management and corporate accounting/finance experience.
- SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP is preferred.
- CPA is preferred.
OCG Companies Values include:
- Safety 360: Safety for you and all those around you (physical, psychological, and cyber).
- People First: People are our business.
- Customer Focus: We are not satisfied until our customers are satisfied.
- Excellence: In everything we do.
- Accountability: If we say it, we do it.
- Adaptability: We can always find a way.
Excellent six figure salary, bonus, and benefit package
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LEASE ADMINISTRATOR - RETAIL INDUSTRY - DETROIT, MI SUBURBS
Desirable, newly created position available with a prominent real estate/property management company in the retail industry. The Lease Administrator will manage all paperwork and documents related to leasing including legal documents, center resumes, sales reports, tenant relations and communications.
Lease Administrator responsibilities:
- Review and track Lease Order Forms
- Track and review incoming legal documents from outside counsel and prepare Variance Report
- Facilitate landlord execution of legal documents
- Communicate new and expiring Storage Leases to Management.
- Update logs as deals are completed
- Maintain legal document file drawers
- Update Center Resumes daily for all Centers for management review and distribution
- Review tenant rent steps monthly, update internal database (Yardi)
- Prepare new charge letters for distribution to tenants.
- Update promotional fee spreadsheets throughout year
- Review Tenant Sales Reports for, enter into internal database, and reconcile by deadlines for management review and distribution
- Create new monthly tabs for subsequent monthly sales reports
- Identify missing sales and work to secure from tenants and find any missing sales that may require estimates for management review and approval
- Track and assess revised sales reports received from tenants for management approval
- Prepare Tenant Notifications for all store openings, closing, changes and inform staff
- Send correspondence and other documents to Tenants, Attorneys, etc.
- Assist with phone coverage as needed
- Special projects when requested
We are seeking an experienced professional who has handled leasing activities in a similar type of company. This role requires a very efficient, detail-oriented individual who is extremely organized. Advanced MS Office computer skills along with Yardi database are essential for success in this role. Must have good writing skills. Degree preferred.
Excellent salary and benefits! Beautiful corporate office!
Please forward resume in confidence to: ben@harperjobs.com
ACCOUNTANT - FAMILY OFFICE - BLOOMFIELD / BIRMINGHAM, MI AREA
Requirement: Family Office or Family Business Accounting Experience
Unique opportunity available to represent a prominent family office and handle all accounting and business matters. The Accountant will be part of a small group of professionals which requires a flexible, team player willing to pitch in and handle other responsibilities outside of accounting as needed.
The Accountant will be expected to:
- Observe activity of cash accounts and record all transactions
- Document credit card usage
- Handle monthly bank reconciliations
- Prepare checks and monitor invoices and other accounts payable activities
- Analyze ongoing general ledger account
- Gather vendor information and prepare annual 1099s
- Stay abreast of financial policies, legislation and regulations
- Prepare journal entries and supporting work papers and accompanying notes
- Examine and reconcile monthly investment valuation summaries
- General office tasks as needed
- Maintain confidentiality and secure information with backups
Bachelor’s degree mandatory, emphasis in accounting is preferred. Advanced computer skills (including MAC) are needed (Excel, Word, Outlook, QuickBooks). Ability to handle confidential matters with discretion is of utmost importance. Searching for a detail oriented, critical thinker with high integrity, great work ethic and stable career history.
Typical hours are Monday-Friday, 8am-5pm. Competitive salary and benefits!
Prefer local candidates or with ties to Michigan.
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