Impress employers and recruiters.
Choose from hundreds of resume examples.

Target Resume Now

Tailor your resume to this Director of Finance and Accounting role.

Rezi rewrites your resume against In Common With's job description. Free.

Resume score gauge reading 58 out of 100

Don't guess if your resume is good enough.

See how it scores against the Director of Finance and Accounting posting at In Common With — free, in seconds.

About the Role

The Director of Finance and Accounting is the senior internal financial leader for In Common With and Quarters, accountable for financial strategy, accounting quality, and the information and controls that support sound business decisions. This hands-on leadership role offers the opportunity to shape the finance function’s structure as the business grows.

Responsibilities

Partner directly with the Co-founders to establish financial goals, evaluate investment priorities, and balance growth, profitability, liquidity, and risk.
Own annual budgeting and rolling forecasts across entities, linking revenue, operating costs, inventory commitments, capital expenditure, and cash requirements.
Model growth initiatives, including new categories, channels, locations, and business entities; make clear recommendations on assumptions, timing, returns, and downside exposure.
Deliver concise financial reporting to founders and budget owners, explaining performance against plan, material variances, emerging risks, and recommended actions.
Define financial measures and reporting standards with operating leaders.
Partner on pricing, commission-plan economics, and cost improvement.
Own the monthly, quarterly, and annual close calendar, accounting policies, and timely preparation of accurate income statements, balance sheets, and cash-flow reporting.
Review outsourced bookkeeping and personally prepare or resolve reconciliations, accruals, adjustments, and other accounting work not covered by the provider’s agreed scope.
Maintain reliable accounting for prepaids, fixed assets and depreciation, customer deposits, deferred revenue, returns, and period-end cutoff.
Establish consistent entity-level and consolidated management reporting, including intercompany reconciliation, eliminations where applicable, and documented allocation of shared costs.
Coordinate business tax preparation and year-end requirements with the external accountant, providing complete records and resolving outstanding items.
Maintain royalty reporting and support financial audits or reviews when required.
Own accounting policies and reconciliations for raw materials, work in progress, and finished goods, connecting inventory records and manufacturing activity to the general ledger.
Establish consistent treatment of landed costs, freight, duties, production costs, and variances, with clear visibility into their effect on product economics.
Partner with Supply Chain, Product Operations, and Product Design on BOM accuracy, work-order costing, standard-versus-actual costs, and the financial implications of sourcing and production decisions.
Review inventory aging, reserves, write-offs, and count discrepancies with operating owners; ensure adjustments are supported and approved.
Develop product, channel, entity, and project profitability analysis.
Distinguish gross margin from contribution margin using consistent definitions, and turn findings into recommendations with clear operating owners.
Maintain weekly cash visibility by entity and a rolling short-term cash forecast linked to the longer-term financial plan; surface liquidity constraints early with practical options and recommendations.
Lead receivables oversight, billing discipline, and collection follow-through with customer-facing teams.
Coordinate payment schedules against obligations and available cash.
Manage banking and financing relationships, monitor debt service and covenants, and evaluate funding needs and options with the Co-founders.
Establish controls for spending, vendor and bank-detail changes, payment preparation and approval, system access, and reconciliations.
Direct the work of retained bookkeeping and tax partners through documented scopes, deadlines, review standards, and issue resolution.
Assess service quality, capacity, and value, and recommend changes when needed.
Improve financial workflows across QuickBooks Online, Ramp, and Odoo, including data quality, reconciliations, access controls, and reporting.
Coordinate shared ERP changes with the relevant operating owners.
Oversee sales-tax processes using Avalara and appropriate specialist support, including review of data, registrations, filings, reconciliations, and notices within the agreed service scope.
Partner with People and Culture and Justworks on payroll controls, accounting, reconciliations, and compliance coordination, with clear responsibilities for employee inputs, review, and authorization.
Build practical documentation, automation, and backup arrangements for recurring financial processes.
Recommend additional provider support, tools, or staffing based on demonstrated need.
Review the financial implications of material contracts and maintain visibility into payment terms, renewals, commitments, royalties, and other key obligations.
Coordinate with founders, business owners, and outside counsel on matters requiring specialist review.
Coordinate financial records and follow-up for the annual insurance audit; support coverage reviews, renewals, and claims with the designated internal owner and insurance advisors.
Maintain a calendar of material financial, tax, insurance, and contractual deadlines, escalating gaps and risks to the responsible decision-makers.

Requirements

10+ years of progressive finance and accounting experience, including a senior role (Controller, Head of Finance, or Director of Finance) with direct responsibility for both accounting quality and financial planning.
Strong technical accounting skills and the ability to personally lead close, reconciliations, accruals, controls, and financial-statement preparation in a multi-entity business.
Deep inventory and cost-accounting experience in a product-based or manufacturing business, including raw materials, work in progress, finished goods, and landed costs, with hands-on use of manufacturing or inventory ERP systems (BOMs, work orders, and standard-versus-actual costing).
Demonstrated ownership of budgeting, forecasting, cash planning, and investment analysis, with examples of influencing founder or executive decisions.
Experience overseeing outsourced accounting or specialist providers, with clear standards for accuracy, responsiveness, and accountability.
Strong spreadsheet and financial-modeling skills, comfort working across financial and operational systems, and the ability to explain complex findings clearly.
A practical, collaborative approach to improving processes in a lean organization, and discretion with sensitive financial and employee information.
Authorization to work in the United States without current or future employer sponsorship.

Skills

Financial Strategy
Accounting Quality
Financial Planning
Budgeting
Forecasting
Cash Planning
Investment Analysis
Inventory Accounting
Cost Accounting
Financial Reporting
Spreadsheet Skills
Financial Modeling
Process Improvement
QuickBooks Online
Ramp
Odoo
Avalara
Justworks

Location

Tribeca, New York

Work Type

Full-Time
Hybrid

Experience Level

Senior
Director

Education Level

CPA strongly preferred
MBA preferred
Public accounting experience a plus
Experience building a finance team a plus

Salary/Compensations

$165,000 - $195,000 annually

Benefits

Medical insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance (with 100% monthly premium coverage options)
PTO
401(k) with employer match
Profit sharing

About the Company

In Common With is a design studio defining a new vocabulary for interiors, in which old-world craft meets at-scale manufacturing.
Founded in 2018, our practice brings endless curiosity, exceptional materials, and unparalleled adaptability to lighting and objects for all spaces—created with our team of expert craftspeople, artists, and engineers around the world.
In 2024, we opened Quarters, a hybrid retail and hospitality destination in Tribeca.
Through ongoing collaborations with our peers in the worlds of art and design, Quarters crafts a vision of home that’s unfolding and alive.
Our obsessions with craft and collaboration originate from a boundless interest in people, objects, and an ongoing conversation between the two.
Every product we make and every partnership we cultivate has that in common.