Department: Finance
Reports To: Director of Finance
Location: Centralized/All City Market Locations
Division/Status: Full-time exempt, Management
City Market Co-Op is seeking a Finance Manager/Staff Accountant responsible for coordinating all finance functions in compliance with City Market policies: prepare financial statements, create budgets, prepare and monitor internal controls, monitor all financial transactions. Reporting to the Director of Finance, this position manages the day-to-day activity of three direct reports within the Finance team. As a member of the All Leadership Team (ALT), this position works closely with other Managers to ensure consistency of financial policy and procedures.
Day-to-Day Duties
Prepare timely and accurate financial statements for review by the Director of Finance.
Maintain documented system of accounting policies and procedures.
Ensure that all monthly, quarterly and annual taxes are prepared and paid within terms.
Coordinate the annual ERISA and Financial audits with guidance from the Director of Finance.
Oversee the work of the Finance Team:
Select, develop, supervise and evaluate the performance of direct reports. Be a management role model and assist team members in their supervisory responsibilities, which may include but not limited to: hiring, coaching, development, performance evaluation, and corrective action for department employees, as needed. ·Create sustainable and forward-thinking departmental business plans and goals.
Develop and maintain favorable relationships with staff, members, customers, vendors and other stakeholders.
Understanding of and compliance with the Collective Bargaining Agreement.
Ensure compliance with established City Market financial policies in compliance with GAAP.
Support City Market’s Global Ends, Values, Co-op Principles and Diversity Statement.
Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in finance or accounting, or equivalent business experience.
NetSuite, Office Suite 365, with an emphasis on MS Excel, Point of Sale, and Paylocity HRIS preferred.
Minimum of five years’ experience developing & implementing budgets and adhering to labor cost requirements.
Minimum of five years management experience including but not limited to hiring, training, evaluating, coaching, and developing staff.
Experience working in a union environment preferred.
The ability to maintain a high degree of confidentiality and discretion is required.
Requirements
City Market, Onion River Co-op, is a community-owned food cooperative with two locations in beautiful Burlington, Vermont. We offer a large selection of local, organic and conventional foods, and thousands of Vermont-made products. Our Downtown and South End stores are open daily.
City Market provides a critical service to the residents of Burlington and the larger community by providing local, organic, and conventional foods, as well as thousands of Vermont products, at a fair price to all. We also offer a hot and cold food bar, grab and go meals, coffee and tea, a made-to-order sandwich bar, and a deli.
The Co-op is also dedicated to supporting the local economy and enhancing the sustainability of agriculture. We work with over 1,000 Vermont vendors to feature the widest selection of local products in the state. 73% of the vendors we do business with are located in Vermont and over 60 cents of every dollar in sales stays here in Vermont. We are Member-owned, so the profits generated by Co-op Members are returned to our Members (in profitable years) through our Patronage Refund program. Additionally, as a Co-op, we offer Members the opportunity to do Member Work in exchange for a discount. This Member Work is done with our non-profit community partners, providing them with much needed volunteer help.
To learn more about our offerings, Membership, and our commitment to our local community, please visit our website at www.citymarket.coop. You can also follow us on Instagram at www.instagram.com/citymarketcoop, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/citymarketcoop, and on Twitter at www.twitter.com/CityMarket.
