Director of Finance and Accounting, Distribution

With a mantra of Empowering Human Potential, Hanger, Inc. is the world's premier provider of orthotic and prosthetic (O&P) services and products, offering the most advanced O&P solutions, clinically differentiated programs and unsurpassed customer service. Hanger's Patient Care segment is the largest owner and operator of O&P patient care clinics nationwide. Through its Products & Services segment, Hanger distributes branded and private label O&P devices, products and components, and provides rehabilitative solutions to the broader market. With nearly 160 years of clinical excellence and innovation, Hanger's vision is to lead the orthotic and prosthetic markets by providing superior patient care, outcomes, services and value. Collectively, Hanger employees touch thousands of lives each day, helping people achieve new levels of mobility and freedom.

The Director of Finance and Accounting, Distribution will report to the Vice President of Finance, Products & Services and provide customer service to the executives managing the Distribution business. The position is located in Alpharetta, Georgia.

This critical role will oversee the accounts receivable and cash application functions, financial analyses, budgeting, forecasting, long range planning, cost/profit improvement initiatives, management reporting, and compliance with company policies and procedures for the Distribution business unit.

This leader will forge strong relationships with business partners and work through the team to assist company executives by providing financial information to be used in analyzing business performance and in making economic decisions that will affect future investment and business objectives.

A Candidate's demonstrated leadership and management skills will be highly valued as a key member of the management team. This individual will enjoy an excellent opportunity to join a growing $1.7 billion revenue healthcare company that delivers advanced Orthotic and Prosthetic solutions to the inspiring patients we serve.

A Candidate's, clear and persuasive communication style will be valued across a community of colleagues committed to the pursuit of Empowering Human Potential Together.

Supervise the accounts receivable and cash application accounting functions, including journal entries, reconciliations, and month-end, quarter-end and annual close processes.
• Ensure the integrity and accuracy of financial data.
• Implement and maintain accounting systems and software.
• Lead the annual budgets, monthly forecasts, strategic planning and variance analyses for Distribution ensuring operational results are evident in the numbers, and that the numbers are understood by business partners, the Senior Operating Committee ("SOC") and accurately reflected in the corporate systems (Oracle, etc.)
• Manage the financial calendar ensuring milestones are achieved with ease, issues are resolved early and resolution communicated
• Implement and monitor controls to prevent fraud and errors.
• Work with the operations teams to improve accounts receivable collections.
• Ensure that financial records are maintained in compliance with company policies and in alignment with all regulatory guidelines including, but not limited to US GAAP, SEC reporting timelines and internal control requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act ("SOX")
• Coordinate annual internal and external audits; responsible for implementing agreed upon recommendations related to areas of responsibility, resulting from audit findings including remediation of issues identified in SOX key controls.
• Analyze financial and operational data, and develop financial models used to guide business decisions (e.g. profitability by customer, daily volume, proposal review, pricing / margin analyses, waterfalls and bridges for variances, ROI/IRR/NPV/Capital Budgeting, etc.)
• Create and deliver formal presentations of financial results to senior management (Monthly Business Reviews, Budget Presentations, Strategic Plan Presentations, etc.), being the finance voice behind the numbers in support of business partners
• Provide timely responses and deliverables to requests from internal customers from functions including Sales, IT, Marketing, Accounting, Corporate Finance and other segment owners
• Perform other job duties and ad hoc projects as assigned

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting is required
• CPA is required.

• 10 years of progressive Accounting and Finance or related experience with at least 5 years of supervisory/management experience

• Strong understanding of US GAAP and accounting concepts
• Experience and understanding of Oracle cloud (Fusion) financial and EPM modules preferred.
• Experience in business unit budgeting, forecasting, planning, analysis, delivering and preparing clear and concise financial presentations to executives
• Experience with developing and/or improving internal controls
• Demonstrated experience with process improvement and re-engineering (continual improvement)
• Strong analytical, critical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Exhibits excellent leadership and management skills
• Effective, clear and persuasive oral and written communication skills with individuals and groups; adapts communication for optimal understanding
• Proven track record in change management and building high performing teams

• Act with integrity in all ways and at all times, remaining honest, transparent, and respectful in all relationships
• Keep the patient at the center of everything that you do, building lifelong trust
• Foster open collaboration and constructive dialogue with everyone around you
• Continuously innovate new solutions, influencing and responding to change
• Focus on superior outcomes, and calibrate work processes for outstanding results
• High intellectual curiosity / inquisitive nature
• Highly self-motivated
• Ability to learn quickly & autonomously
• Excellent financial and accounting modeling skills

• Ability to develop and track performance of new concepts or new initiatives against business plans
• Ability to manage multiple tasks, make well thought out decisions, and take decisive actions in a fast-paced environment
• Proficiency in the use of database tools and financial reporting packages with demonstrated ability to learn new systems quickly and find practical ways to improve processes
• Ability to work under pressure with strict time constraints and handle "fire drills" with "grace"

Employees working at least 20 hours per week are eligible for the following benefits:

• Competitive Pay
• Health Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• 8 Paid Holidays per Year
• Paid Vacation Time Off
• Paid Sick Time Off
• 8 hours of paid time to volunteer in your community
• Floating Holiday
• Life Insurance
• Medical Flex Spend Account
• Dependent Care Flex Spend Account
• Free employee assistance program
• 401(k)
• Full-time employees are also eligible for short-term and long-term disability insurance

Hanger, Inc. is committed to providing equal employment opportunity in all aspects of the employer-employee relationship. All conditions and privileges of employment are administered to all employees without discrimination or harassment because of race, religious creed, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, religion, marital status, medical condition, physical or mental disability, military service, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, special disabled veteran status, or any other classification protected by federal, state, and local laws and ordinances. The Company will comply fully with all applicable state or local fair employment laws that forbid discrimination or harassment on the basis of other protected characteristics. Retaliation against any employee for filing or supporting a complaint of discrimination or harassment is prohibited.

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