Chief Financial Officer

ELEMENTS OF A CFO JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

A Chief Financial Officer (CFO) is expected to drive an organization's direction and growth through strategic decision making. Their effective leadership style in terms of interacting with other members of the leadership team is especially important to the growth of an organization.

Great qualities of a CFO help transform a culture across an organization to ensure it is risk aware and financially aligned to maintain a strong focus on obtaining effectiveness and expected results throughout the organization but not limited to.

Key aspects of a CFO job duties and responsibilities include but not limited to:

• Establish a long-term vision that balances fiscal outcomes with performance goals, ensuring alignment with overarching business strategies and objectives.
• Identify and drive the implementation of strategic choices that lead to sustainable value creation and organizational growth.
• Acquire and utilize effective strategies to improve communication, increase influence, and exert a more significant personal impact on both internal and external stakeholders associated with the organization.
• Lead change and transformation efforts that create lasting value for the finance function and the wider organization.
• Understand the responsibilities of corporate governance in terms of corporate boards and their various committees in regulating organizations and creating long-term business value.
• Build and manage a global portfolio that focuses on the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)/Other investing factors of sustainability, starting with investment principles and ending with financial valuation.
• Possess the knowledge of the foundations of raising capital as well as examine the early stage of the capital landscape, understand the risks and rewards, and develop a systematic approach to evaluating opportunities.
• The ability to implement a proven offensive and defensive framework, and understand the strategy, execution, legal components, and risks involved in Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) including integrations as related to the impact of the organization.
• Lead a successful investment strategy while developing growth and profitability strategies focused on effective and expected outcomes.
• Full understanding of Financial Accounting and Reporting Systems such as the process of recording, summarizing, and reporting the myriad of transactions resulting from business operations over a period. These transactions are summarized in the preparation of financial statements including the balance sheet, income statements, cash flow statements that record an organization's operating performance over a specific period.
• They need to possess full knowledge of GASB (fund accounting), and GAAP compliance as related to our organization.

Other associated duties and responsibilities

• CFO as a strategic partner to the CEO and Leadership Team
• Measuring Strategies
• Tracking cash flow and financial planning.
• Analyzing the company's financial strengths and weaknesses and proposing corrective actions.
• Overseeing financial planning and reporting.
• Preparing long-term profit forecasts and budgets.
• Monitoring cash flows.
• Proposing financial strategies and providing advice to the leadership team.
• Researching relevant legislation and ensuring regulatory compliance.
• Implementing accounting procedures and policies.
• Analyzing funding sources and investment strategies.

Leveraging Financial Data and Analytics

To maximize an organization's financial performance, CFOs must utilize a growing volume of data and include analytics within their decision-making process. To create long-term value for the organization, they should possess the ability to create forecasting models, risk factors and assumptions addressing potential uncertainties. They need to have a thorough understanding of forecasting an organization and its potential value for growth opportunities. Some factors include but not limited to:

• Operating cycle and value drivers.
• Defining good stewardship of capital.
• Macro revenue factors, materials, and supply chains.
• Capacity and capital expenditure.
• Capital structures.
• Local and external markets.
• Understanding and performing necessary valuations.
• Driving innovation and transformation.
• Key factors and complex challenges that impact long-range planning.
• Providing various business tools to leadership to help lead transformational change at all levels of the organization.
• Create and maintain financial sustainability.
• Determine capital allocation needed.
• Labor, talent, and compensation.
• Managing performance and compensation.
• Information systems

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and ability required.

• At lease five (5) years of verifiable employment as a senior/executive level finance professional required.
• Prior experience in public accounting a plus.

Experience with tribal government preferred.

• Prior experience in gaming or hospitality preferred.
• Must be able to maintain a high degree of confidentiality with respect to all matters pertaining to the gaming enterprise business.

EDUCATION:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or Business Administration.
• Master degree in Business, Finance or other relevant subject required.

LICENSES, CERTIFICATES, REGISTRATIONS:

• Certified Public Accountant(CPA)
• Must possess a valid California Driver's License with a clean driving record.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a gaming license from the Dry Creek Gaming Commission.

LANGUAGE SKILLS:

• Must be able to read, write, speak and understand English.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills are important to the successful conduct of this position.
• Ability to write accurate, grammatically correct, polished reports and business correspondence.
• Must be able to speak with the public in a professional manner.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure-must.

REASONING ABILITY:

• Ability to proactively streamline processes for company's return on investment.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form.
• Ability to process detailed work and requests for information or assistance in a timely manner.
• Ability to apply regulatory and procedure doctrine, concepts, and policy to practical situations.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

• Must be able to maneuver around all areas of the casino.
• Must be able to sit and/or stand for extended periods of time.
• Must be able to lift up to 25 pounds.
• Must have manual dexterity to operate a computer and other necessary office equipment.
• Must be able to bend, reach, stoop, kneel, twist and grip items.
• Must be able to respond to visual and audio cues.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.
• This is a fast paced, highly diverse work environment, and the position requires the ability to remain flexible and get along with all personality types.
• Must be able to manage a number of priorities simultaneously and meet deadlines.
• Must be able to respond calmly to customer concerns and questions.