Controller

Controller

• Provides executive leadership in financial management, strategy and planning for a multi-location manufacturing company.
• The finance manager/controller engages in financial analysis, modeling and decision making to maximize operational and cash-flow performance.
• This person will not only assure we stay healthy financially, but will also be a vital part of helping continue our transformation to becoming an exceptional enterprise.

General Duties:

• Perform a variety of advanced financial analyses to determine present and forecast financial health of the company.
• Supervise payables, receivables, banking, payroll, monthly statement preparation with attendant journal entry items.
• Manage treasury activities including credit facility management, regular bank relations, and cash forecasting.
• Supervise business forecasting model and periodic budgeting activities.
• Use financial modeling to simulate financial scenarios.
• Present potential scenarios and outcomes to President and CEO.
• Manage the preparation and publication of departmental and organization financial documents.
• Prepare monthly analysis of cost of goods sold and operational expenses.
• Partner with internal teams to determine financial impact of product cost reductions, manufacturing process additions/deletions, manufacturing flow changes, etc.
• Identify, investigate, and analyze potential operational improvement. As appropriate, based on findings, make proposal for operational changes (policy, procedures, processes, etc.).
• Prepare financial and business reports, including divisional and consolidated company financial statements
• Prepare and review journal entries and general ledger account reconciliations
• Prepare and provide financial statements, financial reports, analysis, and other reports on a scheduled or unprompted basis
• Maintain accounting applications within software to ensure the proper, complete, and accurate record-keeping of accounting company transactions are performed within the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
• In coordination with COO, manage the quarterly and annual forecasting process, including regular interface with business managers of each of the business units
• Duties include conferring with business unit leader about budgeting and reviewing strategies to meet overall goals and objectives.
• Execute functions within the period-end/year-end reporting and external audit process
• Participate as an accounting subject matter expert on internal project teams
• Assist with providing training, guidance and direction to accounting professionals to ensure work is performed in an efficient, timely, and knowledgeable manner
• Identify and drive approved process improvement opportunities while demonstrating excellent analytical and problem solving skills; detail oriented

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree, Accounting major desired
• CPA or CMA
• Minimum 7 years’ post-graduate experience performing technical accounting-related duties
• Experience with GAAP accounting, general ledger, consolidations, and accounting applications
• Experience with Period-end/year-end closing process and external audit
• Experience with preparing and analyzing financial statements and reports

Preferred Qualifications:

• Previous experience with public accounting, ERP systems and Business Intelligence software
• Previous experience with internal/external auditing of various business functions
• Previous experience with internal control processes
• Previous experience with accounting/tax processes for international businesses
• Previous experience in a professional services industry
• Previous experience with Capital projects (contract accounting and project administration)