Controller

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Oversees daily workflow of the department
• Mentors team to ensure redundancy of capabilities and development of talent
• Works with colleagues across the firm to educate partner departments on accounting/finance needs and directives
• Oversees accounting training program and identifies training needs
• Recruits, interviews, hires and trains new staff
• Provides constructive and timely performance evaluations
• Handles discipline and termination of employees in accordance with company policy

Duties & Responsibilities

• Planning, directing, and coordinating all accounting operational functions
• Maintaining and improving internal controls
  • Ensures accurate internal and external financial statements and presentations, reflecting the firm’s operations
  • Ensures processes that substantiate financials are performed at a level to mitigate risk and satisfy an audit by an independent accounting firm
• Structuring and maintaining managerial accounting practices and KPIs
  • Manages the accumulation and consolidation of all financial data
  • Develops, monitors and summarizes business performance metrics in critical areas essential to the ongoing growth of the enterprise
• Partnering with Stakeholders
  • Joins internal and external business partners in contributing to the success of company-wide and cross-functional initiatives
  • Educates partners on downstream financial impacts of decisions under consideration and track results post implementation
• Process Improvement
  • Seeks to drive continuous improvement through designing and reinforcing good and efficient accounting processes
  • Understands the initiatives of business partners and seeks ways to contribute to their efforts
• Coordinates activities of external accounting auditors
• Oversees regulatory reporting, frequently including tax planning and compliance

Required Skills and Experience

• Solid working knowledge of all aspects of generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP)
• Ability to close a monthly period’s financial results and presentation without difficulty
• Strong facility with usage, design, and improvement of accounting software and enterprise systems.  SAP experience a strong advantage
• Accepts feedback from a variety of sources and constructively manages conflict
• Exceptional mentoring skills
• Highest integrity and ability to keep company confidences
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Multitasks and adjusts priorities in a fast-paced environment, while maintaining focus and managing disruption and/or unexpected needs
• Exceptional Excel skills and facility with software related to all accounting functions: payroll, AP, AR, time keeping, banking, project management, etc.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in accounting. Active CPA licensure required
• Ten + years of proven accounting experience in a medium-large firm
• Experience in manufacturing and/or project-based accounting
• Has supervised audits conducted by a top 10 audit firm
• Firm understanding of financial and managerial accounting principles
• Experience architecting and implementing an ERP transformation a strong plus
• SAP fluency a strong advantage

Physical Requirements

• Prolonged periods of sitting or standing at a desk and working on a computer
• Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at times
• Adheres to consistent and predicable work schedule