Summary:

 This position is responsible for helping drive adherence to GAAP accounting and developing and maintaining a strong internal control environment. The Controller will have an instrumental role in setting accounting policy, completion of month-end close, execution of the year-end audit and researching accounting issues. This position will report to the CFO.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities: 

• Hires, trains and mentors accounting staff. Responsible for AR, AP and General Accounting departments.
• Ensures all accounting is handled in accordance with GAAP
• Prepares materials for the company’s external auditors
• Oversees the preparation and evaluation of financial operating reports; and presents finding and recommendations to senior management
• Prepares and reviews journal entries
• Performs corporate financial/statutory reporting process
• Supervises and prepares general ledger reconciliations and performs account analysis
• Examine, review, analyze and interpret accounting records in preparation of issuance of financial statements
• Coordinates the monthly, quarterly and annual close functions, ensuring that all transitions are booked in a timely manner and in accord with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. Works with external auditors as part of the close process
• Directs and integrates changes in processes into the account systems and accounting cycle

Competencies: 

• Must be able to multitask and prioritize multiple responsibilities and projects.
• Must be able to manage and mentor a large, multicultural, multigenerational accounting staff.
• Strong communication / organizational skills
• Exceptional customer service skills
• Ability to work in a flexible and production orientated environment
• Effective decision making and problem solving skills
• Proficient to advanced PC Skills including (but not limited to) MS Word, MS Excel, email, internet and customized database management
• Must be able to read and/or interpret numbers and letters correctly
• Must work with numbers to calculate timeframe and evaluate costs and losses
• Must demonstrate organization and prioritization skills to manage time
• Experienced professional with high standards of excellence and adherence to deadlines
• Self-starter able to function effectively in a fast-paced growing company and adapt to change
• Strong financial modeling ability for utilization in budget and forecasting processes
• Ability to synthesize various, independently generated data points into a cohesive analysis

Education and Experience:

Education: BS in Accounting, Finance, Economics or related discipline or equivalent work experience

Experience: Minimum of 5 years relevant experience

Preferred: CPA is required, public accounting experience is strongly desired

Previous experience in Great Plains Software

Process improvement experience

Strong internal controls background

Physical Requirements and Work Content:

Americans with Disability Specifications: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand, move, operate with hands and arms, and lift up to 15 pounds. The employee is regularly required to use hands to operate or feel objects, tools or controls, communicate, distinguish or identify, adjust or focus.

Work Environment: 

Work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. This position is a sedentary position that requires 8 hours of sitting at a desk in a climate controlled environment with frequent computer, mouse, 10 key touch and phone work.

Additional Comments:

These declarations are not to be an “all-inclusive” list of the duties and responsibilities nor of the skills and abilities required to do the job. They are intended only to describe the general nature of the job and a reasonable representation of its activities. Additional essential functions and/or tasks may be identified by the company and listed as such in the incumbent’s performance appraisal. Various tasks may be assigned under each task or function. The incumbent performs other job-related duties as assigned and required.

This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at-will” employment relationship.

EOE, including disability/vets