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The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory Inc is Hiring an Assistant Controller Near Cambridge, MA

Overview

Draper is an independent, nonprofit research and development company headquartered in Cambridge, MA. The 1,800 employees of Draper tackle important national challenges with a promise of delivering successful and usable solutions. From military defense and space exploration to biomedical engineering, lives often depend on the solutions we provide. Our multidisciplinary teams of engineers and scientists work in a collaborative environment that inspires the cross-fertilization of ideas necessary for true innovation. For more information about Draper, visit www.draper.com.

Our work is very important to us, but so is our life outside of work. Draper supports many programs to improve work-life balance including workplace flexibility, employee clubs ranging from photography to yoga, health and finance workshops, off site social events and discounts to local museums and cultural activities. If this specific job opportunity and the chance to work at a nationally renowned R&D innovation company appeals to you, apply now www.draper.com/careers.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Draper is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. We understand the value of diversity and its impact on a high-performance culture. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information.

Draper is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. To request reasonable accommodation, please contact hr@draper.com.

Responsibilities

This position is part of a 40-member Finance organization led by the Chief Financial Officer. It directs the accounting, financial planning, treasury, and government compliance functions for Draper. The Assistant Controller is responsible for assisting the Controller in supervising and administering all aspects of accounting, revenue recognition, financial reporting, and employee travel & expense program.

Draper offers this exciting opportunity for a highly talented, hands-on individual that thrives working in a collaborative environment. The Assistant Controller will report to the Corporate Controller and will in turn have eight direct reports. Areas of full or partial responsibility include the general ledger function, the month-end close process, financial management reporting packages, financial reporting, and employee travel operations. The position will interface with a variety of departments including Government Compliance, Internal Audit, Contracts, Procurement, Property, Billing, Financial Planning and Analysis (“FP&A”), Program Offices, Engineering, Legal, Human Resources, and Disbursements. We seek a creative and experienced individual to apply their accounting and finance expertise toward high-quality accounting and finance outcomes. The right candidate is a highly motivated, energetic, detail oriented, and experienced leader that has significant management experience with an emphasis on team development and process improvement.

Responsibilities:

  • Lead assigned teams to high levels of effective operational performance in support of Draper’s mission while adhering to Draper’s values
  • Maintain equitable workload distribution enabling team members to complete all work on-time and in an accurate, efficient, and professional manner
  • In conjunction with the Controller, hire, train and evaluate employees for assigned teams
  • Ensure the general ledger team’s completion of all general ledger related activities including the month-end close process, account balance sheet reconciliations, trial balance variance analysis, ad-hoc analyses, fixed asset accounting, real and personal property tax returns, annual escheatment reporting while adhering to tight deadlines using Draper’s PeopleSoft ERP
  • Lead revenue team in its contract review, identification of appropriate revenue recognition method, analysis of risk authorizations, and assessment of program office estimates to complete work
  • Provide oversight to travel team in its mission to provide timely employee reimbursement of official business travel and informative customer service
  • Responsible for Draper-wide accrual process and coordination
  • Prepare and analyze financial statements (monthly, quarterly, annually) to ensure accuracy, completeness, and compliance with GAAP
  • Establish and maintain current accounting policies and procedures, as well as identify and draft new policies and procedures as necessary
  • Comply with internal controls related to financial close; ensure internal control narratives, flowcharts and control matrices remain current with the company’s practices and operations
  • Manage posting of financial transactions
  • Develop staff by setting goals, providing ongoing training, giving timely performance feedback while maintaining strong employee relationships
  • Support ERP upgrades and implementations
  • Identify, analyze, and implement operational accounting process improvements while measuring applicable accounting metrics to ensure overall operational efficiency
  • Assist the Controller and Government Compliance team in audits conducted by internal, external or government auditors
  • Monitor and analyze accounting data and work with FP&A to produce all accounting and financial reports and statements, typically prepared for senior management and Board presentations
  • Liaise with outside firms for audit and tax matters
  • Serve as key contact with Draper’s main bank and direct team’s work related to daily cash transactions and reconciliations
  • Manage the preparation and filing of all property and excise taxes, annual escheatment, U.S. Census, and other statutorily required reporting returns as required by federal, state, county and local laws and regulations
  • Must be able to analyze and resolve issues that come up regarding all aspects accounting and finance
  • Be well versed in current S. GAAP and application of new, applicable accounting pronouncements
  • Assist in special projects
  • Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

Education

  • MS or MBA preferred
  • CPA required

Experience

  • Minimum of ten years of accounting experience (a concentration in project accounting and overhead allocation practices, and defense contracting industry is strongly preferred)
  • At least five years direct supervisory experience
  • Preference to work in a collaborative and fast-moving environment
  • Experience with enterprise resource planning (“ERP”) implementation
  • Strong track record of building and managing successful teams, and an ability to develop, coach, manage and motivate team members in an evolving environment
  • Demonstrated excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills
  • Effective ability to work with various levels of management and to influence others without formal authority
  • Maintain a high level of integrity, confidentiality, and professional skepticism
  • Proven ability to learn quickly and manage multiple, competing priorities while maintaining a high degree of accuracy
  • Exercise sound logic and judgment in evaluating situations and utilizing appropriate resources
  • Utilizes a self-directed, -motivated and -demonstrated exceptional customer service performance model
  • Demonstrated ability to work with maximum efficiency, accuracy, and attention to detail
  • Partners with the other finance leaders to ensure delivery of integrated high- quality information to our internal and external clients
  • Ability to obtain security clearance required 

Security Requirement:

  • Applicants selected for this position will be required to obtain and maintain a government security clearance.
  • Secret Clearance required

** Draper has implemented a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination requirement for all Draper employees. This will be a condition of employment to work at Draper. 

Job Summary

JOB TYPE

Other

INDUSTRY

Contract Research

POST DATE

09/17/2022

EXPIRATION DATE

12/12/2022

WEBSITE

draper.com

HEADQUARTERS

CAMBRIDGE, MA

SIZE

1,000 - 3,000

FOUNDED

1932

TYPE

NGO/NPO/NFP/Organization/Association

CEO

KAIGHAM GABRIEL

REVENUE

$500M - $1B

INDUSTRY

Scientific Services

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About The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory Inc

Draper is a not-for-profit organization that provides research and bioprocessing engineering solutions for commercial and space industries.

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