Corporate Controller

Imagine working for a company with a mission you can truly believe in, a playful and energetic culture, a talented team of coworkers, and a bright future! Melissa & Doug, the toy company committed to nurturing childhood wonder, is looking for a Corporate Controller. In this role, you’ll be an essential part of our mission to inspire creativity and imagination in children throughout the world with thoughtfully designed toys that spark free play.

ROLE OVERVIEW:

In this role, you will be a key leader within the Finance Team and the entire Melissa & Doug organization. You will lead all aspects of the company’s financial accounting operations and ensure all financial controls are in place. You will lead the transformation of our legacy financial processes and systems to a new upgraded cloud platform. This role will be based out of our Wilton, CT headquarters reporting directly to our Chief Financial Officer.

RESPONISBILITIES:

• Establish & maintain financial records in accordance with US GAAP
• Preparation of financial information, performance metrics and financial and management reporting for management and lenders
• Lead software and systems implementation and other departmental improvements targeting automation and driving a world-class controllers department
• Being a business partner to the organization helping evaluate growth opportunities
• Evaluate, assess, implement and maintain internal controls as well as assist in the development of consolidated accounting policies and procedures
• Manage daily cash and prepare cash-flow reports, projecting cash needs at weekly and monthly intervals
• Streamline the close and reporting process
• Lead technical accounting research and implementation
• Ensure timely and clean external audits and working with the external auditors (company and bank auditors) throughout the year to ensure an efficient audit process
• Manage the consolidation of the financial statements and analyze the results
• Manage bank covenants, bank reporting and asset-based lending audit
• Manage the treasury and insurance functions
• Manage the tax function including transfer pricing
• Develop, train and lead team members
• Perform other duties or special projects as required

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree; MBA or other advanced degree preferred
• Active CPA; deep knowledge of GAAP
• Minimum of 15 years experience with extensive work within a consumer goods company
• Experience with Oracle Cloud financials is a plus
• Private Equity portfolio company experience, preferred
• Results-oriented, highly energetic, dynamic, with hands-on mentality
• Excellent communicator with the ability to present information clearly and concisely to peers, senior management and external investors
• High attention to detail and demonstrated bias for action to meet business and project objectives and timelines

OUR STORY
Melissa and Doug began working out of a garage in 1988 making toys that ignite imagination and inspire our children. While the company has grown to include thousands of products and more than 500 employees, it still has the heart of a start-up! Today our toys are distributed in more than 100 countries, enjoyed by more than 60m families and we are the #1 parent recommended toy brand for creativity and learning.  We are approaching $1B at retail annually yet the quality of every toy, the experience of every child, and the trust of every parent remains at the center of everything we do.  To learn even more about our mission, our history and our movement to Take Back Childhood, go to www.MelissaAndDoug.com

Melissa & Doug proudly goes beyond being an equal opportunity employer, we work hard to sustain and enhance the natural and organic inclusivity that is fostered every day, by every employee.  We don’t do this because anyone tells us this is important, we do it because we genuinely want every person who comes to work here to be treated with respect and dignity and to be comfortable being their most authentic, genuine selves.

We hire for character, kindness, humanity, moral fiber and experience...therefore, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status. We look forward to meeting you!

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