What are the responsibilities and job description for the Controller position at Michael Page?
- FULLY REMOTE ROLE // MUST be on Mountain Time
- Rapidly fast growing tech/SaaS company
The client are a very successful (and fast growing) EdTech/SaaS organization with a global presence. They have 3 entities across Australia, the US and UK, and this candidate will manage the consolidation of all 3. On top of that, they will have 3 direct reports and work very closely with the Head of Revenue Ops, FP&A Director and the CFO. The successful candidate will have a strong public/private accounting mix and will be leading the full cycle statutory audit. The role will also involve a little travel (to Australia and Salt Lake City).
Job Description
The successful Financial Controller will be:
- Overseeing 3 direct reports (Fin Acc, AR, AP & Biller)
- Lead the day to day accounting and finance function for the company
- Multi-entity consolidation of the accounts (across 3 entities) - Australia, UK and US
- Own the M/E and Y/E close
- Intercompany reconciliations and returns
- Prep and presentation of the management and board reporting pack
- Improve the standard processes and accounting controls in the team through automation
- Own the FX side as well - Treasury - manage the cashflow for each of the company's accounts and manage the intercompany transactions
- FX reporting
- Main point of contact for the full cycle statutory audit
- Main POC for the external auditors
- Maintain accounting procedure, controls and processes - automate and improve where they can
- Technical accounting - ASC 606
- Liaising and working closely with the operations team
The Successful Applicant
The Successful Financial Controller Will
- MUST have recent experience doing a similar role in a SaaS company (ideally rapid growth)
- CPA qualification
- Have a strong mixture of both public and private accounting
- MUST have prior experience of managing (end-to-end) a full cycle statutory audit
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Happy to travel 4 times (max) per year
- Prior knowledge of the system Xero (desirable, not essential)
- Strong Excel skills
- $180,000 - $200,000
- Additional benefits
Quote job ref: JN-102026-7123102
Salary : $180,000 - $200,000