What are the responsibilities and job description for the Controller position at Petzl America?
Join our dynamic team at Petzl America, a leading brand in the outdoor and industrial industries dedicated to providing tools, techniques, and ideas that minimize risk while enabling access to the inaccessible. As we continue to evolve and thrive, we are seeking a Controller to work on our Finance team. The Controller assists in all functions associated with finance and accounting. This includes budgeting, forecasting, month end closing, financial reporting, and payroll.
Responsibilities include:
- Prepare annual budget
- Coordinate with sales leaders on annual projected revenue and monthly allocation
- Prepare estimated COGS
- Prepare annual departmental budget templates and work with budget owners to provide the required inputs
- Assist with other budget inputs (wages, commissions, discounts, outbound freight, etc.)
- Prepare quarterly financial forecasts
- Coordinate with sales leaders on sales amount and monthly allocation
- Prepare estimated COGS
- Work with budget owners to update quarterly estimates
- Assist with other forecasted inputs (wages, commissions, discounts, outbound freight, etc.)
- Prepare monthly financial reports
- Update financial reporting package for leadership
- Maintain internal financial reports (currently, updating Power BI)
- Distribute monthly departmental budget to actual reports.
- Coordinate quarterly meetings with department heads and budget holders to discuss past results and gather information for the quarterly updates.
- Participate in the month end close
- Prepare journal entries related to leases, payroll accruals, etc.
- Prepare and calculate monthly commissions by sales agency
- Assist in health insurance reconciliations, payments and coding
- Calculate monthly (or semi-monthly) payments to parent company
- Other Responsibilities
- Assist in providing information to external auditors (e.g., annual financial audit, sales tax audits, other)
- Maintain and update Company's standard costs
- For related-party real estate holding company, maintain accounting, payments, billing, etc.
- Coordinate quarterly estimated tax payments, annual personal property tax, and other tax filings
- Provide support, as needed, for bi-weekly payroll processing, payroll accounting (e.g., journal entries) and general payroll compliance issues.
- Maintain all procedures relating to your assigned activities
- Participate in company and department projects as needed
- Petzl America is a small company and there may be times that you are asked to do tasks & duties outside the general scope of your job in order to achieve our company goals.
Skills & Requirements:
- Minimum of five years relevant experience
- BA/BS degree in accounting, finance, business administration, economics, or related field
- MBA, CMA, or CPA is preferred
- High proficiency in SAP is preferred
- Business Intelligence Software (Power BI) or data warehouse skills preferred with proven background in query-writing, report-writing, database creation
- Full knowledge of US GAAP & accounting systems
- Strong skills with Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Google Workspace equivalents
- Experience with budget and forecasting processes
- Analytic, logical & technical problem-solving skills
- Strong communication skills required (written and verbal)
- Outdoor industry experience a plus
Petzl offers a competitive salary and eligibility to participate in the company profit-sharing program. We have a comprehensive medical, dental, life insurance & vision benefits package, a retirement savings plan with employer matching, paid time off & holiday pay, climbing & bouldering walls on-site, climbing gym membership, access to industry pro-deals and discounts on Petzl products. A flexible work schedule with hybrid work options is available and we have a dog friendly office.