Job Title: Controller
Department: Finance
Reports to: CFO
Status: Exempt
Location: Corporate Offices in the St. Charles, MI area with occasional travel for company meetings and events
About This Role
The Controller will be responsible for working seamlessly with people across the organization to ensure accurate financial control and reporting. The Controller must exercise extreme attention to detail.
Job Summary:
As the Financial Controller you will play a crucial role in overseeing all financial aspects of the company. You will be responsible for implementing financial strategies, managing financial reporting, and ensuring compliance with regulatory standards.
Responsibilities:
· Establishing, communicating and refining financial policies, procedures, controls, and reporting systems
· Reconcile and analyze balance sheet accounts to ensure transactions are recorded accurately and account balances are accurately stated in accordance with GAAP and Company policy including journal entries and account reconciliations.
· Prepare consolidated internal and external financial statements by gathering and analyzing information from the general ledger system and from departments
· Monitor funds for payment of payroll, taxes, and cash position
· Perform accounting analyses and reporting functions
· Prepare/maintain/review monthly (in compliance with US GAAP) financial statements, including income statements, balance sheets, equity roll forward, cash flows and various management reports, ensuring accuracy and consistency with accounting standards.
· Manage and prepare the month-end close process, including review of journal entries, account reconciliations and account analyses in a timely manner
· Manage and prepare year end closing information
· Administer all accounting operations including Billing, A/R, A/P, GL and Counsel, Construction Accounting, and Revenue Recognition
· Enhance and implement financial and accounting systems, processes, tools and control systems with the goal of maximum utility to the executive team and other departmental leaders
· Serve as a key point of contact for external auditors; Manage preparation and support of all external audits.
· Manage the cash flow planning process and ensure funds availability.
· Interpret, develop, implement, and monitor all accounting policies, processes, and procedures. Provide counsel on accounting-related issues, disclosure obligations related to business transactions and financial statements.
· Develop processes, systems, and tools for accounting, internal controls, reporting, billing/credit/collections, cash management, procure to pay, and order to cash policies and procedures. Ensure compliance with all policies and requirements and provide accurate, timely, and useful management reports. Ensure strong internal controls are developed, implemented and maintained.
· Oversee cash management and serve as a primary point of contact on commercial banking relationships
· Monitor debt and credit, pursue collections
· Experience with legal entities consolidation, intercompany eliminations
· Hands-on partner to Management Team for business planning, financial forecasting, budgets, and management reporting activities
· Research technical accounting issues for compliance
· Establishing, monitoring and enforcing internal controls
· Ad hoc projects and special reporting as needed
· Management of financial team members including interviewing candidates for any open positions, training new team members, and managing the performance of team members.
- Implement and maintain financial controls in accordance with <IFRS> standards.
- Oversee governmental accounting practices and ensure compliance with relevant regulations.
- Prepare and analyze financial reports, including forecasting and budgeting.
- Manage regulatory reporting requirements and ensure timely submissions.
- Conduct account reconciliations to maintain accuracy in financial records.
- Lead financial management activities, including cash flow management and investment strategies.
- Utilize accounting software to streamline financial processes.
- Implement and optimize the use of financial software for enhanced efficiency.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field; CPA certification preferred.
- Proven experience in financial report writing and analysis.
- Strong knowledge of industry standards and governmental accounting practices.
- Excellent understanding of forecasting techniques and budgeting processes.
- Proficiency in regulatory reporting requirements and compliance.
- Experience in account reconciliation and financial management.
- Familiarity with cash management principles and strategies.
- Proficient in using accounting software and financial tools effectively
-Strong accounting, analytical, and research skills.
-Excellent written and oral communication skills.
-Strong knowledge of tax code, compliance and procedures for corporations.
-Familiarity with U.S. federal, state and local reporting requirements.
-Strong experience with a variety of financial, accounting and tax operations and ability to drive process improvements.
- Strong ability to utilize project management and accounting best practices to organize and prioritize tasks and the tasks of other finance team members.
- Ability to work well independently as well as the ability to work well with stakeholders and communicate the benefits of finance initiatives.
- Strong organizational and interpersonal skills.
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance; master’s degree preferred
- CPA preferred but not required
- Minimum 7-10 years of experience in an accounting or finance role
- 3+ Years of people management
- Manufacturing, distribution, or consumer packaged goods experience is preferred
· Experience with intercompany activity, consolidations, inventory management, and taxes is preferred
- Strong understanding of US GAAP
- Experience working with a variety of legal and regulatory entities
· Experience working with financial software to manage company finances.
- Ability to explain complex or technical financial subjects to a non-technical audience
You are:
· A responsible individual with a high degree of professionalism and confidentiality
· Able to work on a variety of tasks with little direction, shift priorities as needed, and are excited to grow with an expanding company
· A team player able to communicate clearly to people that are not ‘numbers people’ what is required and/or what the numbers are saying
Physical Requirements
- Regularly spend long hours in intense concentration, sitting and using office equipment and computers
- Occasionally lift 5-10 pounds
We are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace environment. We are an equal opportunity employer, valuing diversity and promoting a culture of collaboration. Join our team where your expertise as a Financial Controller will contribute to our continued success in the industry.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $95,000.00 - $115,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Disability insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Experience level:
Physical setting:
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
Experience:
- GAAP: 5 years (Preferred)
- Accounting: 5 years (Required)
- Financial Management: 3 years (Required)
Ability to Commute:
- St. Charles, MI (Required)
Work Location: In person