Controller

Controller

Requirements

• 2 years’ experience as a financial business partner
• Supervisory experience of financial and administrative personnel.
• Project management experience especially as relates to IT implementations.
• Understanding of accounting systems, experience with MAS preferred.
• Experience with Microsoft Office products.
• A minimum of a four-year business degree with an MBA or CPA preferred.
• 5-7 years financial management experience. Industrial service industry experience preferred.
• Proven track record of success in implementing and maintaining financial systems in a decentralized business.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the Financial Business Partner to the GM and the Division Managers, providing financial guidance and support of business objectives.
• Analyze financial performance, identify trends, and provide actionable insights to senior management.
• Develop alternative P&L statements for key customers and business initiatives (i.e. Advanced services)
• Communicate profitability of initiatives to key management.
• Provide challenging positions to regional and local management for improvement ideas.
• Assist in determining plans for Capital Resource needs.
• Ensure adequate human resource plans are developed to meet the needs of the business in both direct and indirect areas.
• Participate on the Corporate Financial Administrative team.
• Communicate corporate initiatives clearly and timely.
• Participate on project teams as directed by the US VP Finance and CFO.
• Assist the Corporate Controller/ US VP Finance, and CFO in the development of policy and procedure.
• Ensure new policy and procedures are implemented in the region timely to optimize processes, reduce costs, and improve efficiencies.
• Alert regional and corporate management to deviations from established procedures. Assist in any remediation.
• Ensure compliance with GAAP, and Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) requirements, regulatory frameworks, and audit standards.
• Document and support process and procedures where applicable, as well establish and maintain strong internal controls.
• Ensure that Billing, Collections, Payroll, A/P and other critical administrative functions are maintained in each office throughout the region.
• Consolidate month end data for regional reporting.
• Review all month end journal entries for adequacy and documentation.
• Maintain and communicate monthly metrics to key regional personnel. Including but not limited to A/R status and profitability.
• Assemble accruals on material items such as payroll data, revenue and other regionally specific
• Work with corporate to improve back office IT systems. Act as the point person for project implementations.
• Assist local offices where and when administrative resource deficits occur.
• Work with local offices to standardize accounting procedures regionally and business wide.
• Manage and coordinate the budgeting and forecasting for the region.
• Manage, mentor, and develop regional finance/accounting staff, fostering a high-performance culture. As well as implement training materials for local staff.
• Other work duties as assigned.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with MAS preferred.
• Industrial service industry experience preferred.