Description
General Job Description:
The Controller position strategically leads and directs the company’s accounting functions. Establishes and maintains the company’s overall accounting systems, procedures, and policies. The controller is responsible for all analysis and reporting of financial information including budgets, planning, and required filings and reports. Will present findings and recommendations to management.
Essential Functions
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Financial Planning & Analysis
- Analyze business operations, trends, costs, revenues, financial commitments, and obligations, to project future revenues and expenses or to provide advice to management.
- Develop, maintain, and analyze budgets, preparing periodic reports that compare budgeted costs to actual costs.
- Prepare, examine, and analyze accounting records, financial statements, and other financial reports to assess accuracy, completeness, and conformance to reporting and procedural standards.
- Calculate and issue financial analysis of the financial statements.
- Financial Management
- Manage overall Accounting Department functions and team.
- Manage Cash flow.
- High level management of QuickBooks (Create/manage new items and their classes)
- Reconcile all commission statements.
- Benefits reconciliation
- Sales Tax
- Tracking of Fixed asset schedule, deferred rent or revenue and prepaids etc.
- Responsible for the monthly close
- Provide Management with monthly financial statements.
- Process Improvement/SOP Development
- Develop, implement, modify, and document recordkeeping and accounting systems, making use of current computer technology.
- Survey operations to ascertain accounting needs and to recommend, develop, and maintain solutions to business and financial challenges.
Requirements
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Analytical/Attention to detail - Synthesizes complex or diverse information; collects and researches data; uses intuition and experience to complement data; designs workflows and procedures.
- Job Knowledge - Full understanding of GAAP accounting. Competent in required job skills and knowledge; exhibits ability to learn and apply new skills; keeps abreast of current developments; requires minimal supervision; displays understanding of how job relates to others; uses resources effectively.
- Problem Solving/Results Oriented - Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner; gathers and analyzes information skillfully; develops alternative solutions.
- Leadership/developing others - Includes staff in planning, decision-making, facilitating and process improvement; takes responsibility for subordinates' activities; makes self-available to staff; provides regular performance feedback; develops subordinates' skills and encourages growth; fosters quality focus in others; improves processes, products, and services; continually works to improve supervisory skills.
- Quality - Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness; applies feedback to improve performance; monitors own work to ensure quality.
- Fostering Innovation - looks for ways to improve and promote quality.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite.
Education And Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or equivalent job-related experience.
- 5+ years Managing an Accounting team.
- High growth company experience preferred.
- CPA preferred.
- 2+ years QuickBooks experience.
- CRM experience (Salesforce preferred).
Supervisory Responsibility
The controller supervises all employees in the accounting department.
Work Environment
This job operates in a clerical, office setting. Noise level is typically moderate. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, filing cabinets, copiers, scanners, and fax machines.
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
Position Type/Expected Hours of Work
This is a full-time position. The schedule varies depending on department demands/deadlines, typically 40-50 hours a week Monday through Friday, but are subject to change at the company’s discretion.
Travel
Little to no travel is expected for this position.
Other Duties
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
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