Title: Controller
Reports to: President
Department: Finance
Location: Glastonbury CT
Position Overview: Reporting to the President of the company, the Controller is responsible for delivering all facets of financial management that include finance, accounting, financial planning and analysis (FP&A), accounts receivable (AR), and accounts payable (AP) across iTi. This role is a hands-on position and will be responsible for the accounting, financial reporting, tax, and budgeting operations. The Controller must be comfortable working in a fast-paced, high-energy environment while strengthening the company’s image as the employer of choice across all channels. The Controller will act as a critical business partner to the President, work cross-functionally with different functional and operations leaders to streamline and improve processes and procedures and lead the finance team to support the business’s continued growth.
Key Duties and Accountabilities:
- 65% - Financial Management: Assist with and provide qualitative and quantitative inputs into the annual strategic planning and budgeting process and lead day-to-day ongoing finance operations for iTi.
- Responsible for all financial analysis and providing strategic qualitative and quantitative inputs into the annual strategic planning process.
- Create budgets and forecasts across iTi and all functions and departments.
- Provide analysis and updates regularly (monthly and quarterly) and ad-hoc basis as required.
- Create reports to help the senior leadership team understand the company’s financial health and performance.
- Develop FP&A analysis at the corporate level and the department level and share with the appropriate stakeholders.
- Design and develop dashboards to monitor critical measures of performance and success.
- Partner with functional departments and lead the FP&A analysis.
- Lead the month-end close process, prepare and analyze financial statements.
- Prepare and present financial reports and risk analysis.
- Responsible for compiling and submitting ongoing payroll data to our third-party payroll processor.
- Create and share all financial results on a timely basis across the corporate level.
- Assist the President and all functional and department heads in preparation for quarterly and annual planning and performance review meetings.
10% - Compliance: Monitor and ensure that iTi is always in 100% compliance with all executed contracts.
- Review and ensure all contracts are in compliance with iTi values and behaviors.
- Design and implement processes to ensure compliance with contracts and certifications.
15% - Regulatory Standards: Ensure 100% compliance with all internal, state, federal, regulatory, professional, and industry standards at all times.
- Design and develop internal control guidelines, policies, and procedures.
- Monitor compliance with state and federal regulatory requirements.
- Document and implement standard operating procedures (SOP) for all financial processes.
10% - Employee Development: Be a champion for employee development and implement a culture of CANI (continuous and never-ending improvement).
- Focus on developing employees' skills to enhance performance.
- Recruit, retain, and develop staff across finance and accounting departments.
- Conduct regular meetings to provide feedback and help them grow their skills.
- Manage the goal setting and KPIs process for finance dept.
- Design and implement training and development plans for the finance team.
Key Success Measures:
- Timely financial reports on a monthly, quarterly, annually basis.
- Monthly profitability analysis and trends.
- Customer satisfaction - Ensure every project exceeds company standards.
- Accurate variance reporting for historical database.
- Mentor and develop finance staff.
- Customer profitability analysis.
- Timely communication of all iTi customer contract status.
Requirements:
Education
- Bachelor's degree in business, accounting, finance, or related field.
- CPA License or other appropriate certifications preferred.
- MBA or Management degree preferred.
Professional Qualifications / Experience / Skills / Personal Characteristics
- 8-12 years of proven work experience in financial management and accounting fields.
- Minimum two years experience in a senior role like assistant Controller or finance manager.
- Excellent understanding of local, state, and federal laws and regulations.
- Experience in financial data analysis and reporting.
- Experience in payroll, accounts payable, and accounts receivable functions.
- Ability to deliver quality work on tight deadlines.
- Advanced computer skills including Excel and ERP Systems.
- Strong knowledge of accounting, audit, tax, treasury, business processes, and controls.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Experienced and effective communicator with outstanding presentation skills.
- Highly collaborative leadership style.
Benefits: Discretionary Paid Vacation, Healthcare, Vision, and Dental Insurance, 401k Match.
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