Controller
Job Description
Direct Manager: CFO
Direct Reports: Accounts Payable Specialist
Location: On-site (Auburn, AL)
The Company
Alligare, LLC, located in Auburn, AL, is a global leader in providing turn-key vegetation management solutions. Alligare specializes in strategic markets consisting of Aquatic, Forestry, Range and Pasture, Transportation & Energy. Our specialties include both developing and distributing custom-made herbicides to a variety of clients for a variety of situations.
Alligare specialists, having trained knowledge and expertise, can give both better advice, faster service, and a more cost-effective solution than a traditional sales force could offer. With Alligare' s methods of delivering results-oriented, market-based solutions, we are able to always reach the same results with our products - unsurpassed performance and value.
Position Overview
The Controller will be responsible primarily for the oversight of all financial, accounting and reporting activities for the department. As the right-hand to the CFO, the Controller is involved in supporting presentations to the Board of Directors and Adama Management and works closely with the Alligare senior leadership team.
The Controller assists in leading day-to-day financial activities supervising staff members with functional responsibility over accounting, accounts payable, inventory, treasury and cost accounting. The Controller helps the CFO ensure that Alligare has the systems and procedures in place to support effective internal controls to help ensure a strong financial system and accurate results. The Controller works closely with department heads and their staffs to educate and train them regarding effective and efficient financial procedures that help support their operations.
In addition, the Controller partners with the CFO and the senior leadership, sales and marketing, operations, and regulatory staff to improve efficiency and effectiveness of financial procedures and functions.
Specific Responsibilities
Finance and Accounting
- Maintain a strong sense ownership of the importance for accurate and timely reporting within Corporate and local deadlines.
- Oversee all accounts, ledgers, and reporting systems (SAP SBO, GFS (SAP BPC) PIMs, etc.) ensuring compliance with appropriate IFRS standards and regulatory requirements.
- Know very well and maintain the internal controls applicable to Alligare financial process and statements.
- Coordinate all audits efficiently and prepare audit support effectively to avoid cost overages.
- Understand the financial results and financial accounts/reports.
- Communicate clearly and formally the monthly, quarterly, and annual financial results and status to senior leadership.
- Assist CFO in the annual budget process to ensure financial information is well understood, accurate and presented timely and effectively.
- Develop the appropriate reporting formats to present variances to the annual budget throughout the year.
- Monitor transfer pricing coordinating with internal partners as necessary to ensure company is compliant
- Oversee cost accounting and ensure variances are investigated timely with both local and group margin accurately reported
- Assist CFO in federal and state tax accounting and reporting. This includes developing, analyzing and reporting the monthly current and deferred tax and partnering with external and internal tax advisors
- Manage Alligare liquidity by developing and maintaining a rolling cash forecast model to ensure necessary liquidity.
- Manage and track the Company's rebate programs to ensure Sales Discounts are accurately recorded and the corresponding accrued liabilities are complete
- Coordinate the physical inventory process which includes proper reconciliations of physical counts and reporting issues to the respective managers.
- Reconcile all balance sheet accounts monthly and accurately and assure that the accounts are effectively analyzed for P&L impact.
Team Leadership
- Continuously work to develop and evaluate the skills of the current finance team members to ensure financial activities and respective responsibilities are adequately and effectively delegated to staff.
- Communicate effectively with staff at all levels throughout the organization as necessary to make sure the finance team develops and maintains a high standard of performance.
- Leverage Controller's management role to help create and promote a positive and supportive work environment.
Qualifications
This is a great opportunity for a mature manager with around ten to fifteen years of progressive accounting and finance experience. Previous Controller or Senior Accounting Manager experience at a minimum. This individual will have a combination of accounting and audit experience working recently with senior management in a small to mid-size business environment. The ideal candidate will have experience in the both manufacturing and/or chemical industry.
Other qualifications include:
- Minimum of a Bachelors in Accounting, CPA license and Master's degree preferred.
- Ability to learn quickly and apply seasoned judgement as necessary to complete tasks and projects timely and correctly with minimal supervision.
- Solid accounting experience with a history of strong financial controls contributions.
- Entrepreneurial work ethic via ownership of improving the organization and getting things done. We strive to be very efficient with minimal overtime
- Personal qualities of integrity, credibility, and unwavering commitment to Alligare's mission; a proactive, hands-on thinker who will own, in partnership with the CFO, the responsibilities of the finance function
- A track record that supports process improvement and initiative in identifying and accomplishing opportunities to improve processes.
- Strong technology knowledge with experience in various ERP and interfaced systems. Must have a mastery skill level of Excel and advanced knowledge of accounting and reporting software
- Commitment to recruiting, mentoring, training, and retaining a diverse team plus the ability to delegate accordingly.
- Keen analytic, organization and problem solving skills in analyzing financial results and status.
- Strong interpersonal and communication experience in effectively communicating key information including presenting to senior management, the board or other outside partners
- Ability and desire to translate complex financial concepts to individuals at all levels including finance and non-finance managers.
- Less than 10% domestic travel excluding travel to/from Home Office
Alligare is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or any other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.