The Role:
We're looking for an enthusiastic, detail-oriented Controller to join a quickly evolving company and team. That means new ways of thinking and an innovative vision for the Controlling and Reporting, Accounts Payables and Accounts Receivables teams. The Controller will be responsible for defining and executing accounting and financial reporting practices, and driving global best practices through global training and robust process documentation.
Your Responsibilities:
Accounting, Reporting and Planning
Business partner with General Manager while building strong working relationships with all functional leaders.
Oversee and support accounting team (General Accounting, Accounts Payables, Accounts Receivables, Cost Accounting, and Local Controlling) with dynamic leadership that creates an environment of trust and productivity
Manage and monitor all accounts, ledgers, and reporting systems ensuring compliance with standards and regulatory requirements
Lead the budgeting, forecasting, strategic planning, reporting and quarterly pacing process - linking Durex into the ETS and Spirax Corporate processes.
Develop, maintain, and enhance reporting that aligns with business objectives and strategy. Assists in the month and quarter end preparation of financial statements.
Ensures completeness and accuracy of the company's corporate reporting activities of actuals.
Analyze historical and future financial results to provide guidance to organization regarding performance, accuracy, and completeness of consolidated results.
Oversees the month end close and the preparation of monthly journal entries
Assists in the month and quarter end preparation of financial statements
Reviews key account reconciliations to ensure accuracy of financial statements
Implement consistent accounting policies, practices, and procedures across all locations
Manages internal and external audit preparation and completion
Cost Accounting
Manage cost function and drive costing processes to ensure robust data
Complete the required preparations for the annual cost roll, ensure they are robustly documented and communicate internally
Drive consistent practices across operations and costing/quoting practices
Partner with operations on evaluation of outsourcing / make decisions
Oversee and ensure strong co-ordination of the physical inventory process and process enhancements
Compliance Management
Drives the completion of internal compliance processes and recommend best practices.
Guide financial decision making by developing and monitoring policies and procedures
Develop and enforce internal controls to maximize protection of company assets
Ad-hoc and Project Analysis
Evolve and refine the business metrics and reporting providing insightful information to leadership and design dashboards to provide transparency on important KPIs.
Maintains data consistency across various financial databases
Assists with and reviews tax requests, filings, and research
Perform value added ad-hoc analyses that help drive decision making
Requirements:
Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field
CPA Preferred but not required
5+ years' experience as a senior-level accounting or finance position
Strong technical skills required across all aspects of accounting
Previous experience in a manufacturing environment preferred
Proficiency with Excel, knowledge of Great Plains, Microsoft Dynamics, and/or TM1 preferred
Ability to demonstrate sound judgment, including maintaining highly confidential information
Be self-motivated, driven, flexible and adaptable to complete assigned tasks; results driven
Experience leading, coaching, and mentoring finance professionals