Controller

Kforce's client, a well-established manufacturer in Hustisford, WI, is seeking a hands-on Controller to oversee its accounting and financial operations. Essential Responsibilities:

• Oversee daily accounting activities, ensuring financial accuracy and the consistent application of effective internal controls
• Coordinate monthly, quarterly, and annual close activities and deliver timely financial reporting
• Review departmental workflows and implement process improvements that increase efficiency while maintaining a high level of accuracy
• Support preparation of the annual financial review package and collaborate with external service providers to ensure timely and accurate completion
• Post accounts receivable cash receipts and manage company cash balances
• Review invoices, accounts payable transactions, and inventory activity
• Analyze financial performance against key business goals and provide management with meaningful insight into progress against budgets
• Forecast and manage the company's cash-conversion cycle
• Establish and achieve accounting objectives that support operational performance and profitability
• Help manage clerical and administrative accounting staff, including training new and existing employees
• Play a key role in developing the annual operating budget and executing the organization's strategic and talent plans
• Manage inventory costing and coordinate semiannual physical inventories
• Calculate and administer commission payments for the sales team
• Oversee and participate in human resources and information technology activities as needed
• Participate in developing and monitoring the capital budget
• Prepare and complete sales and use tax reporting
• Prepare financial accounts and supporting information for tax-return filing

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field required
• Five or more years of professional accounting experience required
• Strong experience with financial statement preparation, budgeting, or a comparable accounting function
• Hands-on cost accounting experience within a manufacturing environment
• Advanced Microsoft Excel proficiency, including the ability to create technical spreadsheets, graphs, and analytical tools that communicate financial trends, margins, and related performance information
• Strong understanding of accounting controls, closing procedures, inventory, budgeting, and cash management
• High degree of accuracy and attention to detail
• Excellent communication, organizational, and time-management skills
• Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, and remain actively involved in day-to-day accounting activities
• Ability to commute to the on-site location in Hustisford, Wisconsin
• Work Arrangement: Full-time and on-site
• Manufacturing industry experience strongly preferred
• QuickBooks experience required, with at least three years preferred
• Microsoft Dynamics NAV or Microsoft Navision experience is a plus