- Professional
- Bureau à Kansas City
Job Summary
The Controller is responsible for managing the company's accounting functions, preparing accurate financial reports and statements, overseeing budgets, ensuring regulatory compliance and tax payments, and developing strong internal controls. They also play a key role in strategic financial planning, often working closely with the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and other key stakeholders, and supervise the accounting team to maintain financial health and provide insights for decision-making.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Lead, mentor and support the accounting staff (3-4 people). Ensure accounting personnel are properly trained, motivated, and directed to fulfill their responsibilities.
- Oversee daily accounting tasks, including accounts payable, accounts receivable, and the general ledger. Lead the monthly close process, with the goal of continuously increasing efficiency and streamlining processes.
- Responsible for performing various month end activities to meet accounting close deadlines. These include, but are not limited to, calculation of commissions, journal entry review, and analysis of various accounts.
- Provide financial insights and analysis to the executive team to guide business decisions and improve financial performance. Ability to manage daily and month-end workflows to meet monthly and year-end accounting and reporting requirements.
- Maintain and strengthen internal control framework and actively work to ensure that controls are operating effectively.
- Ensure all accounting practices are in compliance with legal guidelines and established accounting principles.
- Establish and promote a culture of continuous improvement. Take a leading role in various aspects of ad hoc projects, primarily with the goal of improving the efficiency and accuracy of various accounting processes.
- Prepare government and regulatory tax filings; maintain general insurance records.
- Manage the credit review and approval process as well as collection efforts.
- Manage organizational cash flow and banking treasury management services.
- Direct company's annual audit.
- Other duties as assigned.
- Attendance is an essential function of the position.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance or translatable field or combined education and work experience
- Minimum 5 years of relevant progressive accounting experience
- Familiarity with and/or ability to learn multiple accounting/ERP software platforms
- Strong computer skills required with heavy workload using Excel
- Must have excellent analytical, problem solving and communication skills to be able to interact effectively with different levels of the organization
Preferred Qualifications
- CPA certification
- Prior leadership experience
- HRMS Experience
- ERP software knowledge
- Experience in manufacturing, corrugated or warehousing