This position is a member of the company’s management team and is responsible for the management of the accounting department, including Accounts Receivable, Credit and Collections, Accounts Payable and General Accounting, audit, SOX compliance and inventory. The person will maintain the company’s GAAP compliant financial books and records, close the books monthly and yearly, complete and comply with hard close checklist, produce financial statements, forecasts, strategy planning, budgets, and other reports as needed by management.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
● Supervise, train as needed, accounting staff (3-4)
● Assure compliance to GAAP with regards to the accounting processing and bookkeeping
● Develop, document, and maintain written accounting policies and procedures
● Assure proper Internal Controls and segregation of duties to manage and safeguard the company’s
financial assets
● Oversight of biannual Internal Audit Review process
● Close the books monthly and produce financial information within 3 days of close of period
● Oversight, and review, of the production of periodic financial reports; ensures that the reported results
comply with generally accepted accounting principles and international financial reporting standards
for three operating units
● Review all appropriate reconciliations of General Ledger accounts on a monthly basis, back-up
supporting journals, reports, etc. and documented evidence of completed reconciliations
● Maintain and manage the tracking and accounting of all the company’s Fixed Assets and Depreciation
schedules
● Produce, manage, and report the annual Budget and monthly Forecast; gathering input from
management, updating as needed, and reporting on progress throughout the year
● Provide Management with financial analysis, reports, graphs, etc. to reflect the business units
performance, and to assist with understanding and managing the operations of the business units
● Recommends benchmarks that will be used by the General Manager with Financial Data for continuous
improvement.
● Oversee or actively participate in various agency audits, such as:
o Insurance audits o Sales Tax
o Property Taxes o Other
● Assure compliance with all government requirements and agencies (tax filing focus: Property & Sales/Use)
QUALIFICATIONS
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:
● Accounting degree from 4-year college
● CPA certificate desired, not required
● Prior experience, at least 5 years, as Controller, or equivalent at companies with annual revenues
greater than $40 million in manufacturing, preferably with a publicly traded company.
● Inventory Management
● ERP system experience
● Prior supervision experience
● Strong Excel spreadsheet skills
● Analytical and research skills
● Self-starter, able to work independently with minimal supervision
● Team oriented, works well with others in a cooperative, sharing manner, while maintaining
independence and reasonable checks and balances
JOB STANDARDS
Required Job Standards (all employees)