Controller Jobs

About StoneAge:
StoneAge is a global manufacturing and technology company. We produce quality products for industrial, sewer, and downhole cleaning, as well as custom-engineered equipment for application-specific challenges, that are distributed worldwide from our sales and rental facilities in the US and Europe.
Job Summary:
StoneAge is looking for a dynamic and experienced Controller who will streamline the financial controls and reporting as the company continues to grow. The Controller will oversee the global accounting functions including financial reporting, compliance, internal controls, payroll and treasury management. We are a long-established but rapidly growing company, with a vision to transform and disrupt the industry through tech-enabled processes. We are employee-owned, with the goal to grow 10x in the next decade. With that growth comes unpredictability, and we are looking for a Controller that is experienced and energized by the challenge of managing teams and contributing to this growth trajectory. This position can be performed remotely, but regular on-site presence (approximately one week per month) is required. Qualified candidates will need to live within reasonable proximity of our Durango headquarters location or be located a short flight away.

• The starting salary for this position is estimated to be between $140K to $160K annually depending on experience.
• The ideal candidate has demonstrated experience and skills to create and maintain order and predictability in a fast-paced, sometimes changing environment – through the deployment, management and measurement of predictable systemic processes and SOPs. They have led teams to achieve timely completion of regular and scheduled tasks and regular day-to-day activities despite the sometimes-changing environment.

Requirements
What You’ll Be Doing:
Financial Controls and Reporting

• Work with accounting firm to comply with tax obligations on the local, state, and federal level
• Maintain overall control environment for pricing, discounts, payroll, capital expenditures and operating expenses
• Produce consolidated financials on a monthly basis. Complete a review for accuracy and provide notes explaining the results
• Participate on the acquisitions team to develop models, conduct due diligence, and make recommendations to the Executive Management Team, CEO and Board of Directors
• Oversee month-end processes ensuring quality while implementing continuous improvements to reduce days-to-close time
• Review account reconciliations and journal entries while ensuring a clean balance sheet and provide feedback to develop accounting team
• Manage year-end audits, reviews, and compilations, for all legal entities and manage relationship with network of CPA firms

Compliance

• Oversee the annual insurance renewal. Help to identify new risk and areas of exposure to ensure proper coverage
• Oversee sales and use tax, VAT, and any other input/output tax process including filings and monitoring nexus
• Develop understanding of ESOP computation for financials and oversee benefit plan audits
• Own intercompany accounting processes and ensure transfer pricing policy is properly applied in statutory audits

Payroll and Treasury Management

• Improve treasury processes through seeking use of automation and revised processes
• Support treasury manager in timely and accurate payments and cash collection goals
• Oversee the payroll process and ensure timely and accurate payments and reporting of wages, taxes, and hours

Team

• Work effectively as a team member with the accounting department staff, members of the joint management team, and senior staff of StoneAge
• Provide on-going supervision and counseling of the Accounting team (currently 7 members), guiding them in current positions and assisting with their career development and training
• Build partnerships outside of Accounting and work to break down silos. Build bridges and create shared values across departments

What You’ll Bring to the Table:

• Have a strong belief in ethics and ability to maintain high levels of confidentiality.
• Have strong interpersonal skills, ability to communicate and manage well at all levels of the organization and with staff at remote locations.
• Have a high level of integrity and dependability with a strong sense of urgency and results-orientation.
• Experience with international business operation, foreign currencies, and statutory audits
• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting required. CPA or equivalent license is preferred.
• Good understanding of the functionality of ERP systems and a working knowledge of Windows based computer applications to include MS Word, MS Excel, and MS Outlook.
• Be an excellent manager and team builder, strategic thinker, and customer service driven.
• Minimum 7 years in an accounting supervisory position, ideally as a Controller.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in performing accounting functions including general ledger accounting, financial statement preparation, treasury management, and audit preparation.

Other Information:

• Travel is required.
• Responsibilities may require extended working hours beyond normal business hours.

We value the diversity and positivity of the people we hire and serve. We promote belonging by fostering a workplace in which all voices are heard, and individual differences are recognized, appreciated, respected, and responded to in ways that fully develop and utilize each person’s talents and strengths.
Research shows that oftentimes women and other minority groups only apply to open roles if they meet 100% of the listed criteria. We encourage everyone — including women, people of color, individuals with disabilities and those in the LGBTQIA+ community — to apply for our available positions, even if they don't necessarily check every box on the job description.
Benefits
StoneAge offers a comprehensive benefits program that includes group health, dental, and vision insurance, life insurance, long-term disability insurance, paid time off, paid holidays, a 401(k) plan with a guaranteed match, paid parental leave, a wellness rewards program, and much more.
We are an employee-owned company with profit-sharing and an Employee Stock Ownership Plan ("ESOP"), in which shares of company stock are allocated to eligible employees each year.
Our "Own It" mindset captures what many of us consider the biggest benefit of all: a highly engaged, collaborative workplace where everyone matters and every employee makes a significant impact.
Please visit our website at www.stoneagetools.com to get a better sense of our company and our employee-owned culture!