Controller Of Finance Jobs

Objective

Responsible for the efforts, results, and success of an organizations finance department. Provides financial advice and support to help senior executives make key decisions.

Responsibilities

• Calculate and issue financial and operating metrics.
• Assist in formulating the company's future direction and supporting tactical initiatives.
• Monitor cash balances and cash forecasts.
• Develop/manage financial and tax strategies.
• Calculate variances from the budget and report significant issues to management.
• Provide a system of management cost reports.
• Arrange for debt and equity financing.
• Manage the production of the annual budget and forecasts.
• Manage Accounting.
• Monitor and assist in the implementation of strategic business plans.
• Coordinate the preparation of the corporate annual report.
• Maintain relations with external auditors and investigate their findings and recommendations.
• Provide financial analyses as needed for capital investments, pricing decisions, and contract negotiations.
• Ensure periodic bank reconciliations are completed.
• Ensure all reasonable discounts are taken on accounts payable.
• Develop performance measures that support the company's strategic direction.
• Oversee employee benefit plans, with emphasis on maximizing a cost-effective benefits package.
• Ensure that accounts receivable is collected promptly.
• Ensure required debt payments are made in a timely manner.
• Maintain a documented system of accounting policies and procedures.
• Issue timely and complete financial statements.
• Ensure accounts payable are paid in a timely manner.
• Monitor debt levels and compliance with debt covenants.
• Construct and monitor reliable control systems.
• Understand and mitigate key elements of the company's risk profile.
• Manage the capital request and budgeting processes.

Other Duties

This description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of duties and responsibilities that are required of this position. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change or be created at any time as determined by the company.

• Participate in key decisions as a member of the executive management team.
• Monitor all open legal issues involving the company, and legal issues affecting the industry.
• Comply with local, state, and federal government reporting requirements and tax filings.
• Coordinate the provision of information to external auditors for the annual audit.
• Ensure the company complies with all legal and regulatory requirements.
• Maintain in-depth relations with all members of the management team.
• Supervise acquisition due diligence and negotiate acquisitions.
• Develop and implement benchmarks against which to measure the performance of company operations.
• Maintain appropriate insurance coverage.
• Manage any third parties to which functions have been outsourced.

Abilities

• Must be honest, have integrity with a good understanding of data privacy standards.
• Must be a problem solver, have research skills, analytical skills along with critical thinking skills.
• Excellent mathematical skills.
• Leadership skills, with strict adherence and understanding of WB Industries Mission, Vision and Values.
• Thorough understanding of business principles and practices.
• Excellent organizational skills as well as planning skills.
• Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Superior attention to detail.
• Excellent computer skills.
• Multi-tasking skills.

Physical Characteristics

• Reaching, extending hands and arms in any direction.
• Hearing and/or perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discriminations in sound.
• Standing, walking, moving about on foot to accomplish tasks for short periods of time.
• Talking, expressing, or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Those activities in which they must convey detailed or import spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• Repetitive motion. Substantial movements (motions) of the wrist, hands, and/or fingers.
• This position is considered sedentary.

Required Education, Skills, and Experience

• An MBA or CPA is absolutely required.
• Must have a passion for getting things done, and an appreciation for details.
• You must believe in continual process improvement.
• Experience in all key areas is required.

Supervisory Responsibility

Supervise a team of up to 10 direct reports.

Work Location

Office and production environment with 100% of time expected to be worked on-site.

Travel

No travel required at this time for this position.

Environmental Conditions

• Subject to environmental conditions. The facility provides protection from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature changes. No protections from weather when walking between buildings.
• May be subject to noise while in the shop. There is enough noise to cause the worker to shout in order to be heard above ambient noise level.