Position Overview:
The Controller reports to the President & CEO and a dotted line report to the Group CFO. This role will ensure the accurate and timely delivery of financial statements and reports implement accounting policies and procedures and ensure compliance with generally accepted accounting principles. In this role you should expect to be in a fastpaced work environment and be able to prioritize tasks appropriately. The ideal candidate will be a strong strategicthinking businessminded and resultdriven individual who is open to change and challenges as they arise. The candidate should be a collaborative professional who enjoys partnering across functions and is curious and proactive always looking for ways to improve processes strengthen controls and make finance more agile.
Responsibilities:
- Supervise all operations of the finance and accounting department in both companies including decision making.
- Oversee the preparation of all financial reports and monthend closing procedures.
- Perform monthly intercompany reconciliations.
- Prepare financial reports in accordance with company requirements meeting due dates and deadlines.
- Compare and analyze monthly operating results against budget.
- Design establish and maintain an organizational structure to effectively accomplish the departments goals and objectives.
- Responsible for daily bank deposits maintenance of house banks and petty cash funds verifying postings and night audit reports credit card transfers AP AR and inventory controls.
- Responsible for developing maintaining and meeting annual budgets and initiatives.
- Supervise financial planning.
- Manage the composition of financial outlooks and financial forecasts.
- Review and maintain budgeting and forecasting models.
- Perform financial analysis for contract negotiations and investment decisions.
- Conduct regular financial analysis to provide insights on revenue generation cost control and profitability enhancement.
- Collaborate with department heads to identify and implement costsaving initiatives without compromising quality.
- Responsible for management and review of general ledger and account reconciliations.
- Responsible for all documentation and implementation of all accounting policies processes and standard operating procedures.
- Lead the accounting team in special projects and provide ad hoc reporting as required.
- Review and approve financial transactions and ensure compliance with monthly and fiscal yearend close requirements.
- Train and oversee the work of all direct reports and conduct performance evaluations that are timely and constructive.
- Identify opportunities to improve systems and processes working with operations corporate accounting and others to consistently improve accuracy and efficiency of processing transactions while improving internal controls.
- Direct internal and external audit engagements.
- Work with International finance colleagues around the world on a variety of Group level reporting projects.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Requirements and Desired Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in finance accounting or related field.
- CPA MBA or other relevant qualification is a plus.
- Five or more years of experience in finance and accounting preferably in the manufacturing or construction industry.
- Prior management and supervisory experience 3 or more years) is a plus.
- Indepth knowledge of corporate finance and accounting principles laws and best practices.
- Inventory Management and Cost Accounting experience is a plus.
- Strong leadership attributes with the ability to drive performance across a diverse team.
- Knowledge of financial and accounting reporting systems.
- Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of Internal Accounting Controls.
- Must be able to work under tight deadlines in a fastpaced environment with strong attention to detail.
- Strong values and a bias for action in decisionmaking. Candidate must possess solid decisionanalysis skills including cost/benefit analysis.
- Must be a strong communicator comfortable navigating between local US teams and international leadership to align goals and drive efficiency.
- Ability to plan coordinate and organize initiatives.
- Ability to connect financial data with operational insights.
- Excellent analytical decisionmaking and problemsolving skills.
- Advanced MS Excel skills including VLOOKUP’s and Pivot Tables.
- Willingness to travel to Albatross Projects Americas GPS LLC. as necessary.
- May require frequent standing bending and lifting up to 40 lbs.
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