Job Description

Job Title: Controller

Location: Elizabeth and Southpointe, PA

Overview
The Controller is responsible for providing consistent leadership and oversight for the overall financial health and operations of the business, ensuring satisfaction of all requirements on both a GAAP, tax preparation, and regulatory basis. The Controller will report to the CFO and will lead accounting, financial reporting, and treasury functions. The position is for an environmental services company, so ideally, the candidate will have experience as a controller in the industrial services sector, although this is not a firm requirement.

Accountabilities

• Establish and maintain systems and controls to ensure the integrity of all systems, processes and data relating to the company’s financial performance.
• Lead the Company’s internal controls and financial policies, including assurance activities, as well as lead interface with Company’s external auditor.
• Prepare and analyze monthly forecasts, including comparisons to board approved budgets and drivers of variances, to ensure effective, timely, and actionable recovery plans.  Prepare and analyze financial information and trend analysis and identify major factors impacting performance favorably and unfavorably.
• Oversee internal and external teams for performing accounting and finance functions for the Company including:
• Maintain the company’s system of accounts and ensure all transactions and assets are properly accounted for in the Company’s books and records, particularly for payables and receivables. 
• Ensure financial records and reporting are in compliance with legal requirements and GAAP standards.
• Ensure compliance with accounting matters associated with Corporate, equipment or project financing information and covenants reporting.
• Ensure balance sheet is reconciled to supporting records monthly.
• Ensure customer billing is accurate and timely, address customer service team if billing issues arise.
• Ensure accounts payable are accurate and timely, facilitate effective management decision making, eliminate any delay charges and respond timely to any payable issues;
• Assure local income, payroll, and other tax compliance and the accurate and timely completion of all corporate tax returns.
• Management of all aspects of working capital, including oversight of accounts receivable collections process.
• Support strategic growth initiatives of the Company.  Attract and manage top talent; supervise, develop, and mentor members of your team.
• Manage payroll activities performed by internal resource and third-party payroll processors.  
• In collaboration with the leadership team, develop capital plans and budget for the business.
• Strong systems and process orientation, with willingness to leverage technology to solve problems and effect improvements.
• Liaise with a range of external stakeholders such company’s external auditor, banking relationships, finance advisors, tax and legal advisors, and others.

Education, Training, Experience and Licensing/Certification Requirements

• Bachelor’ or master’s degree in accounting and/or finance required and active Certified Public Accountant license preferred
• Deep knowledge of US GAAP and other accounting practices and pronouncements relevant to industrial services companies.
• Ten years of accounting and finance experience. Five years’ experience in a controller or similar accounting leadership role.
• Experience in financial planning and treasury management.
• At least five years of experience in a supervisory role.

Skills/Abilities

• Able to obtain buy-in from subordinates; team builder; delegates; hires top talent and leads them to exceptional results. The ability to remove poor performers quickly, recruit great talent to replace them, and keep people motivated to do their best, even under high stress. Holds people accountable. Leads by example and inspires others to achieve their own personal goals. Challenges current processes for continuous improvement.
• Strong business acumen and the ability to identify and implement solutions to complex business and accounting problems.
• Experience building out and professionalizing a company’s finance function and financial software to manage and analyze financial data, ideally has proficiency with these types of tools is important, especially enterprise resource planning (ERP) software.
• Effective communicator via written and verbal correspondence, conveying financial information to a wide range of stakeholders, including local management team, senior management, and external parties such as auditors, in a succinct and actionable format.
• Team player that is enthusiastic about joining a team with an entrepreneurial spirit and an eye towards growth.  Growth will include multiple locations.
• Develop a culture of improved accountability.