Executive Job Description | Salary: $150,000 to $200,000 Plus Bonus
Global Controller role is critically important as that leader owns safeguarding RIS assets, maintaining all accounting records, ensuring accurate financial reporting, managing the global RIS controllership program and acting as the technical accounting expert across an extremely complex environment consisting of 60+ locations and spanning multiple product lines. This leader will report directly to the RIS VP, Finance. Key role responsibilities are as follows: Own development, implementation and ongoing responsibility for the new Global RIS controllership program, including descriptions, policies, tool templates and training materials for the following control mechanisms...account reconciliations, B/S reviews, site controllership and compliance questionnaires/assessments, site risk matrix, internal/external audit, region/business unit controls scorecard and SOX compliance
§ Provide leadership to global business team regarding all technical accounting questions, as well as update RIS global finance leadership team on changes/updates to critical accounting policies and procedures
§ Maintain close relationship with all existing shared-service centers and proactively review performance to ensure operational improvements in-line with expectations
§ Partner with RIS VP, Finance to look for additional opportunities to drive efficiencies across current financial processes, to outsource more work to existing SSCs and to create new SSCs in regions where none exist today
§ Review the internal accounting controls of the division to ensure compliance with corporate, SEC and regulatory policies and procedures.
§ Challenge existing processes to ensure compliance with all laws, statutes and principles
§ Responsible for maintaining all accounting records, preparing financial reports and interacting with the business or corporate financial functions
§ Ensure that all financial reports are prepared and submitted to senior management and governmental agencies as required
§ Direct the preparation of accounting entries to the general ledger and ensure timely and accurate reporting of financial information, forecasts and analyses
§ Coordinate the month-end, quarter-end and year-end financial closing process in accordance with corporate accounting methods and timetables.
§ Demonstrate and inspire integrity
§ Anticipate questions, issues and challenges from management, external audit, etc... avoid financial surprises
§ Lead cross-business initiatives and special projects as indentified
QUALIFICATIONS/REQUIREMENTS:
- CPA or equivalent required
- Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance or related education
- 10+ years accounting experience with 7 years prior management experience preferred
- Green Belt (lean) preferred.
- Excellent analytical skills and knowledge of GAAP are essential.
- Understanding of applicable systems, such as Microsoft Office, Lotus Notes, etc
- Experience in utilizing Oracle as ERP is preferred (implementation experience a plus)
- Knowledge of tax laws and regulations is preferred
- Possesses effective managerial skills
- Excellent oral, presentation and written communication skills
- Has well-developed leadership and project management skills
- Prior implementation of a controllership program from ground up a plus (infrastructure)
- Excellent analytical abilities
- Manufacturing and/or retail experience strongly preferred
- Fortune 500 multinational conglomerate experience preferred
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