Posted 8 years ago
Corporate Controller
- My client is gas utility distribution and transmission company looking for an experienced Controller to oversee our accounting department.
- The Accounting Manager will be responsible for monitoring all accounting practices, including payroll, sales tax, monthly financials, budgeting, developing internal accounting controls.
- The successful candidate for this position will report directly to our CFO and play an instrumental role in the financial future of the company.
- Implement and monitor the month, quarter and year-end closeout accounting schedules
- Monitor emerging technology to determine ways to automate the accounting process without sacrificing accuracy and accountability
- Manage day-to-day accounting operations and ensure that there is a redundant process backup in place for every critical operation
- Create new internal accounting corporate policies and maintain existing policies
- Develop monthly and quarterly accounting reports for the management and executive teams
- Strategic Vision and Goals. Developing the vision and goals for the segment’s accounting organization and developing and maintaining best practices and procedures related to internal control and accounting practices for the company.
- Compliance Management. Monitoring and reviewing compliance of the accounting and reporting for hedge positions and derivatives with corporate policy and US GAAP.
- Overseeing all controls to ensure compliance.
- Month-End Close Management. Overseeing the monthly accounting close process, including all journal entries and account reconciliation.
- Reporting. Providing required financial reports, project updates and analysis to senior management and Audit Committee as it relates to quarter and year end derivative disclosures, owning the creation and maintenance of designated risk and project management reports.
- Creating of ad-hoc reports to enhance timeliness of business decisions.
- Financial Leadership. Partnering with executive management to provide financial leadership and support across all areas of the company including developing and maintaining divisional operating income, budgets and forecasts and support management reporting requirements.
- Reviews and Audits. Coordinating the quarterly reviews and annual audit engagement of the segment by persuasively engaging with diverse stakeholders both internally and externally.
- Price Validation. Performing price validation and reasonableness of company price offerings.
- Risk Modeling. Using company assets to model and measure risk of natural gas storage portfolio.
- Personnel Development. Coordinating and/or providing technical training on accounting to risk and professional accounting staff across the division(s), particularly on complex accounting matters such as derivatives or benefits.
- Developing personnel within the group to assume other leadership positions in accounting and finance and deepen functional bench strength in financial accounting and reporting issues.
Position Requirements:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or other related discipline required.
- MBA with a concentration in finance/accounting preferred.
- 8+ years accounting experience with an emphasis on public accounting desired.
- Business experience interacting with senior executives is required.
- In-depth exposure to operations accounting and general ledger systems as well as proficiency with Microsoft Office required.
- Experience within an energy company is required
- Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Business Administration
- 5+ years’ experience as a accountant/accounting manager
- 5+ years’ experience in QuickBooks or other accounting software
- 5+ years’ experience in payroll, state & federal unemployment tax reports and sales tax
- my client has experienced tremendous growth over the past 5 years and need to upgrade our staffing expertise from entry level to management level experience
Job Features
| Job Type | FullTime / Regular |
| Minumum Salary | 80000 USD |
| Maximum Salary | 110000 USD |
| Date Posted | 05-24-2017 |