Corporate Controller Financial Services

Corporate Controller (Financial Services)

• Responsible for the accounting operations to include the production of financial reports, maintenance of accounting records, comprehensive set of controls and budgets designed to mitigate risk, enhance the accuracy of the company’s reported financial results, and ensure that reported results comply with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and company policy.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following:

• Provide leadership and coordinates accounting functions to include: accounting operations, accounts payable, general accounting and management, regulatory and financial reporting;
• Oversee, monitor and, as required, participate in most or all of the following accounting functions (participation in these functions could include but not be limited to (a) serving as the primary person assigned to a specific task; (b) reviewing the work of others; and (c) serving as backup for specific tasks):
• Daily accounting operations processes, including daily reconciliations, the daily money settlement, public funds, correspondent bank relationships and investment activities.
• Accounts payable, ensuring the timely, accurate payment of amounts due.  Ensure that company policies regarding expenditures are communicated and followed throughout the organization and that payments are made only with appropriate approval.
• Monthly accounting close process, including analytical review of monthly operating results to ensure accurate accounting records are maintained and appropriate items are brought to the attention of senior management timely.
• General accounting processes including impaired assets, intangible assets, fixed assets, accruals, prepaids and property taxes; includes overall responsibility for and management of the general ledger.
• Monthly reconciliation process, ensuring that reconciliations are performed timely, balances are appropriately stated, and that items are cleared in a timely manner consistent with policy.
• Management, regulatory (including the call report and FR Y9C) and financial reporting processes, including internal and external reporting on a monthly, quarterly, annual and as-needed basis.
• Stock activity (including stock offering and stock repurchases).
• Taxes (including but not limited to federal income taxes) and certain tax reporting requirements.
• Establish, maintain, train and develop the staff required to accomplish the department’s goals and objectives with excellence;
• Create and implement accounting policies to ensure GAAP and regulatory compliance;
• Develop processes, procedures and controls for compliance with newly-issued GAAP accounting standards and changes in regulatory reporting requirements;
• Coordinate with internal departments (including internal audit, compliance and risk) and external firms (including regulators and examiners, and external firms providing audit, tax firm, and outsourced internal audit services), and serve as primary accounting department liaison with each;
• Maintain and monitor internal controls, including those related to FDICIA and financial reporting;
• Actively work with and provide support to finance, treasury, budgeting and planning functions;
• Answer accounting and financial questions by researching and interpreting data;
• Ensure accounting department staff maintain a customer service approach in all dealings with internal customers (staff in other departments in the company) and with all external parties (including stockholders, vendors, auditors and examiners);
• Maintain absolute confidentiality of bank information; and
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities:                      

• Responsible for the supervision, coordination and oversight of clerical, administrative and professional staff.

Qualifications:    

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
• The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 
• Must be able to embrace and exemplify the core values;
• Must have a proven leadership and supervisory ability, including the ability to motivate and cultivate the development of accounting department staff;
• Must be able to work independently and also work closely with others;
• Must be able to stay abreast on job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities such as: reading professional publications, maintaining personal networks, and participating in professional organizations;
• Must have strong analytical and technical accounting skills;
• Must have strong knowledge of bank accounting, bank regulations related financial matters, GAAP and bank regulatory reporting.
• Must be able to communicate clearly and effectively, both orally and in writing.
• Must be able to organize data and to perform, review and clearly explain independent analyses.
• Must have advanced computer skills including MS Office Suite – Word, PowerPoint, Outlook and Excel knowledge and be able to use and create pivot tables and v-lookups;
• Must have attention to detail and excellent judgment and use of discretion;
• Must have excellent organizational and time management skills with the ability to set and adjust priorities;
• Must be able to manage numerous projects simultaneously under deadline pressure and have the initiative to address problems and make continuous process improvements;
• Must be able to rely on expertise, knowledge and common sense to manage tasks that have a broad and direct impact on business;
• Must be a self-starter who demonstrates superior professionalism and integrity, good business judgment, a positive action-oriented attitude, and a strong work ethic; and
• Must be able to pass background and credit screening process.

Education and/or Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting is required;
• Ten plus (10+) years’ of accounting experience is required;
• Seven plus (7+) years’ of bank accounting experience is required (including managing bank accounting staff as a Controller or senior accounting manager); and
• Master’s degree in Accounting preferred.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations: 

• CPA is preferred