Controller

Company: Apr Energy
Location: Jacksonville
Posted on: January 16, 2022

Job Description:

The Controller manages the entire accounting department, including but not limited to, general ledger, consolidations, operations accounting, accounts receivable, accounts payable, payroll, and financial reporting. Successful candidates will possess outstanding organizational and leadership skills, demonstrating technical competence, flexibility and adaptability. Responsibilities

• Manage accounting team and supervise all accounting staff both at the corporate headquarters and global sites; assign accountabilities, recruit and hire, manage performance, and train and develop staff
• Manage the monthly, quarterly and annual closing process, ensuring established timelines are continually met
• Oversee accurate and timely monthly, quarterly and annual financial reporting to parent company
• Establish and maintain appropriate accounting policies, ensuring compliance with IFRS and US GAAP, as required
• Oversee and assist as necessary with technical accounting research and documentation of accounting positions for new accounting standards and accounting for complex transactions
• Establish and maintain a sound internal control system
• Manage annual SOX compliance program; work with internal and external auditors on program design, testing and remediation
• Review and approve the annual audited statutory financial statements for international subsidiaries
• Evaluate all processes within accounting organization and make improvements as necessary; promote an environment of continuous improvement focused on best practices
• Direct and oversee documentation of detailed job descriptions and desk manuals for all positions within the accounting department
• Establish close working relationships peers in other departments, including Finance, Tax, IT, Legal, Operations and Commercial to ensure complete and timely information flow
• Oversee ERP system and coordinate with IT department as principal user
• Assist with company strategic planning
• Assist with special projects as required
• Perform other duties as assigned by management
  Qualifications
  • Bachelors or Masters Degree in Accounting and CPA
  • Combined experience in public accounting and industry, including public company exposure
  • Strong financial and management reporting reporting skills, experience with technical research detailed knowledge of cost accounting and responsibility for general ledger management
  • Multi-foreign unit, multi-currency, IFRS & US GAAP and international company experience.
  • Ability to lead growing, fast-paced accounting department with multiple entities, projects and deliverables
  • Understanding of systems and control environments of large organizations experience with JD Edwards preferred
  • Effective written and verbal communication skills to be applied to management reporting and management presentation requirements of the position
  • Ability to manage issues, evaluate alternatives and make recommendations to managementby Jobble

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