Corporate Controller

Company: Dwyer Instruments
Location: Michigan City
Posted on: June 24, 2022

Job Description:

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide effective leadership and support in all areas of the Controller's responsibility as and across other departments within the Company.
• Responsible for monthly close, consolidation and preparing or directing financial reports to be prepared that are used by the Company's management, private equity owner and/or bankers.
• Supervise, manage and/or perform general accounting, cost accounting, accounts payable, payroll and certain treasury related activities.
• Create, post or review journal entries.
• Responsible for annual audit, financial statements and footnotes, as well as the 401k audit.
• Manage company car program, W-2 processing and certain incentive calculations.
• Be an effective model for teamwork both within the department and to other departments.
• Integrate accounting framework of acquired companies and ensuring acquired companies close timely and accurately.Required Skills / Experience / Competencies:
  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting, an active CPA license and 10 years of progressive accounting experience, including staff management.
  • The ideal candidate would have 3 years of accounting or auditing experience in a large national accounting firm and progressive accounting leadership experience within private or small public company environment; private-equity owned company experience is a plus. The successful candidate will enjoy working on projects that are accounting focused but also on projects that are tangential to monthly close, such as supporting payroll, tax and acquisition related integration.
  • Must demonstrate the ability to be hand's on as well being able to delegate and train accounting staff
  • Manufacturing experience is a plus
  • Knowledge in ERP systems, cost accounting, financial reporting, US GAAP, payroll processing, calculation of subjective accruals, foreign currency translation, international, acquisition accounting and sales and use tax
  • Ability to learn new systems and processes
  • Ability to manage others through periods of change and be commitment to managing toward deadlines for month-end close
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, including ability to write and document accounting conclusions.
  • Needs to have the ability to organize and manage multiple priorities to completion in a timely manner.
  • Technical skills and experience in accounting and financial reporting. Does not have to be a deep technical accountant but must possess the ability to identify issues that could result in complex accounting treatment.
  • Proven success in working independently and in developing high performance teams and a strong team player.

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