Controller
Van Metre
- Fairfax, VA
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Provide comprehensive financial updates to senior managers by evaluating, analyzing, and reporting appropriate data points
- Guide financial decisions by applying company policies and procedures to current economic landscape
- Develop, implement, and maintain financial controls and guidelines
- Achieve budgeting goals with proper scheduling, analysis, and corrective actions
- Maximize efficiency through innovative process development across all areas of the department
- Help develop and support short- and long-term operational strategies
- Facilitate the consolidation of hundreds of entities financial statements
- Ensure accurate and timely financial reporting in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and relevant regulations
- Maintain internal controls for revenue receipts, costs, and team and organizational budgets and actual expenditures
- Establish (in coordination with SVP of Finance) financial and operating benchmarks, budgets, program monitoring, and reporting standards on biweekly, monthly, and annual basis
- Implement consistent accounting policies, practices, and procedures across all programs, adhering to national and local legal standards while remaining knowledgeable of proposed legislation
- Develop and enforce internal controls to maximize protection of company assets, policies, procedures, and workflows
- Monitor and balance cash flows into and out of various entities to meet business obligations and manage owner's equity
- Facilitate debt management, ensuring draws are submitted timely to banks to maintain company's cash position and policies
- Preparing external financial statements and reporting for investors
- Develop, oversee and support accounting team with dynamic leadership that creates an environment of trust and productivity
- Ten or more years of professional accounting experience
- Strong understanding of cash management processes and financial data analysis
- Working knowledge of national and local tax regulations and compliance reporting
- Experience in managing a team, with focus on streamlining accounting processes
- Exemplary history of financial project management
- Advanced excel skills
- Excellent written and oral skills
- Attention to detail and ability to multi-task is imperative
- Exhibit solid judgement; take initiative
- Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in business, accounting, or related field
- Five or more years of experience as a senior-level accounting or finance manager
- Professional certification, such as CPA (certified public accountant) or CA (chartered accountant)