
Controller
ProMach
- Waukesha, WI
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Direct the company’s accounting policies, budgetary process, and job costing process by establishing and maintaining fiscal records and internal controls in accordance to Pro Mach policies.
- Development, analysis, and interpretation of statistical and accounting information to appraise operating results in terms of profitability, performance against budget goals, and other matters bearing on the fiscal soundness and operating effectiveness of the company.
- Coordinates and directs the preparation of the budget and financial forecasts.
- Review and maintain orders for proper revenue recognition treatment in line with ASC 606 guidelines.
- Own the accounting month end closing process. Activities include ensuring proper cutoff, preparing and reviewing reconciliations, posting journal entries, inventory analysis, and generation of various financial reports.
- Maintains fixed asset records of the company, prepares capital expenditure requests and justifications.
- Perform job costing analysis to ensure actual costs are accurate and projections accurately forecast the expected outcome of projects in the portfolio.
- Be strategic partner to the General Manager; assist with setting goals, developing action plans and executing initiatives for future growth. Maintain and develop follow up tools to ensure achieving initiatives.
- Responsible for compliance with all federal, state, and local corporate, payroll, sales tax and other applicable tax laws. Ensures the accurate completion of all required reports and analyses e.g. month end and year end closings, financial analysis, annual audit, etc.
- Provide leadership for maintaining the company’s ERP and other business information systems.
- Manage plant inventory levels (raw, WIP and finished) Audit cycle counts, prepare and participate in annual physical counts, and oversee excess and obsolescence inventory levels.
- Interface and act as a financial and systems resource with departments e.g. manufacturing, sales/marketing, parts, purchasing, engineering, etc.
- Coaching, teaching and developing of team members including evaluating the performance of personnel in Accounting.
- Work directly with Shared Service organization to control disbursements, establish and maintain credit terms and collection procedures.
- Develop budget and staffing requirements for the accounting area. Control expenses within budget constraints. Develop short- and long-range goals and objectives for the accounting department that effectively support the overall goals and objectives of the company.
- Be a source of leadership that fosters profitable growth.
- B.S. in Accounting or Finance
- 8-10 years’ experience in finance and accounting, strong preference for manufacturing environment
- Strong background in financial analysis
- Strong computer skills, specifically Excel and Word
- Experience with various ERP and software programs (Syteline preferred)
- Good written and oral communications skills
- Analytical skills to synthesize complex or diverse information, collect and research data, use intuition and experience to complement data and design workflows and procedures
- Must be a proven hands-on team player driven to meet company goals