Position Summary
The Controller serves as a strategic finance leader responsible for overseeing the company’s global accounting and financial reporting functions. Partners with leadership to support and drive financial performance, operational efficiency, and long-term business strategy. This role ensures integrity in financial reporting, strengthens internal controls, and provides forward-looking insights to support decision-making across our global footprint. A Controller plays a critical role in scaling and leveraging finance operations, supporting growth initiatives, and aligning financial practices with company goals and business requirements.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Leadership & Business Partnership
- Partner with senior leadership to provide financial insights, modeling, and recommendations that support strategic decision-making
- Lead the development and continuous improvement of financial processes to support scalability and operational efficiency
- Provide visibility into business performance, risks, and opportunities across global operations
Financial Reporting & Governance
- Responsible for timely preparation and consolidation of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reporting with full data integrity and variance analysis
- Ensure compliance with GAAP, IFRS, and applicable regulatory requirements
- Establish and maintain strong internal controls, policies, and governance frameworks
- Monitor and adapt accounting practices in response to regulatory, tax, and business changes
- Responsible for indirect and direct tax compliance globally and locally
Global Accounting Operations
- Lead all accounting functions, including general ledger, billing, close processes, and financial reporting
- Manage international accounting activities, including multi-currency transactions and cross-border considerations
- Oversee coordination of audits and regulatory reporting requirements
- Identify and implement process improvements in billing, receivables and payable processes
Financial Planning & Performance Management
- Support budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning processes
- Analyze financial results and provide actionable recommendations to improve profitability and efficiency
- Identify and implement process improvements to enhance reporting accuracy and timeliness
Team Leadership & Accountabilities
- Ensure accuracy, integrity, and timeliness of all financial data and reporting
- Perform relevant analysis on financial results – identifying trends, costs, and budgets
- Create procedures to ensure the close and reporting process is efficient, timely, and accurate
- Develop and Implement policies and procedures to identify, resolve, and document accounting facets or issues
- Drive accountability, collaboration, and high performance across the accounting function
- Influence cross-functional stakeholders with clear, data-driven insights
- Maintain a strong control environment and uphold governance standards, always respecting company ethics and confidentiality
- Lead by example, mentor and develop Accounting team
- Establish clear goals, performance expectations, and development plans
- Operate effectively in a fast-paced, global business environment
Qualifications
Education, Technical Skills, Knowledge, & Experience
- Requires Degree - Bachelor of Accounting or related field of study
- CPA preferred; Master’s a plus
- 10 + years of progressive accounting and finance experience, with 5 years of experience at a demonstrated managerial capacity
- Experience within international financial and operational environment
- Knowledge & expertise in GAAP and working knowledge of IFRS
- Global experience - managing multi-entity, multi-currency environments
- Strong systems proficiency (e.g., Dynamics GP, NetSuite or similar ERP) & advanced Excel skills. Experience with BI tools
- Experience with staged ERP system implementation
Leadership & Behavioral Competencies
- Strategic thinker with strong business acumen
- Ability to translate complex financial data and convey with clarity and clear insights
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Strong leadership and team development capabilities
- High level of integrity, accountability, and attention to detail Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, changing, dynamic environment
- Demonstrated ability leading teams, influencing stakeholders, working cross-functionally
- Focus on talent management and optimal team structure: coach, mentor, and appropriately grow team members
- Deliver and drive key business initiatives in support of sound business practices and process improvement
- Align with senior leadership on key performance indicators that positively impact and company performance
