Controller at Alpha Baking

Controller

Position Summary

The Controller reports to the Corporate Controller and is responsible for managing a team of 7-10 accountants. This position will be responsible for leading, developing, implementing and integrating the company’s accounting programs to support the continued growth and success of Alpha Baking Company.

Areas of focus include accounting process automation, developing best practices and accounting policies, compliance reporting, implementing new accounting technologies where needed and leading and mentoring accounting staff members.

Responsibilities

• Provide guidance, mentorship, and leadership as well as facilitating the professional development of the accounting team and overseeing their workload.
• Refine and oversee existing accounting processes with the goal of utilizing automation to streamline and strengthen existing tasks.
• Own the completeness, accuracy, and timely reporting of corporate financial statements.
• Provide information to fellow managers and senior management while ensuring confidentiality and best practices.
• Monitors and ensures Alpha Baking’s compliance with federal, state, and local laws and regulations, and recommended best practices; reviews and modifies policies and practices to maintain compliance.
• Coordinate completion of all local, state and federal governmental reporting requirements.
• In Coordination with Alpha’s Information Technology department, guide the design, implementation and testing of accounting technologies to achieve improvements in established goals.
• Partner with the leadership team to assess and facilitate company strategies.
• Complete oversight of Treasury including daily cash management and related borrowing-based reporting.
• General Ledger account reconciliation oversight for all accounts.
• Oversight of all payroll accounting and external reporting.
• Oversight of all corporate audits.
• Interface with external accounting and legal professionals as required.
• Performs other duties as required.

Requirements Specific Qualifications (items are required unless otherwise noted)

• A bachelor’s degree focused in Accounting is required, and an advanced degree in relevant disciplines or CPA is preferred.
• A minimum of 10+ years of total experience and 3-5 years of experience in a controllership role is required.
• Working knowledge of enterprise level accounting reporting systems and ad hoc reporting.
• Experience implementing policies, procedures and technologies from discovery through implementation and go-live.
• A broad business perspective and well-rounded business acumen in order to participate in strategic planning, senior-level decision making and problem-solving activities.
• Outstanding interpersonal skills. An extroverted team player who projects an open and trustworthy communication style with all constituencies.
• Experience in automating accounting/finance processes through advanced excel formulas, Power BI, or other tools
• Exposure to Power Bi a plus.
• Exposure to Microsoft Access a plus.
• Unquestioned integrity, ethics, and the values appropriate to a senior leader of the company.
• Strong leadership and influencing skills with an ability to establish credibility as a business partner with company leadership.
• Well established interpersonal skills with a collaborative approach to integrate policies and procedures.
• Resourceful, innovative, and progressive. A self-starter who can take conceptual direction to achieve desired outcomes.
• Excellent presentation skills to work effectively with both internal and external parties.