Manager - Cost Accounting and Controller Support

Responsibilities:

• Lead a team for day-to-day activities of accounts payable, cash disbursements, invoicing/billing, collections, payroll, and general accounting functions for clients across diverse industries
• Manage the month-end close process including reconciliations and monthly financial reports for clients
• Develop and analyze cost accounting standards and processes for business activities
• Assess production costs including utilization of equipment and labor, overhead, and recommend opportunities for improvement
• Evaluate standard to actual costs and prepare internal cost reports and audit support
• Ability to recommend and provide best practices for inventory management processes that align to ASC 330 and IAS 2
• Perform reconciliations, analyzing production costs, inventory valuations, and margin variances
• Understand the procure-to-pay process and recommend best practices
• Drive initiatives to improve profitability, controls, supply chain management and demand planning
• Ability to prepare and lead initiatives for adjusting accounting records from historical cash basis to an accrual basis of accounting (e.g. under US GAAP requirements)
• Coordinate and complete annual audits
• Assign projects and direct staff to ensure compliance and accuracy
• Develop cash forecasts in assisting management with forecasted cash flows
• Prepare management reports with KPIs
• Participate in and drive business development

Required Qualifications:

• Driven, self-starter and accountable
• The ability to work collaboratively in a team environment
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and project/time management skills
• Ability to present in front of C suite and senior management
• Be creative and think outside the box and thrive on new challenges
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or relevant field
• Professional designation, i.e. CA, CMA, CPA, MBA or equivalent
• Experience in delivering projects that cover the full life cycle of inventory assessment, design and implementation support
• Experience in leading team members, projects, and initiatives
• Experience with emerging technologies and knowledge and use of accounting/finance systems - Netsuite, Intaact, Quickbooks, Adaptive, Blackline, CCH, OneStream is preferred
• 7-10+ years of work experience, specifically related to cost accounting and controller roles
• Proficiency in MS Office applications
• Travel will be required for this role