CORP CONTROLLER

Location: Bakersfield
Posted on: November 9, 2024

Job Description:

Description: Controller Job Purpose: Maximizes return on financial assets by establishing financial policies, procedures, controls, and reporting systems. Controller Job Duties: Guides financial decisions by establishing, monitoring, and enforcing policies and procedures. Protects assets by establishing, monitoring, and enforcing internal controls. Monitors and confirms financial condition by conducting audits; providing information to external auditors. Maximizes return, and limits risk, on cash by minimizing bank balances; making investments. Prepares budgets by establishing schedules; collecting, analyzing, and consolidating financial data; recommending plans. Achieves budget objectives by scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances; initiating corrective actions. Provides status of financial condition by collecting, interpreting, and reporting financial data. Prepares special reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information and trends. Complies with federal, state, and local legal requirements by studying existing and new legislation; anticipating future legislation; enforcing adherence to requirements; filing financial reports; advising management on needed actions. Ensures operation of equipment by establishing preventive maintenance requirements and service contracts; maintaining equipment inventories; evaluating new equipment and techniques. Completes operational requirements by scheduling and assigning employees; following up on work results. Maintains financial staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training employees. Maintains financial staff job results by coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees; planning, monitoring, and appraising job results. Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies. VI. Essential Functions of the Job: ? Oversee the operations of the Accounting Department ? Measure and optimize working capital through the timing of purchases, payments, and cash receipts ? Ensure that all reasonable discounts are taken on accounts payable ? Ensure that periodic bank reconciliations are completed ? Ensure that required debt payments are made on a timely basis ? Maintain an orderly accounting filing system ? Establish and maintain a system of internal controls over accounting transactions ? Issue timely and complete financial statements and related operational metrics ? Coordinate the preparation of the corporate annual report ? Oversee month end closing process, including journal entries, analysis, reconciliations, and attestation ? Oversee weekly cash management; approve weekly payables; execute check signing ? Provide financial analyses as needed, in particular for capital investments, pricing decisions, and contract negotiations ? Coordinate, in conjunction with CFO, the provision of information to external auditors for the annual audit ? Prepare and review monthly and quarterly unaudited statements ? Participate in preparation and review of annual audited statements ? Monitor debt levels and compliance with debt covenants ? Comply with local, state, and federal reporting requirements ? Serve as liaison to treasury and tax by providing accounting information. ? Plan, direct, supervise, and coordinate work activities and train staff as needed ? Perform other related duties as assigned by Chief Financial Officer Company We are an equal employment opportunity employer and will consider all qualified candidates without regard to disability or protected veteran status.

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