Controller

Location: 10543 Fisher Rd, Houston, TX 77041

Spitzer Industries, Inc. (“Spitzer”) is a leader in the custom fabrication of specialized equipment and systems, pressure vessels, and other weldments. The company specializes in engineered products for onshore/offshore oil and gas transmission, processing and production, subsea oil and gas tie-backs, ASME Code pressure vessels, and other segments of the energy services industry.. The ideal candidate will possess: (1) the strategic, analytical, and interpersonal skills necessary to support Spitzer’s management team for monitoring and reporting all project economics, (2) demonstrated leadership and expertise in financial project management and Percentage-of-Completion (“POC”) accounting issues and, (3) the ability to effectively manage time to meet required deadlines. The position is located at Spitzer’s Facility located at 10543 Fisher Rd, Houston, TX 77041 and reports to the VP at the facility with a dotted line to the Corporate Controller.

Summary:

Responsible for the day-to-day operations and accounting duties at the site level.

Position Responsibilities:

• Work closely with division operations management identifying and communicating project profitability matters on a real time basis
• Working with Project Management, Shop Management, and Estimating personnel to accurately forecast project man-hours, revenues and costs in support of job tracking, dashboards, and the POC accounting close
• Working with Estimating personnel to insure accurate and consistent input of job estimates into job tracking and dashboard system(s)
• Working with Project Management and Purchasing personnel to ensure that ongoing requisitioning and purchase of job-related costs are consistent with the job estimate(s)
• Support Project Management personnel in the identification and formulation of project change orders back to customers as supported by the customer contract
• Support monthly financial close by preparing monthly POC revenue recognition reporting within identified deadlines.
• Oversight of A/R and Billing activities to insure timely and accurate invoicing of project milestone billings and change orders in accordance with the customer contract
• Oversight and support of A/P personnel to insure timely and accurate processing of invoices through both payables and purchase orders.
• Support Annual Budget forecasting and reporting processes.
• Work with corporate team to complete all audit request in timely manner.
• Support Corporate Accounting personnel with project information needed for monthly and quarterly financial reporting close

The Successful Candidate:

• Accounting degree with 6+ years of experience in accounting and/or finance related positions
• Proficient in Excel, Access, and experience with Sage 100 a plus
• Demonstrated an ability to work with personnel throughout the organization through both direct and indirect networks; be a consensus builder and change agent
• Ability to support and manage multiple tasks simultaneously and assess priorities across businesses
• Able to handle multiple priorities with minimal supervision under challenging conditions
• Strong orientation to leadership, teamwork, and positive communication; an effective facilitator, teammate, and manager
• Excellent communication skills, including written, verbal and presentation skills; comfortable and credible with both internal stakeholders and external audiences