CSuite Financial Partners is a financial services company that places high level executives in Interim, Project-based and Full-Time positions across the nation. We have a need for an Interim Controller to assist a client located in Los Angeles, CA. The role is hybrid remote.
The Controller is accountable for the accounting operations of the Company, to include the production of periodic financial reports, maintenance of an adequate system of accounting records, and a comprehensive set of controls and budgets designed to mitigate risk, enhance the accuracy of the company's reported financial results, and ensure that reported results comply with generally accepted accounting principles or international financial reporting standards.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
Management
- Maintain a documented system of accounting policies and procedures
- Manage outsourced functions
- Oversee the operations of the accounting department, including the design of an organizational structure adequate for achieving the department's goals and objectives
- Oversee the accounting operations of subsidiary corporations, especially their control systems, transaction-processing operations, and policies and procedures.
Transactions
- Ensure that accounts payable are paid in a timely manner
- Ensure that all reasonable discounts are taken on accounts payable
- Ensure that accounts receivable are collected promptly
- Process payroll in a timely manner
- Ensure that periodic bank reconciliations are completed
- Ensure that required debt payments are made on a timely basis
- Maintain the chart of accounts
- Maintain an orderly accounting filing system
- Maintain a system of controls over accounting transactions
Reporting
- Issue timely and complete financial statements
- Coordinate the preparation of the corporate annual report
- Recommend benchmarks against which to measure the performance of company operations
- Calculate and issue financial and operating metrics
- Manage the production of the annual budget and forecasts
- Calculate variances from the budget and report significant issues to management
- Provide for a system of management cost reports
- Provide financial analyses as needed, in-particular for capital investments, pricing decisions, and contract negotiations
Compliance
- Coordinate the provision of information to external auditors for the annual audit
- Monitor debt levels and compliance with debt covenants
- Comply with local, state, and federal government reporting requirements and tax filings
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance or business administration required
- CPA (Certified Public Accountant) is a plus
- 4 years of Public Accounting
- 10+ years of progressively responsible experience
- Strong experience with multiple ERP systems as well as Excel
- Flexible with a unique ability to assess things quickly and hit the ground running
- Private Equity experience, a plus
$80-90/hour
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or business administration
- CPA
- 4 years of public accounting
- 10+ years of progressively responsible experience
- Strong experience with multiple ERP systems
- Strong Excel skills
- Ability to assess quickly and hit the ground running
- Private equity experience
What We Do
CSuite Financial Partners is a financial services and executive-services firm that supports private equity, privately held, entrepreneurial, and middle-market businesses. Its seasoned CFOs, controllers, and finance professionals provide fractional and interim CFO leadership, Office of the CFO services, board development, coaching, mentoring, executive search, and strategic financial guidance. The company helps fill critical finance and leadership gaps and support operating-company growth.
