Controller

Robert Half is actively looking for a Controller. This is a very dynamic and high profile area with significant visibility at executive management level. In this Controller role, you will be responsible for managing processes to ensure models are accurate and fully accrued on a monthly basis, and for holdinb the operations team accountable for effective end to end incentive processing, payments, accounting, and related financial controls. Located in Hazlehurst, Mississippi, this Controller position will be on a long-term contract / contract basis.

Your responsibilities in this role

- Organize evidence and qualitative discussion of monthly financial results across global programs in order to support SOX controls

- Supervise reporting, forecasting, and budgeting processes and tools for the accountable programs

- Engage with various business partners for a variety of program controllership and FP& A activities such as upholding accurate accrual models and appropriate accounting, as well as true-up activities. Also answer questions from business, area and subsidiary controllers

- Ongoing monitoring of actual spend against budget, as well as leading actions needed for any expected shortfalls

- Collaborate with the Treasury to provide timely cash flow forecasts

- Review and monitor controls to ensure they are designed and operating effectively in partnership with compliance

- Obtain a thorough understanding of essential financial results and movements across programs, then summarize and discuss them with key business partners

- Reach understanding of key financial results and movements across programs to summarize and discuss with key business partners- Capacity to assess process and internal control weaknesses and identify improvements

- Working knowledge of ERP system

- Highly skilled at communication and negotiation with prior experience creating trusted advisor/consultant relationships and influencing Executives and Business Decision Makers

- Professional accounting and controllership or public accounting and internal controls experience and/or Internal Audit or Controls and Compliance

- Demonstrated ability to implement solutions, strong analytical and communication skills as well

- Strong familiarity with financial statement preparation

- Demonstrated knowledge of Microsoft Excel

- Knowledge of Cash Flow Analysis

- General ledger experience preferred

- Month end closings experience highly desired

- Adeptness in QuickBooks

- Account reconciliation experience desired

- Excellent efficiency in office and accounting computer systems

- Experience engaging with teams and providing leadership across finance teams

- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting or other relevant field

- CPA and/or CMA preferred