Controller

Job Description

Job Description

We are looking for an experienced Controller to oversee financial operations and ensure accurate financial processes for a client in the metro Detroit area.

Duties include :

• Daily transactional responsibilities, including vendor invoices, raising sales invoices, matching bank receipts, updating operational schedules for invoicing status of projects and bank reconciliations
• AR management, monitoring the debtors ledger and chasing payments, resolving customer invoicing queries, dealing with customer exemption certificates, customer onboarding including credit checks
• Support Quickbooks inventory control including BOMs, pricing and inventory movements
• Management of the accounting email inbox, dealing with customer, supplier and colleague queries in a timely manner
• Quickbooks management, including supplier set-ups and template management
• Reconciliation of credit card and staff expenses, ensuring relevant approvals are received and expenditure is accurately allocated to GL codes and cost centres
• AP management, including initiating payment runs, sending remittances to suppliers, resolving supplier invoicing queries
• Inventory accounting management, liaising with purchasing and operations to resolve inventory issues, inventory item set-up, review of inventory carrying amount and freight costs
• Liaising with operations to own inventory quantity and valuation accuracy, improving operational processes to maintain accuracy
• Ownership of sales tax and income tax processes, liaising with our external advisors
• Assisting the UK-based team with the month end process, including accruals and prepayments, depreciation journals, intercompany reconciliations, goods-in-transit, revenue recognition and balance sheet reconciliation
• Supporting the Management Accountant with variance commentary, utilizing your detailed awareness of transactions during the month
• Identifying savings and cost efficiencies across the business
• Assisting with the year-end processes, including auditor, tax and accounts queries
• Ownership of company compliance across business registration, taxation and regulatory filings
• Bach degree in accounting or finance. CPA and / or MBA a plus
• QuickBooks needed
• 5 years + accounting and finance experience preferring manufacturing.
• Some ERP experience
• Inventory and some tax experience (sales tax, tax compliance) needed