Controller

This Controller role at Kforce in Hartford, WI, involves managing all accounting operations, including the monthly close cycle, financial budgeting, forecasting, and reporting. The Controller will also be responsible for internal controls and supporting overall operations. Key duties include leading the accounting team, coordinating the financial close process, developing schedules, supervising journal entries, analyzing variations, preparing financial statements, and generating forecasts for cash, orders, sales, and monthly results.

Must Have

• Manage all facets of accounting operations for the company.
• Own and coordinate the financial close process.
• Develop schedules to meet review and reporting deadlines.
• Enter/supervise journal entry process.
• Understand and communicate significant variations to forecasts/budgets.
• Prepare local financial statements, supplemental requirements, and analyses.
• Prepare forecasted information (cash, order/sales projections, monthly financial results).
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Business Administration.
• Five to ten years of progressively responsible experience in accounting/finance.
• Experience in preparing financial information and explaining results to management.

Perks & Benefits

• Medical/dental/vision insurance
• HSA
• FSA
• 401(k)
• Life, disability & ADD insurance
• Paid time off (for salaried personnel)

Description

Kforce has a client in the Hartford, WI area that is looking for a Controller. This role will be responsible for managing all facets of the accounting operations for company, including the monthly close cycle, financial budgeting/forecasting/reporting, internal controls, and supporting operations/organization. Responsibilities:

• Leadership: Supervise, mentor, develop/train, set expectations, review performance, and lead the accounting team, which currently consists of both direct and indirect roles
• Financial close process - own and coordinate the financial close process
• Develop schedule to hit the review and reporting deadlines
• Enter/supervise journal entry process
• Understand significant or unusual variations to forecasts/budgets and other comparisons, and communicate to appropriate management
• Prepare local financial statements, supplemental requirements and analyses
• Forecasts - prepare forecasted information requested, such as cash, order/sales projections, and monthly financial results

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Business Administration
• Five to ten years of progressively responsible experience in the accounting/finance area
• Should have experience in preparing financial information and able to explain the results various levels of management