Entity Controller

Talascend is currently seeking an Entity Controller for a contract opportunity with our client in Phoenix, Arizona.

Overview

As the Entity Controller, you will hold a pivotal role in ensuring comprehensive accounting control and compliance, facilitating robust financial reporting, and contributing to business partnership and process improvement initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Act as the overall end-to-end owner of accounting, control, and compliance for assigned entities, including journal and account reconciliation approvals.
• Ensure entity compliance with US GAAP and policies, understanding technical accounting aspects such as project accounting, inventory accounting, revenue and cost accounting, assessment and distributions, and COPA cycles.
• Coordinate/lead the balance sheet review process and completion of quarterly variance schedules.
• Perform trial balance flux during month-end close and leverage standard analytics tools to identify issues or anomalies.
• Drive control compliance, taking action, reporting deficient or overlooked controls, and promptly notifying relevant stakeholders.
• Review balance sheet account reconciliations, substantiate and drive closure of aged items.
• Create/maintain documentation, provide adequate and timely support to internal audit, external audit, and SOX compliance activities.
• Maintain transparent accounting practices, ensuring excellent relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Review financial reports and other related variables, identifying process improvement opportunities and working with the transformation leader to execute them.
• Partner with the business on new initiatives and projects, managing ad-hoc queries from business and other stakeholders.
• Provide financial reports, analysis, explanations, and advice based on knowledge of financial information, relevant GAAP, and supporting systems to auditors.

Qualifications

• Required: Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance or equivalent.
• Required: 2-4 years of related work experience (Public Accounting or Manufacturing Accounting), handling financial statements of manufacturing companies with an international presence.
• Preferred: Master's Degree or 150 credits, CPA Candidate or CPA.

Requirements

• Process-oriented with excellent problem-solving skills.
• Strong technical and analytical skills, with a project mindset and the ability to identify opportunities and lead projects.
• Exhibits effective communication skills and extensive knowledge of internal control framework and SOX in a multinational setup.
• Hands-on experience with systems knowledge of SAP and HFM, knowledge of US GAAP and Sarbanes Oxley, and R2R concepts, processes, and best practices.
• Collaborative and team-oriented approach.
• Willingness to address challenges directly.
• Openness to innovation and change.
• Commitment to meeting responsibilities and achieving objectives.

Preferred Requirements

• Hands-on experience with SAP/Systems knowledge of SAP and HFM.