Controller, Accounting, Accounts Receivable​/ Collections

• Job Category Finance, Accounting, Management
• Employee Type Exempt FT
• Required Degree 4 Year Degree
• Manage Others Yes

Contact information

• Name Lori
• Phone  ext 251

The Controller leads a small finance team that includes:

• AP Analyst (India – Remote): manages vendor communication, invoice entry, 2/3-way matching, tariff accounting, and reconciliations.
• AR Analyst (India – Remote): manages customer communication, collections, dispute resolution, cash applications, and reconciliations.
• GL Specialist (India – Remote, Part-Time): bank reconciliations, GL review, monthly close entries, payroll/benefits accounting, and financial statement prep.
• AR/AP Analyst (India – Remote): invoice distribution, customer cash application, credit card expense accounting, sales/use tax data compilation, freight accounting.
• Department Secretary (Onsite): onsite bills, deposits, vendor checks, and document management.

The Controller ensures coordination, accountability, and disciplined delivery across all roles.

• Own and drive the full month-end close calendar, ensuring timely, accurate, and well-documented results.
• Review and approve reconciliations and key journal entries (accruals, reserves, payroll/benefits, tariffs, warranty, freight, etc.).
• Perform complex reconciliations or entries directly when needed.
• Conduct analytical review of monthly financial results and prepare variance explanations and insights for the Owners.
• Ensure accuracy and completeness of balance sheet and P&L, with strong supporting documentation.

• Direct workflow, priorities, and process discipline across AP, AR, and GL.
• Ensure strong matching and invoice accuracy, timely collection efforts, dispute resolution, cash application controls, and reliable reconciliations.
• Maintain an internal control structure appropriate for a small but distributed team.
• Review and validate payment runs, vendor changes, and cash disbursements.

• Serve as the finance owner of Infor LN, responsible for reporting accuracy, transaction integrity, and data discipline.
• Develop, maintain, and improve standard and ad hoc reports within LN to meet management needs.
• Strengthen master data, coding structures, and process consistency across the remote finance team.
• Drive practical finance process improvements that fit a lean organization.

• Lead weekly and long-range cash forecasting.
• Drive AR collection discipline and AP payment control.
• Review inventory valuation impacts on cash and working capital.
• Maintain strong banking controls (wires, checks, approvals, user access).

(Accounting oversight only — does not manage operational cycle count governance)

• Oversee inventory valuation and financial control in partnership with Operations.
• Ensure cutoff integrity and financial accuracy for receipts, issues, adjustments, and returns.
• Lead slow-moving and obsolete (SMO) inventory analyses with periodic reporting and reserve recommendations.
• Ensure SMO and other inventory reserve methodologies are documented, consistent, and supported by analysis.
• Partner with Supply Chain/Operations to explain inventory trends, aging, and cost impacts.

• Own warranty accounting and reserve methodology.
• Reconcile and track warranty claims, returns, and costs.
• Analyze trends and recommend reserve adjustments based on historical and current performance.
• Coordinate with Service/Operations to identify product/service trends affecting quality costs.

• Ensure revenue is recognized accurately under standard revenue recognition practices (no milestone accounting).
• Oversee invoicing accuracy, credit memos, and customer adjustments that affect revenue.
• Ensure shipping/invoicing cutoffs and reconciliations are complete and timely.

• Ensure tariff/import duty accounting is accurate, timely, and consistently applied.
• Maintain accounting controls around freight-in…