Controller, Accounting, Financial Compliance

CONTROLLER POSITION SUMMARY

The Controller is a key leadership position responsible for the financial, accounting, HR, compliance, contract, legal-administrative, and business-control functions of the company.

This person must be exceptionally organized, sharp, independent, trustworthy, and capable of taking full ownership of their responsibilities. They must be able to understand complex information quickly, make sound decisions, identify problems before they escape, establish order, and follow matters through to completion.

The Controller works directly with executive leadership and serves as a central point of control for the company’s finances, records, contracts, employees, policies, compliance requirements, deadlines, and administrative obligations.

We are looking for a strong, capable professional with excellent judgment and a high degree of personal integrity.

The successful Controller will be:

• Highly independent and capable of working without constant direction
• A genuine self-starter who identifies what needs to be done and acts
• Exceptionally organized and disciplined
• Sharp, analytical, and quick to understand complex information
• Honest, ethical, and committed to doing the right thing
• High-integrity and trustworthy with money, confidential information, employees, contracts, and sensitive business matters
• Accountable for their work, decisions, deadlines, and results
• Confident and willing to take ownership
• Strong-minded and capable of having difficult conversations professionally
• Comfortable holding employees, vendors, customers, and others accountable to commitments
• Willing to question information, charges, decisions, or documentation that does not make sense
• Able to respectfully challenge leadership when facts, financial information, contracts, or compliance requirements indicate a concern
• Proactive and able to anticipate needs, deadlines, risks, and problems
• Resourceful and capable of finding answers independently
• Persistent and unwilling to allow important matters to remain unresolved
• Extremely detail-oriented without losing sight of the larger business objective
• Able to prioritize based on urgency, financial impact, legal exposure, risk, and business importance
• Calm, steady, and effective under pressure
• Decisive when action is required
• Professional and composed in difficult situations
• Highly confidential and discreet
• Clear, direct, and concise in communication
• Consistent and dependable
• Comfortable managing numerous responsibilities simultaneously
• Strong at creating systems, structure, organization, and accountability
• Able to recognize when something is wrong even when the problem is not immediately obvious
• Able to independently investigate issues and determine the appropriate next action
• Focused on outcomes and completion
• Someone who follows through until the matter is actually resolved

The Controller is expected to take responsibility for their areas of the business rather than simply respond to individual assignments.

They must be capable of:

• Setting their own priorities based on company needs
• Maintaining their own deadlines and follow-up systems
• Knowing what is outstanding without being reminded
• Identifying missing information or documentation
• Following up persistently until required information is received
• Identifying financial, contractual, HR, compliance, or administrative issues independently
• Researching and resolving routine problems
• Bringing leadership organized information, options, and recommended actions when executive decisions are required
• Maintaining accurate records so important information can be produced quickly
• Managing recurring responsibilities without repeated instruction
• Establishing better systems when existing processes are…