Controller, Accounting, Financial Compliance

Work Tango is an award-winning Employee Experience platform that helps leaders and organizations improve employee engagement, increase retention, and boost performance while reducing costs with Employee Surveys and Recognition & Rewards software.

Work Tango’s holistic platform offers two distinct, but complementary solutions.

Surveys & Insights makes it easy for organizations to measure engagement and ensure every employee feels heard through unlimited surveys across the entire employee lifecycle. Leaders gain insight into employee sentiment through robust dashboards and insights, and are empowered to drive meaningful change with recommended action plans.

Recognition & Rewards enables organizations to scale and automate manual recognition & rewards practices, track and control costs, and create a continuous culture of appreciation through company-wide recognition.

Work Tango is built for the workplace we all want to be a part of – where teams accomplish great things, achievements are celebrated, and employees have a voice.

Work Tango, a subsidiary of BI WORLDWIDE, is an important part of our global team. We are seeking a Controller to join our organization and contribute to the ongoing success of Work Tango. This role is based at our Minneapolis-area headquarters and offers a hybrid work environment, with three days in the office and two days working remotely each week.

Reporting to the CEO, the Controller leads the company’s aAccounting and financial operations function, with responsibility for financial reporting, technical accounting, internal controls, audit and tax, treasury, and day-to-day financial governance.

The Controller is responsible for ensuring the accuracy and integrity of the company’s financial reporting and compliance with GAAP, while providing technical accounting expertise and senior-level review and oversight of the Accounting function. This role serves as the primary escalation point for non-standard transactions and accounting judgments and manages a team of two.

The Controller will work closely with the parent company’s Finance team, including a dedicated lead budget resource responsible for forecasting, planning, and financial analysis.

The Controller is responsible for financial reporting to the Board and parent company and

special requests from time to time.

• Lead and oversee the accounting function, including revenue, billing, collections, rewards marketplace, payroll, commissions, AP, and monthly close

• Ensure accurate and timely financial reporting in accordance with GAAP

• Provide technical accounting guidance and determine appropriate treatment for non-standard or judgmental transactions

• Review monthly financial results, reconciliations, reporting packages, significant estimates, accruals, and accounting judgments

• Oversee consolidation and general ledger activities and ensure appropriate accounting treatment and documentation

• Review and approve commission and other compensation-related calculations from an accounting and payment perspective

• Own the annual audit and financial statement process, including coordination with external auditors and resolution of accounting matters

• Manage relationships with external tax advisors and oversee tax filings, payments, and compliance requirements

• Ensure compliance with applicable financial reporting requirements and company accounting policies

• Coordinate with the parent company on accounting, audit, tax, and reporting requirements

• Financial Operations, Controls & Governance

• Establish and maintain appropriate financial controls, policies, approval processes, and governance

• Review and approve payments, bills, payroll, tax payments, funding wires, and other significant cash disbursements

• Oversee cash management, banking relationships, banking access, and payment authorities

• Oversee Finance systems, including system administration, access, controls, and process integrity

• Provide financial review of customer and vendor contracts and approve financial/commercial terms as appropriate

• Serve as the senior Accounting escalation point for…