Financial Operations Controller

Summary/Objective

The role of the Finance Operations Controller is to lead the development of increasingly efficient and impactful processes that support the business financial needs and to improve linkages between operational drivers and the financials, KPIs, bridging results, forecasting, and budgeting efficiency. This role will partner cross-functionally with Finance, Sales Operations and Operations to create a true partnership across the functions.

• Partner with Operations and Finance teams to lead development of increasingly efficient and impactful processes that support business financial needs such as improved linkages between operational drivers and the financials, KPIs, bridging results, forecasting, and budgeting efficiency.
• Full knowledge of the P&L and FP&A skill set including budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, and reporting.
• Advanced financial modeling skills, including creating financial statements.
• Analyze and perform due diligence on new business opportunities.
• Identify, resolve, or provide guidance on the resolution of complex data integrity issues while improving controls to address financial risk and support frugality.
• Manage financial analysis process and develop appropriate key business metrics to measure growth, profitability, expense control, and productivity.
• Produce and analyze monthly financial and productivity results to identify issues and opportunities for improvement, collaborates with Operations and Sales Operations teams to analyze and propose potential solutions to drive improved business results.
• Use analytical approaches and modeling to develop innovative, high value-added financial information for the management team to make strategic and key financial decisions.
• Educating business partners on financial and non-financial trade-offs while making thoughtful judgement calls in ambiguous environments where there may be scarcity of data points.
• Perform financial planning and budgeting of operations costs, oversight of controls, and managing risk in order to develop exceptional financial and operations results.
• Prepare cost benefit models for new capex projects, track and analyze spend and ROI performance vs plan.
• Assist with month-end close, prepare journal entries including accurate accrual and true-up accounting.
• Achieve financial goals through effective business analysis, financial planning, cost management, and execution of earnings driven initiatives.
• Publish periodic financial reports, including operational performance metrics, and overhead cost management, to provide leadership with visibility.
• Perform analytical reviews of financial information to identify trends and opportunities, recommend improvements to drive cost efficiencies in balance with operational needs and capabilities.
• Participate in special projects as needed, including process improvement and financial tools development and implementation.
• Support implementations of various systems as needed.
• Work collaboratively with cross functional teams.
• Complete ad hoc assignments as needed.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Ability to read and interpret financial documents.
• Ability to communicate complex data/analysis and financial concepts to non-financial personnel.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of employees or leadership.
• Ability to effectively multi-task multiple priorities.

No Direct Reports

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, and photocopiers.

While performing the duties of this position, the candidate is routinely required and expected to talk and hear. The employee is frequently asked to stand, walk, and reach out using arms and legs.

This is a full-time position with a minimum of 40 hours per…