Accounting Manager/Controller

SR FINANCIAL CONSULTANT

Requirements:
Seek Accounting manager/controller level contractor
12+ years financial analysis and general accounting experience, prior experience in public accounting, or public company
Bachelors degree required; prefer CPA/CIA/or CMA certification
Excellent communication skills.
Will be supporting the Company HR Controller, CFO and Deputy Controller
Advanced knowledge (broad expertise or unique knowledge) of policies, practices and systems.
Develops advanced concepts, techniques, and standards.
Develops new applications based on professional principles and theories.
Must understand SOX in HR environment, controls, project work;
Preparation of footnotes - GAAP - SOX controls -
Management experience would be helpful
Applies advanced principles, theories, and concepts.
Requires a high level of judgment and risk taking to make appropriate decisions for diverse, sophisticated, and undefined issues.
Requires significantly complex decision-making.

Description:
Reviews and analyzes submitted budget/forecast data for completeness, changes in trend, and drivers of change.
Designs effective processes to track financial performance against expectations, including early red flags to identify potential shortfalls
Oversees analysis of planned financial objectives and identifies corrective actions.
Partners with key leaders to shift (or maintain) direction.
Acts as a proactive partner to insure business objectives are achieved in a financially efficient manner.
Reviews and presents the financial information to key leaders - identifying key messages, risks, and opportunities.
Continuously forecasts the progress and momentum in key operations against planned objectives.
Handle all phases of projects assigned including client meetings, analysis, presentations
Lead the process to streamline, refine and improve the budget/forecast/reporting processes
Works cross-functionally to help insure planning processes are consistent, and properly support the development of National Functions organizations individually and as an organization.
Ensures integrity of measurement and control processes and all financial and reporting statements.
Responsibilities impact the achievement of integrated functional and company objectives.
Influences the development of the functional and company objectives.
Involves a high degree of interpretation and analysis of obscure or inconclusive data.
Develops solutions to problems of unusual complexity, which require a high degree of ingenuity and innovation, using independent judgment to accomplish objectives.
Requires in-depth analysis to develop and implement unprecedented solutions for more complex problems.
Requires the exchange of complex information.
Must gain cooperation and acceptance/approval in resolving problems, and/or negotiating with other parties to arrive at an agreement
Works under consultative direction toward predetermined long-range goals and objectives.
Review and analysis of key events by senior management are critical to the completion and attainment of objectives and Goals
Provides performance input and recommendations to management for development/training plans and/or performance reviews.
May have formal supervisory responsibilities.