Controller

Controller Position

SumBridge is hiring a Controller for our Renton-based corporate client. The Controller will be responsible for the overall financial and accounting tasks for the company including oversight of a small, but high achieving team. The Controller will be a key part of the successful operations of this company. This role offers growth opportunity, a wide variety of tasks and responsibilities, and market stability. This role is onsite during training and will provide opportunity for flexible hours and schedule once fully functional in the role. This organization provides competitive compensation, along with excellent benefits, including 100% paid healthcare for the employee and dependents, competitive time off, and retirement plan, and more.

Job Responsibilities:

• Maintains and enforces a documented system of accounting policies and procedures
• Manage outsourced functions
• Oversee the operations of the accounting department, including the design of an organizational structure adequate for achieving the department's goals and objectives
• Oversee the accounting operations of subsidiary corporations, especially their control systems, transaction-processing operations, and policies and procedures
• Ensure that accounts payable are paid in a timely manner
• Ensure that all reasonable discounts are taken on accounts payable
• Ensure that accounts receivable are collected promptly
• Process payroll in a timely manner
• Ensure that periodic bank reconciliations are completed
• Ensure that required debt payments are made on a timely basis
• Maintain the chart of accounts
• Maintain an orderly accounting filing system
• Maintain a system of controls over accounting transactions
• Issue timely and complete financial statements
• Coordinate the preparation of the corporate annual report
• Recommend benchmarks against which to measure the performance of company operations
• Calculate and issue financial and operating metrics
• Manage the production of the annual budget and forecasts
• Calculate variances from the budget and report significant issues to management
• Provide for a system of management cost reports
• Provide financial analyses as needed, in particular for capital investments, pricing decisions, and contract negotiations
• Coordinate the provision of information to external auditors for the annual audit
• Monitor debt levels and compliance with debt covenants
• Comply with local, state, and federal government reporting requirements and tax filings

Job Qualifications:

• Possess Bachelor's degree in accounting or business administration, or equivalent business experience
• 10 years of progressive responsibilities
• Supervisory and leadership experience desirable (will manage a team of 2)
• Working knowledge of information systems components and structure
• Advanced Excel skills and general Office applications.
• Experience with ERP system management preferred
• Experience with financial reporting
• Must be capable of working both independently and collaboratively
• Must approach work with a customer service oriented perspective
• Possess excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Have prior experience with process improvement and process automation