Controller

Financial Controller

Work with people who do what they love and love where they do it. GPA Consulting, a multidisciplinary firm that specializes in historic preservation, environmental planning, and biology studies, is looking for a qualified Financial Controller to join our diverse team of highly skilled professionals. If you love numbers and share our determination to deliver exceptional service to our clients, then we would like to hear from you.

 What You’ll Be Doing

• Manage accounting operations and staff including Billing, Accounts Receivable, Account Payable, Payroll, Time/Expense Software
• Prepare and publish timely monthly financial statements
• Coordinate the preparation of regulatory reporting
• Issue timely and complete financial statements
• Research technical accounting issues for compliance
• Support month-end and year-end close process
• Ensure quality control over financial transactions and financial reporting
• Manage and comply with local, state, and federal government reporting requirements and tax filings
• Develop and document business processes and accounting policies to maintain and strengthen internal controls
• Ensure that accounts payable are paid in a timely manner and 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 and system of controls over accounting transactions
• Recommend benchmarks against which to measure the performance of company operations
• Calculate and issue financial and operating metrics
• Calculate variances from the budget and report significant issues to management
• 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 filing

Minimum Requirements

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Business Administration, or a closely related field
• 10 years of experience of combined accounting and progressively responsible finance experience for a company with more than 10 employees or in a division of a large corporation. An advanced degree in Accounting may substitute for two years of accounting experience.
• Preferred experience with Deltek Software expertise- Ajera or Vision
• Attention to detail, organized thinking, and the ability to be flexible
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team
• Demonstrated ability to follow directions and learn quickly
• Must exhibit strong written and verbal communication skills

Marginal Job Functions

• May answer company telephone and redirect calls.
• May run job-related errands such as dropping or picking up copies and deliveries or necessary project supplies.
• Assist with maintaining a clean office environment.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Proven working experience as a Financial controller
• Thorough knowledge of accounting principles and procedures
• Experience with creating financial statements
• Experience with general ledger functions and the month-end/year end close process
• Excellent accounting software user and administration skill
• Mastery of accounting software
• Proficient in working with Microsoft Office (Excel, Word)

General Requirements

• Must be organized and efficient with time management
• Must be very flexible, willing to switch tasks often and maintain a high level of availability
• Must have excellent interpersonal skills, and the ability to work well with all levels of internal management and staff, as well as outside clients, vendors and friends of GPA
• Must be trustworthy
• Must be able to follow directions and learn quickly
• Must have a reliable mode of transportation, and valid California Driver’s License and Automobile Insurance and be a driver in good standing with the California Department of Motor Vehicles
• Sufficient physical ability and mobility to work in an office setting; to stand or sit for prolonged periods of time; to occasionally stoop, bend, kneel, crouch, reach, and twist; to lift; carry, push, and/or pull light to moderate amounts of weight; to operate office equipment requiring repetitive hand movement and coordination including use of a computer keyboard
• Must be able to multi task and work amid frequent interruptions

*GPA Consulting is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate anyone based on race, color, creed, gender, religion, marital status, registered domestic partner status, age, national origin or ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition sex, genetic information, sexual orientation, veteran status or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state or local laws. Further, GPA does not discriminate based on the perception that anyone has any of those characteristics or is associated with a person who has or is perceived as having any of those characteristics.

Salary : $100,000 - $125,000