Financial Controller

Role Family:  Finance & Controlling (3.1)

Overall Role Purpose:  Directs the accounting activities of a business unit. Recommends and interprets accounting and financial strategies and implements accounting principles, objectives, and policies. Assumes primary responsibility for managing the business unit’s month-end and year-end reporting and other management reporting. Prepares and delivers reports that summarize current and budgeted business unit activity and financial position in areas of income, expenses, and earnings based on past, present, and expected operations. Works closely with senior management on budgeting, evaluating key business and strategic opportunities, and identifying and implementing cost-based initiatives.

Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities:  

Technology: Leverages technology to develop and implement accounting and reporting controls and processes. Understands and applies a variety of financial desktop tools to support financial analysis.

People: Provides management with timely reviews of the organization's financial status and progress in its various programs and activities. Interacts with management team on a proactive basis to provide insight and decision-making support. Educates other team members on financial and shareholder value-added concepts, as well as tools and models that can improve accounting and financial management decision-making.

Customer: Establishes relationships with banks, public accountants, and other financial institutions. Provides financial reporting and analysis support to internal and external clients.

Business: Oversees functional accounting activities and a ssumes accountability for all financial and cost accounting, recording and reporting, leases, and capital accounting. Identifies, monitors, and reports incidences of capital expenditures, financial implications of project variances, instances of contract amendments, and agreements for additional services. Directs internal and external revenue and systems audits.

<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Financial: <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Directs preparation of budgets, reviews budget proposals, and prepares necessary supporting documentation and justification. Directs determination of depreciation rates to apply to capital assets. Advises management on desirable operational adjustments due to tax code revisions. Advises management about protection against property losses and potential liabilities.

<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Typical Outputs and Deliverables: 
 * <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Accounting Policies/Procedures
 * <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Business Unit Budgets
 * <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Financial Forecasts