Corporate Controller

Essense of Australia, Inc. • Lenexa, KS

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About The Position

Essense of Australia is an international bridal wholesaler with offices in Lenexa, Kansas; Perth, Australia; and Zug, Switzerland, and operations across the United Kingdom, Europe, Canada, and New Zealand. The Corporate Controller will provide leadership across the organization’s accounting functions, bringing accounting and finance expertise, structure, best practices, and a continuous-improvement mindset to a fast-paced, collaborative environment. The position reports to the Vice President of Accounting and directly manages the Financial Reporting Manager and Treasury Manager, while indirectly overseeing four to six accounting team members.

The role oversees accounting operations and financial reporting, including the close, audits, treasury, compliance, internal controls, tax reporting, and relationships with external financial partners. The Corporate Controller leads and develops the Accounting team, ensures processes and reporting are timely and accurate, and partners with FP&A and other departments on budgets, variances, and corrective actions. The role also leads reporting on financial metrics and KPIs and oversees assigned projects involving accounting systems, software implementation, and analysis.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting.
• At least 10 years of progressively responsible professional accounting experience.
• At least 5 years of accounting management experience.
• ERP experience.
• Well-rounded experience across the full spectrum of accounting functions.
• Strong background in US GAAP technical accounting.
• Experience managing banking relationships, including foreign currency and bank covenants.
• Hands-on approach and willingness to contribute in a project-team environment.
• Experience leading and developing accounting professionals, including coaching managers.
• Ability to take ownership, meet deadlines, and keep the team on track.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and professionalism when representing the company to external partners.
• Strong project management skills, including delivering on time and on budget and flagging risks early.
• Analytical, curious, and strong problem-solving ability.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite.
• Ability and willingness to work outside normal business hours as business needs require.

Nice To Haves

• CPA.
• Experience with NetSuite accounting software.
• International business accounting experience.
• Public accounting experience.

Responsibilities

• Oversee accounting functions, including month-end close, financial analysis, year-end audit, treasury activities, routine bank reporting, insurance matters, and accounting-owned internal processes.
• Manage and direct the Accounting team to ensure timely and accurate financial reporting.
• Maintain internal controls that support accurate and timely reporting, safeguard corporate assets, and ensure corporate policies are followed.
• Keep the company current and compliant with technical accounting matters, including identifying and implementing relevant accounting pronouncements.
• Partner with FP&A to understand budget-to-actual accounting coding and document variance analysis.
• Hire, train, coach, and motivate the Accounting team, ensuring members have the skills and resources needed to perform their work.
• Monitor productivity, performance, and workloads; rebalance work and anticipate staffing needs as the company grows.
• Provide senior-level oversight of financial, 401(k) plan, and bank audits, as well as covenant reporting.
• Oversee global tax reporting and compliance.
• Maintain external relationships with banks, credit institutions, insurance brokers, vendors, and auditors.
• Oversee approval and processing of revenue and expenditures and associated financial reporting, including general ledger maintenance and management and executive reports.
• Lead financial close and reporting, monitor budget variances with FP&A, and work with departments to obtain explanations and establish corrective actions.
• Develop and maintain reporting on financial metrics and KPIs for management and executive leadership.
• Oversee ad hoc projects assigned by the Vice President of Accounting, including accounting systems, software implementation, and in-depth analysis.

Benefits

• Competitive salaries.
• Comprehensive benefits package.
• Opportunity for exceptional team members to grow with the company.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior