Experienced Waste Industry Controller - Hattiesburg, Mississippi

Waste Pro USA • Hattiesburg, MS

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About The Position

Join a dynamic & growing team as an Experienced Waste Industry Controller for our Mississippi region. The Controller will be responsible for supporting multiple facilities within an assigned region/territory. This role encompasses a broad base of financial management responsibilities including general accounting, financial reporting, journal entry preparation, account reconciliation, franchise fee reporting, variance, trend, productivity and profitability analyses. As a business partner and liaison between Corporate Finance/Accounting, this position plays a critical function in ensuring the well-being of the regional businesses in close partnership with business leaders. The applied financial, accounting, and economic skills of this individual will allow for evaluation of operating data, detection of business trends, and accurate preparation of financial statements that comply with industry practices, regulatory requirements, and accounting principles. Other duties include budget development, budget forecasting, collections, process improvement, data management, franchise fee evaluation, asset management, proforma development, and merger/acquisition involvement.

Requirements

• BS, BA or BBA Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration.
• Minimum 10 years progressive accounting/financial management experience.
• Minimum of 3 years direct finance/accounting experience within the Waste Industry.
• Comprehensive knowledge of US GAAP.
• Ability to manage complex and dynamic situations requiring a well developed sense of strategic and tactical priorities.
• High degree of autonomy, yet team oriented with ability to work cross-functionally within a matrix organization.
• Proven analytical, negotiation and implementation skills.
• Proficiency with computers, including Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint.
• Applied familiarity with financial/accounting/HRIS software packages/systems (e.g. DSL-Solomon, Dossier, Tower, SAP, Great Plains, PeopleSoft, Ceridian).
• Familiarity and use of Crystal reporting, FRx report writing, ERP tools.
• Demonstrated uncompromising personal integrity and ethics.
• Committed to continuous improvement of quality, quantity and timely project delivery.
• Solid project management, oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to travel 50% primarily within defined geographic territory.

Responsibilities

• Help direct the financial affairs of the region in connection with regional business leaders, controller, and other corporate leaders.
• Manage monthly accounting close, financial reporting, analysis, allocation methodologies and general accounting activities.
• Consult with RVP and managers in business areas that affect financial performance, including costs, pricing, margin analysis, bad debt review, capital expenditure, reporting and measurement.
• Perform timely and insightful analyses (e.g. AR Aging Analysis) and appraise management regarding operating results in terms of costs, budgets, trends, variances, profit improvements and cost reductions.
• Analyze trends and deviations (actual performance to budget plan), monitor spending, cash flow and ROI. Recommend course correction to enhance profitability as needed.
• Ensure compliance in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, corporate finance policies & procedures, internal control processes and established finance reporting requirements.
• Coordinate the preparation, consolidation and analysis of financial data for periodic and annual financial statements, including preparation of charts/graphs showing progress against results.
• Schedule, organize and implement the annual budget process; oversee the maintenance of annual operating and capital budgets to plan.
• Provide tax, insurance and other reports required by governmental regulations.
• Review, develop, analyze, and interpret financial and budgetary reports. Present to management team for review, decision-making and action.
• Provide for accurate accounting and consolidation of regional revenues, expenditures, assets and inventory.
• Actively use financial/accounting automation tools (e.g. Solomon, Dossier) to prepare, maintain, derive and share data.
• Develop and consolidate short and long term plans for operating/capital budgets, business plans, expense forecasting, manpower plans, cost controls and fixed asset controls for the region.
• Select, evaluate and coach direct reports to ensure dependable and efficient operation of the function.
• Ensure integrity of transaction reporting to general ledger and reconciliation of balance sheets on monthly basis.
• Communicate with external auditors on accounting/financial matters and handle audit responses as dictated to comply with recommendations and related control matters.
• Directly handle and/or coordinate activities for a broad range of functions including transaction processing (AR, AP, Payroll), financial reporting, general accounting, fixed assets, tax, LOB statements, risk management, budgeting, financial systems.
• Support regional/divisional sales efforts by providing insightful profitability, proforma, pricing analyses along with quantitative packaging in support of RFP responses.
• Play active role in merger/acquisition due diligence, data management, proforma development, and post-closing integration.
• Identify and implement cost reduction and profit improvement strategies.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Waste Management and Remediation Services
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees