Senior Director, Controller

US Health Connect • Fort Washington, PA

12d • Onsite

About The Position

Looking for a career that challenges you, fosters growth, and recognizes your contributions—all while keeping things fun? At US HealthConnect (USH), we don’t just talk about our core values, we live them. With one of the industry’s highest employee retention rates, and a rapidly growing portfolio of healthcare clients and services, USH is a place where careers take root and thrive. As a leader in medical education, healthcare publishing, and pharmaceutical marketing services, we deliver relevant, practical information to healthcare professionals worldwide. We are currently seeking a talented Senior Director, Controller to join our Finance team in our Fort Washington office. This position has full responsibility for all day-to-day accounting operations, producing the monthly financial statements, and requires a deep expertise in full-cycle record to report process as well as order to revenue to cash. The Controller will report to the SVP Finance and support senior management in the achievement of the Company’s goals. A successful candidate will combine excellent analytical skills with a thorough knowledge of accounting principles to ensure timely and accurate monthly reporting in accordance with US GAAP, as well as issuance of relevant business KPIs to help guide the business. This role must maintain strong working relationships cross-functionally with department / division leaders, employees, and external partners. Experience at a private equity or venture-backed high-growth start-up and/or pharmaceutical industry a plus. A CPA is a requirement.

Requirements

• Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance
• 10 to 15 years of experience in a finance or accounting leadsership position
• Comprehensive understanding of US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
• High growth experience strongly preferred and deep expertise in:
• Purchase Price Accounting
• General Accounting (GL)
• Transactional Accounting (AP/AR) and Accounting Policies
• Fixed Assets and Project Accounting
• Financial Reporting/Power BI
• ERP Systems
• Tax
• Advanced proficiency in NetSuite
• Proven experience designing, creating or implementing financial systems
• Proven ability to implement, drive, improve and lead corporate accounting processes and procedures

Nice To Haves

• Experience with private equity or venture capital backed portfolio companies preferred
• Professional written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills; ability to motivate teams to produce quality materials while managing competing priorities within tight deadlines; participate in and facilitate group meetings; ability to work under pressure while maintaining perspective on end result
• Proficient with technology; knowledge of automated financial and accounting reporting systems
• Leader by example. Experience building high performance teams.
• Tenacious, can-do attitude.

Responsibilities

• Directly responsible for all accounting systems and functions
• Mentor and develop the accounting team, manage appropriate delegation and allocation of workload, proactively anticipate and effectively resolve problems
• Ultimately design, establish and maintain accounting team organizational structure and staffing
• Effectively execute accounting functions while leading continuous improvement initiatives within the accounting function
• Lead the monthly and quarterly close process and perform/oversee month-end journals and associated balance sheet account reconciliations
• Assist in the preparation of monthly income statement analysis schedules for senior management
• Oversight for timely invoicing and collections process ensuring best in class order to cash process
• Oversight of the procure to pay process ensuring accurate recording of purchases
• Lead the revenue recognition process and compliance including appropriate system set up
• Deliver knowledge and insight into technical accounting issues and train direct reports on complex issues as needed
• Lead monthly, quarterly, annual and statutory financial reporting
• Deliver accounting and financial reporting requirements consistent with a private equity-backed company
• Assist in Company’s budgeting and planning process for the areas that fall within the accounting function
• Integrate acquisitions into current ERP system
• Responsible for Accounting Compliance including Debt, Foreign Statutory requirements, Tax Compliance
• Develop and implement effective accounting policies, procedures and internal controls
• Develop and implement process improvements that create efficiency in the monthly close processes
• Lead ERP optimization for ongoing systems and process refinement
• Publish and help drive daily cash flow via net working capital metrics, capex planning and tax activity

Benefits

• Along with a competitive salary and benefits package, we offer a modern working environment that supports work/life balance.
• We value hard work and a positive, can-do attitude, and in return, we foster a fun, friendly, and team-oriented culture.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 51-100 employees