Controller
Remote
Full Time
Experienced
Lighthouse Lab Services is the nation's premier medical laboratory consulting, management, and recruiting company with a collaborative team of scientists, consultants, and industry experts.
We are looking for a Controller to join our Accounting & Finance team! This is a primarily remote (work from home) opportunity with minimum travel. Candidates in North Carolina, South Carolina, or Tennessee states are preferred given proximity to our headquarters in Charlotte, NC.
Salary range of $150,000 - $190,000 is budgeted based on education and experience.
Position Summary:
The Controller will report directly to the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and will work closely with the CFO to impact the strategic direction of the company. The Controller is an operational leader who exhibits a high level of professionalism and partners with operations to evaluate business practices and ensure financial efficiencies and to ensure internal controls are in place and effective.
As a key member of the finance team, the Controller is responsible for leading the daily finance team operations including global financial reporting, revenue recognition, billing, accounts receivable, accounts payable, payroll, general ledger reconciliation, project-based accounting and work-in-progress, treasury, tax, and project analysis. The Controller is also responsible for establishing and maintaining the appropriate accounting procedures and internal controls to ensure timely and accurate financial reporting in accordance with GAAP.
The ideal candidate will have proven experience leading, motivating and developing team members with a culture of continuous process improvement. The Controller must have a strong attention to detail and excellent communication skills.
Qualifications:
Basic Duties include, but not limited to:
It is the policy of Lighthouse Lab Services to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. Lighthouse Lab Services is committed to working and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals of all abilities, including persons with disabilities. If at any time during the application process, you need an accommodation, please contact [email protected] for assistance.
Lighthouse Lab Services | 800-838-0602 | lighthouselabservices.com
We are looking for a Controller to join our Accounting & Finance team! This is a primarily remote (work from home) opportunity with minimum travel. Candidates in North Carolina, South Carolina, or Tennessee states are preferred given proximity to our headquarters in Charlotte, NC.
Salary range of $150,000 - $190,000 is budgeted based on education and experience.
Position Summary:
The Controller will report directly to the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and will work closely with the CFO to impact the strategic direction of the company. The Controller is an operational leader who exhibits a high level of professionalism and partners with operations to evaluate business practices and ensure financial efficiencies and to ensure internal controls are in place and effective.
As a key member of the finance team, the Controller is responsible for leading the daily finance team operations including global financial reporting, revenue recognition, billing, accounts receivable, accounts payable, payroll, general ledger reconciliation, project-based accounting and work-in-progress, treasury, tax, and project analysis. The Controller is also responsible for establishing and maintaining the appropriate accounting procedures and internal controls to ensure timely and accurate financial reporting in accordance with GAAP.
The ideal candidate will have proven experience leading, motivating and developing team members with a culture of continuous process improvement. The Controller must have a strong attention to detail and excellent communication skills.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Accounting or Finance, required
- Certified Professional Accountant (CPA), required
- 5+ years of previous experience in a Controller or senior executive finance role
- 10+ years of experience in finance and managing a team
- Previous experience working in Public Accounting and for a private equity owned company, required
- Netsuite experience preferred
- Proven Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) knowledge
- Accessing internal controls and improving them
- Proven success with acquisitions and financial integrations required
- Project-based accounting; understanding of work in progress highly preferred
- Staffing business, mixed-assets, or other billable hour-based business highly preferred
- Inventory, laboratory, life sciences and pharmaceutical CRO business experience preferred
- Ability to lead and facilitate the initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, and completion of projects
- Possesses attributes of a strong team player, including being accountable, humble (sharing how the team supported or owning a mistake), hardworking, and people smart
- Maintains a calm and professional demeanor when dealing with difficult situations
- Manages multiple competing priorities on a regular basis without sacrificing the ability to deliver results in a timely and accurate manner
- Solid experience supervising staff and working collaboratively in a team environment
- Experience managing implementation of new systems, software and working with IT staff
- Excellent analytic and abstract reasoning, problem-solving and organizational skills
- Highly effective communicator (up, across, down) both written and orally
- Demonstrates a “can do” attitude and willing to take responsibility
- Demonstrates a keen eye for attention to detail and accuracy
Basic Duties include, but not limited to:
- Supervise all North American financial reporting functions, including the monthly general ledger close, account reconciliations, financial statement preparation, and financial forecasting, to ensure timely and accurate delivery of period end results
- Lead the budgeting and forecasting process, including the gathering of necessary data, development of supporting models, collaborating with the business units to develop assumptions and drive targets, and consolidating and communicating results
- Establish revenue recognition policies and procedures that are operationally efficient and technically sound
- Ensure that the company complies with all financial, legal and regulatory (tax and 401k) requirements, including quarterly and annual debt covenants
- Actively manage the company cash balances and produce weekly, monthly and quarterly cash forecasts
- Maintain, create, and improve the financial review and analysis of trends in key performance indicators for period-end reporting
- Support the CFO and other senior leadership team members in preparing, analyzing, and packaging data in presentation format for executive leadership team meetings and board meetings
- Work with the CFO on the evaluation of various acquisition targets, financial consolidations, and integrations of multiple acquisitions, identify synergies and implement best practices across the consolidated group
- Develop financial models and analysis to support strategic initiatives and acquisition strategies
- Function as primary point of contact for the annual audits, tax return preparation, and employee benefit plan annual compliance work
- Monitor risk management policies and procedures to ensure that organizational risks are minimized
- Salary Range of $150,000 - $190,000
- Medical, Vision, and Dental benefit offerings
- Discretionary Paid Time Off plan
- 10 Paid Holidays
- 401(k) retirement plan with up to 4% Company match
- Company-provided group life + AD&D, short and long-term disability insurance
- Paid Volunteer Time Off
- Partially Paid Medical Leave / Paid Parental Leave
It is the policy of Lighthouse Lab Services to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. Lighthouse Lab Services is committed to working and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals of all abilities, including persons with disabilities. If at any time during the application process, you need an accommodation, please contact [email protected] for assistance.
Lighthouse Lab Services | 800-838-0602 | lighthouselabservices.com
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