Assistant Controller Waste Industry

Responsible for

• Supporting multiple facilities within an assigned region/territory
• Financial management oversight including general accounting, financial reporting, journal entry preparation, account reconciliation, franchise fee reporting, variance, trend, productivity and profitability analyses
• Business partner and liaison between Corporate Finance/Accounting, ensuring the well-being of the region businesses in close partnership with business leaders
• Evaluation of operating data, detection of business trends, and accurate preparation of financial statements that comply with industry practices, regulatory requirements, and accounting principles
• Budget development, budget forecasting, collections, process improvement, data management, franchise fee evaluation, asset management, proforma development, and merger/acquisition involvement

Essential Job Functions

• Helps direct the financial affairs of the region in connection with regional business leaders, controller, and other corporate leaders
• Manages monthly accounting close, financial reporting, analysis, allocation methodologies and general accounting activities
• Consults with RVP, Regional Controllers and managers in business areas that affect financial performance, including costs, pricing, margin analysis, bad debt review, capital expenditure, reporting and measurement
• Performs timely and insightful analyses (e.g. AR Aging Analysis) and appraises management regarding operating results in terms of costs, budgets, trends, variances, profit improvements and cost reductions
• Analyzes trends and deviations (actual performance to budget plan), monitors spending, cash flow and ROI
• Recommends course correction to enhance profitability as needed
• Ensures compliance in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, corporate finance policies & procedures, internal control processes and established finance reporting requirements
• Schedules, organizes and implements the annual budget process; oversees the maintenance of annual operating and capital budgets to plan
• Provides tax, insurance and other reports required by governmental regulations
• Reviews, develops, analyzes, and interprets financial and budgetary reports
• Presents to management team for review, decision-making and action
• Provides for accurate accounting and consolidation of regional revenues, expenditures, assets and inventory
• Actively uses financial/accounting automation tools (e.g. Solomon, Dossier) to prepare, maintain, derive and share data
• Selects, evaluates and coaches direct reports to ensure dependable and efficient operation of the function
• Ensures integrity of transaction reporting to general ledger and reconciliation of balance sheets on monthly basis
• Helps communicate with external auditors on accounting/financial matters and handles audit responses as dictated to comply with recommendations and related control matters
• Directly handles and/or coordinates 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
• Supports regional/divisional sales efforts by providing insightful profitability, proforma, pricing analyses along with quantitative packaging in support of RFP responses
• Plays active role in merger/acquisition due diligence, data management, proforma development, and post-closing integration
• Identifies and implements cost reduction and profit improvement strategies

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration or related field
• CPA certification preferred
• Minimum 5 years of progressive experience in accounting, finance, or a related field
• Experience in waste management industry is a plus

Skills

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel and PowerPoint
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities effectively
• Knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)

Benefits

Not specified

Pay

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Schedule

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