Controller

About the role

Fiske Electric has an opening for a Controller to join our family business. The successful candidate will oversee typical Controller functions, including cash management, financial reporting and analysis, outside reporting, coordination with our external CPA partners, taxes, insurance, claims, licenses, support to management, and direction of our outsourced HR, payroll, and benefits solutions. In addition, our Controller will be part of the leadership team, helping us understand the financial aspects of the strategic decisions we will make.

Responsibilities

• Oversee cash management
• Manage financial reporting and analysis
• Handle outside reporting
• Coordinate with external CPA partners
• Oversee taxes, insurance, claims, and licenses
• Provide support to management
• Direct outsourced HR, payroll, and benefits solutions
• Participate as a member of the leadership team
• Help leadership understand financial aspects of strategic decisions

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting
• Approximately 5 years of experience as a Controller in a family business (experience in the trades preferred)
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to influence optimal outcomes with or without line authority
• Proven strengths in managing and mentoring others
• Expertise in cloud-based accounting platforms, ERPs, and office software
• Ability to instill confidence in the owner, the family, the leadership, team members, vendors, partners, and all who transact business with Fiske Electric

About you

This will not be the right opportunity for those who:

• Do not understand the dynamics of working in a multigenerational family business that honors the past, gets the optimal outcome in the present, and plans for the next generation
• Like to say "no" a lot, rather than having a curiosity about what the future could hold paired with the ability to explain how
• Expect a lot of direction as the impetus to figure out what needs to be done
• Aren't good at explaining complex accounting and financial matters without sounding like a complex accounting or financial person
• Don't know how to be appropriately assertive while not getting their feelings hurt by others who are being appropriately assertive
• Can't anticipate the unspoken and often unanticipated future needs of business owners, family members, management, and team

Pay

Expected Base Pay - $120,000 - 140,000, plus performance-based bonus

Schedule

This is a full-time, in-office position