Overview

Controller Jobs in Philippines at Essentia, Inc.

Title: Controller

Company: Essentia, Inc.

Location: Philippines

The Company

Essentia, Inc. is a leader in the US telecommunications infrastructure space. Essentia offers design, engineering, and construction services to business and government entities, with a focus on designing and constructing fiber-optic networks.

Essentia has been operating since 2003 and will have gross revenues of approximately $20M in 2024. The company is preparing for dramatic growth in the core business as well as positioning itself to capitalize on adjacent market opportunities, both vertical and horizontal. Essentia is seeking to build out a robust finance and accounting function to support that growth.

If you are an intelligent, dynamic, and experienced accounting professional who wants to be a part of a great team and an incredible growth story, come join our finance and accounting team.

The Opportunity

The Controller will have ownership of accounting and related activities for Essentia and related entities. This may include, but is not limited to, the following activities:

  • Month-end accounting and close process for multiple entities as needed.
  • Preparation of monthly standard financial statements for multiple entities as needed.
  • Preparation of monthly financial results and analysis decks for senior management and board.
  • Preparation of entity-level financial statements or other reports as needed to support. Essentia’s state (and federal) licensing and tax requirements.
  • Reporting and analysis required to comply with external financing covenants and restrictions (partner with FP&A as needed).
  • Audit oversight, including owning the relationship with Essentia’s external auditor, and preparation or acquisition of supporting materials requested by the external auditor to complete the annual audit, financial statements, and notes/disclosures (partner with external CPA).
  • Tax management and compliance, owning the relationship with BMG’s external tax preparer/advisor, and related activities, such as filing tax returns, making annual/quarterly federal and state tax payments, 1099’s, interfacing with federal/state taxing authorities as needed (partner with external CPA).
  • Oversight and execution of Essentia’s financial control environment, including setting up, refreshing, and maintaining monthly Balance Sheet account reconciliations and subledgers, creation and/or revision of process, policy, and procedures documents to support business, accounting, and financial activities, and other controls as needed.
  • Cash management, including customer billing and collections management, monitoring/approving vendor payments and other cash transactions, cash flow forecasting, (partner with FP&A, Treasury, and Operations).
  • Ad-hoc reporting, analysis, and admin activities as needed.

Although the responsibilities of the position may include any of the activities listed above, initially the focus of the position will be very process and control oriented, with near-term activities focused on internal process review, documentation, analysis, risk assessment, and control recommendations and implementation, as well as Balance Sheet management, reconciliation, and controls.

The Candidate

The ideal candidate for this position will have the following qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance, Master’s degree preferred.
  • Current CPA license or equivalent;
  • 10+ years of experience in accounting, preferably in the telecom or construction industry, ideally in multiple progressive roles to demonstrate breadth and depth of experience; Public Accounting (Big 4 or equivalent) experience is preferred, but not required;
  • Strong knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), and demonstrated ability to seek out, identify, and apply current accounting guidance to real-world business situations;
  • Demonstrated ability to work with accounting software applications, experience with Sage Intacct is preferred, but not required;
  • Proficiency/expertise in MS Office applications, including Excel, PowerPoint, and Word (experience with Vizio is a plus);
  • Experience with project-level accounting, reporting, and analysis is a strong plus;
  • Knowledge and experience with Business Intelligence (BI) tools is a plus;
  • Demonstrated analytical ability, particularly in analyzing and reconciling financial statements and investigating anomalies and/or variances in financial results;
  • Strong process and control orientation, with experience reviewing, documenting, analyzing, and improving key processes and controls;
  • Excellent communication skills, including both oral and written, with ability to convey key messages clearly and concisely to all levels of constituents;
  • Professional demeanor and presence, self-starter, willingness/ability to work with limited direction, takes pride in producing quality outputs, willing to “roll up sleeves” to get work done as needed;
  • Professional discretion and ability to maintain confidentiality is critical.

The Particulars

The Controller reports directly to the Essentia Chief Financial Officer (CFO). This position will initially have no direct reports but will work closely with others who are currently involved in the daily, weekly monthly, and annual accounting activities.

Essentia is a virtual company, so this position may be located wherever the best candidate may reside and adequate connectivity exists.

A competitive compensation package will be offered, and depending on market of hire.

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