Corporate Controller

Rapidly growing retailer headquartered in St. Louis with dozens of locations throughout Missouri is seeking a high-performing Controller to join their winning team. The Controller will report to the CFO, manage the accounting staff, and have full responsibilities for month-end close and financial reporting. The ideal candidate will be a CPA or CMA (preferred, not required), have 7-12 years of full-cycle accounting and financial reporting experience (including full balance sheet and P&L), at least 2 years of people management experience, strong general ledger systems knowledge, superb organization and project management skills, and experience accounting for at least a moderately complex company (i.e., multi-site, multi-entity consolidations).

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• General ledger maintenance
• Drive the month-end close process, consistently looking for ways to improve controls, accuracy and timeliness
• Generate monthly financial statements (P&L, Balance Sheet, Cashflows) and provide variance analysis for CFO and CEO
• Manage, lead, and develop accounting staff, evaluating employee performance and providing real time coaching
• Accountable for timely and accurate oversight of accounts receivable and accounts payable
• Oversee month-end inventory inputs, investigate variances / review the resulting adjustments
• Monitor the company’s financial reports and determine ways to reduce costs
• Implement policies and procedures for financial reporting
• Provide objective, accurate and timely data to assist leadership with important financial decisions
• Play a central role in the coordination of internal and external audits, turning results into actionable insights and robust controls
• Investigate discrepancies and implement procedures to remedy incorrect transactions
• Ad-hoc financial requests at the direction of the executive team, as needed

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelors in Accounting: Master’s or MBA preferred
• CPA or CMA license preferred
• 7 years’ full-cycle accounting experience required
• Public accounting or retail industry experience preferred
• Smaller, high-growth company experience preferred
• Multi-site, multi-entity company requiring consolidations for financial reporting highly preferred
• General ledger / ERP system integration / implementation experience strongly preferred
• Acquisitions integrations experience highly preferred