Controller

We are seeking a skilled Controller to join our team. The ideal candidate will oversee all financial aspects of the organization and play a key role in strategic decision-making.

Responsibilities:

• Overall responsibility for financial reporting, systems, and control to ensure complete, accurate, and timely reporting in accordance with GAAP and regulatory requirements.
• Analyze and provide monthly reports to the Senior Leadership Team on time to assess performance and make recommendations for overall improvement and financial corporate strategies.
• Analyze and report on a quarterly basis to financial institutions the business results strictly on time.
• Ensure the analysis of financial statements, including accounts reconciliations and variance analysis/cash flows and “what if” scenarios to provide specific tactical and strategic advice and direction.
• Lead annual business planning process including cash-flow requirements necessary to implement an operating plan and annual/quarterly forecast and product gross margins.
• Prepare consolidated (SpaceBridge Inc. and subsidiaries) financial reports (Income Statement, Balance Sheet, Cash used in Operations), budgets, cash-flow, cost, and gross margins reports on a monthly basis and on a standalone (SpaceBridge Inc.) basis quarterly.
• On a monthly basis supervise banking reconciliations and provide the borrowing certificates to the bank.
• Maintain a good relationship with external financial partners and communicate and regularly update the executive team on these relationships.
• Participate in the Go-No-Go proposal meetings and provide leadership to internal customers with respect to financial issues: profitability of proposals and operational strategies.
• Implement strategies to effectively manage working capital, treasury, and FX exposure, including hedging.
• Partner with functional leaders in establishing budgets and driving cross-functional initiatives to constantly improve financial performance; working with company managers to establish/monitor and act on Key Performance Indicators, such as operating ratios along with DPO, DRO, etc.
• Maintain and improve high standards of reporting, as well as accounting records, activities, and controls.
• Maintain high-level security of customer and client accounts.
• Review and perform ongoing analysis of the business and operations, identify risk areas, and recommend/take measures to implement corrective actions and maintain safeguards from omissions, material errors, and fraud.
• Manage the Finance/Accounting team, including hiring, training and development, performance review, motivation, and retention of staff.
• Manage annual FS and tax audits conducted by third-party auditors to ensure timely and on-budget completion.
• Maintain accurate reporting on product costing and margins. Establish the cost of finished goods using OH cost, labor, and raw materials.
• Identify and implement requisite controls, internal audits, and accounting procedures to support the financial system, operational processes, and procedures to increase productivity.
• Coordinate and lead the Annual Physical Inventory and Cycle Count Activities.
• Be the link with the IT department for accounting applications.

Skills & Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Accounting, or Finance; and CPA
• Minimum 3-5 years of progressive financial leadership experience in manufacturing and worldwide sales; comprehensive knowledge of GAAP (including IFRS and ASPE), and regulatory requirements
• Knowledge and experience dealing with international financial transactions such as letters of credit, bonds, etc.
• Excellent knowledge of costing.
• Experience in the High Tech industry dealing with banks, financial institutions, and investors.
• Experience in auditing
• Strong communication skills including clear and concise presentation skills
• Proven success in analyzing business operations with a positive bottom-line impact
• Energetic and inquisitive: self-starter and creative approach to your work
• Take-charge personality, professional ethics, critical and analytic mindset
• Flexible and team-oriented