As an Assistant Controller, your essential job responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Manage Accountants and various other accounting personnel
• Review bank reconciliations and oversee their preparation.
• Review General Ledger (GL) account reconciliations and oversee their preparation
• Review HR related journal entries and allocations for payroll and benefits
• Be capable of preparing timely and complete financial statements (GAAP).
• Oversee the accounting and financial reporting integration of acquired companies, including:
  • Mapping acquired GL chart of accounts with parent GL chart of accounts
  • Determine the appropriate Agency configuration in agency management system that supports both operations and valuable financial reporting
  • Set up or maintain acquired bank accounts and integrate banking needs with existing bank relationships and accounts when possible
  • Ensure accurate and consistent financial reporting
  • Understanding all tax requirements and deadlines
  • Manage and execute all post close purchase agreement requirements
  • Calculation and reporting of seller earn outs
• Coordinate provision of information to external auditors for annual audits.
• Assist in all year-end processes including estimates, allocations, and the timely closing of pre and final books.
• Work to find better processes; streamline procedures and work to remove unnecessary waste.
• Complete special projects as assigned.

• Two to Five years of similar or related experience required
• Systems skills preferred – Applied Epic, SAP Concur
• Experience with MS Office products preferred, specifically Excel, Outlook, and Word, Excel
• Bachelor’s Degree Required
• Must have strong communication skills, including courtesy, tact, and diplomacy with all internal and external customers.

This Job Description is not a complete statement of all duties and responsibilities comprising this position.

The IMA Financial Group, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics.  In addition to federal law requirements, The IMA Financial Group, Inc. complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities.  

We’ve built a reputation for putting our associates first

What if we told you that you could be an integral part of an entrepreneurial, expanding company, develop lasting relationships, earn competitive benefits, plus claim part ownership? It’s this unique ownership business model that makes working at IMA so appealing.

We work in teams. We sell in teams. We win and prosper as a team

We provide support systems and resources that enable each of our associates to focus on what they do best. And as an independent company based in the Midwest, we’re big enough to write business all over the world and small enough to implement your ideas quickly.
We are recognized nationally as a leader in our industry.

• 2020 Business Insurance Magazine Best Places to Work in Insurance
• 2018 Dallas Business Journal Best Places to Work
• 2016 Fortune's Top 50 Workplaces for Parents
• 2014 Business Insurance Magazine Best Places to Work in Insurance, 6th Place nationwide, Medium Employer category
• 2014 Dallas Business Journal’s Healthiest Employer Finalist
• 2011 – 2013 Healthiest Employers in North Texas Award Dallas Business Journal
• 2014 Kansas City Business Journal’s Healthiest Employer Finalist
• 2013 Kansas City Business Journal’s Healthiest Employer Honoree
• 2015 CoBiz Best of Colorado
• 2014 Colorado Biz Magazine Colorado's "Perk"iest Companies

What You’ll Do

As an Assistant Controller, your essential job responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Manage Accountants and various other accounting personnel
• Review bank reconciliations and oversee their preparation.
• Review General Ledger (GL) account reconciliations and oversee their preparation
• Review HR related journal entries and allocations for payroll and benefits
• Be capable of preparing timely and complete financial statements (GAAP).
• Oversee the accounting and financial reporting integration of acquired companies, including:
  • Mapping acquired GL chart of accounts with parent GL chart of accounts
  • Determine the appropriate Agency configuration in agency management system that supports both operations and valuable financial reporting
  • Set up or maintain acquired bank accounts and integrate banking needs with existing bank relationships and accounts when possible
  • Ensure accurate and consistent financial reporting
  • Understanding all tax requirements and deadlines
  • Manage and execute all post close purchase agreement requirements
  • Calculation and reporting of seller earn outs
• Coordinate provision of information to external auditors for annual audits.
• Assist in all year-end processes including estimates, allocations, and the timely closing of pre and final books.
• Work to find better processes; streamline procedures and work to remove unnecessary waste.
• Complete special projects as assigned.

You Should Have:

• Two to Five years of similar or related experience required
• Systems skills preferred – Applied Epic, SAP Concur
• Experience with MS Office products preferred, specifically Excel, Outlook, and Word, Excel
• Bachelor’s Degree Required
• Must have strong communication skills, including courtesy, tact, and diplomacy with all internal and external customers.

This Job Description is not a complete statement of all duties and responsibilities comprising this position.

The IMA Financial Group, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics.  In addition to federal law requirements, The IMA Financial Group, Inc. complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities.  

Compensation & Benefits

Why Join IMA?

We’ve built a reputation for putting our associates first

What if we told you that you could be an integral part of an entrepreneurial, expanding company, develop lasting relationships, earn competitive benefits, plus claim part ownership? It’s this unique ownership business model that makes working at IMA so appealing.

We work in teams. We sell in teams. We win and prosper as a team

We provide support systems and resources that enable each of our associates to focus on what they do best. And as an independent company based in the Midwest, we’re big enough to write business all over the world and small enough to implement your ideas quickly.  We are recognized nationally as a leader in our industry.

• 2020 Business Insurance Magazine Best Places to Work in Insurance
• 2018 Dallas Business Journal Best Places to Work
• 2016 Fortune's Top 50 Workplaces for Parents
• 2014 Business Insurance Magazine Best Places to Work in Insurance, 6th Place nationwide, Medium Employer category
• 2014 Dallas Business Journal’s Healthiest Employer Finalist
• 2011 – 2013 Healthiest Employers in North Texas Award Dallas Business Journal
• 2014 Kansas City Business Journal’s Healthiest Employer Finalist
• 2013 Kansas City Business Journal’s Healthiest Employer Honoree
• 2015 CoBiz Best of Colorado
• 2014 Colorado Biz Magazine Colorado's "Perk"iest Companies

Under the direct supervision of the Sr. Controller/Director the Controller II is responsible for client relationships, managing and assisting with the monthly close process for specific client, accounts reconciliations, supervising direct reports on F&A Clients Team and assisting with other activities. 

Requirements:

1)    Bachelor's degree and 4 years of related experience

2)    Experience with creating and using financial statements, working knowledge of balance sheet and P&L Statement.

3)    Intermediate to Advanced Excel skills, including pivot tables and lookup functions.

4)    Ability to multi-task and prioritize assigned project to meet deadlines

5)    Ability to communicate effectively with clients, customers, and vendors

6)    Self-motivated; ability to take on assigned tasks with minimal

7)    Strong verbal and written communication skills; comfortable speaking with 3^rd parties and client personnel

8)    Strong managerial skills

Preferred

1)    Bachelor’s degree in accounting

2)    CPA

3)    Public accounting experience

Responsibilities:

1)    Client Relationship

1. Primary contact for day to day activity, questions.
2. Lead weekly client calls with client and controller if applicable.
3. Respond to client requests.
4. Problem Solve daily issues as they arise
5. Build and maintain  strong working relationships with client contacts

2)    Oversee Monthly close process:

1. Ensure close procedures per period close checklist are completed timely and accurately.
2. Complete Accountant/Controller responsibilities as needed
3. Issue/send preliminary financial statements to client as requested or required.
4. Receive/send and respond to preliminary P&L questions from client.
5. Review final financial statements to client.  (via Rightview web, email, and/or hardcopy)
6. Prepare/review and issue other reports for client.

3)    Account Reconciliations:

1. Review all balance sheet accounts on a monthly or quarterly basis.
2. Lead in balance sheet reviews with Controller/Client and resolve any issues.

4)    Other Activities:

1. Review fixed asset system, updating for new assets and any other changes.  Verify fixed asset subledger to GL and review for proper depreciation methods
2. Prepare/review audit schedules and in additional audit request.
3. Coordinate Financial Statement setup/maintenance

5)    Supervise direct reports on F&A Client Team:

1. Ensure direct reports are properly trained
2. Ensure all client deadlines are being met
3. Complete annual reviews and provide feedback as required
4. Review processes to verify maximum efficiencies.

Bank Controller - Operations

If you are an eight plus year banking (or public accounting) professional with a focus on banking or financial services, MR Dominion may have a great opportunity for you.  MR Dominion is an executive search firm that focuses on the $0 to $20B banking vertical placing accounting, finance, audit, risk, credit, and compliance professionals at high performing banks nationwide.  This bank client has been growing rapidly and due to that growth is restructuring its accounting and finance department and parsing out iterant duties to various top-flight professionals both internally and externally.  This role is for a Bank Controller over Accounting Operations could be a great ground floor opportunity for an up and coming bank professional to get their ticket punched in a Controller position and continue to grow as the bank grows.
The gist of this Bank Controller role is largely operational in nature and will focus on all of the financial/operational accounting activities of the organization.  This a holding company level role and you will be responsible for all accounting for the holding company, the bank, and bank subsidiaries.  This includes oversight of the general ledger (GL), reconciliations of all balance sheet accounts, oversight of financial reporting and GL controls, as well as the accounts payable department.  You will be supervising a team of 6-8 professionals. 

To be successful in this role, you must be a team builder, a great communicator, and be comfortable working with leadership not only within accounting and finance, but throughout the bank as well.  The efficient, timely and accurate outputs of your department are critical as it will help senior leadership as they continue to ponder future organic and M&A growth throughout the bank and subsidiary lines of business.   As the steward of this role, you will be looked on to develop a best-in-class department/team and must maintain current controls at all levels.  Although Controller in title, initially it will be very tactical in nature, as you have to dig in, make sure efficiencies are in place and repeatable. Over time, it will certainly become more strategic. 

Banking experience is a must, as is a CPA accreditation, and strong GAAP knowledge.  You are blessed with a strong boss that is a solid leader and has the important institutional knowledge within the organization to help make you successful.   They have high expectations, but they are also not a micro-manager.  You will be given the toolkit to be successful as well as given the autonomy to do so.  This bank has an evolving culture due to their growth that you will help shape and are looking for the right Operational Controller to join, assimilate, contribute, and weave themselves into the fabric of the organization. 

Intrigued?  This is a great opportunity. Please inquire today in confidence.   

As a Controller, you will oversee the Accounting department to ensure timely and accurate financial reporting in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. The Controller will work closely with the CFO to provide management with timely reviews of the Company’s financial status and progress in various programs and activities.

Job duties:

• Expect and encourage high performance by managing and developing the accounting staff and departmental processes
• Manage the close process to deliver timely and accurate financial information monthly, quarterly and annually
• Manage the annual external audit process including review of all audit workpapers, interface with external audit team, and implement recommendations resulting from audit findings
• Develop and maintain accounting and internal control policies, procedures, and systems to ensure data integrity and accuracy, and ensure that assets are protected
• Manage the Company’s general ledger system and its interface.  Serve as accounting lead for system upgrades and implementations.
• Collaborate with management to create yearly objectives, business plans and goals for the department

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting
• CPA
• At least 5 years of Controller experience for a middle to large organization
• At least 5 years of people management
• Experience completing and managing the monthly and annual close cycle
• Served as primary person responsible for managing the annual audit with outside firm

What will put you ahead:

• An advanced degree
• Experience at a private company
• Industry knowledge

Foley Industries and its subsidiaries Foley Equipment, Foley Power Solutions, Foley Rental and SITECH Central have proudly served and represented Caterpillar for nearly 80 years. Committed to customer success across Kansas and Western Missouri, Foley strives every day to deliver excellence across the full range of equipment and power generation sales, rental, service, and technology solutions. With 1,000 employees in 15 cities, we are dedicated to being Your First Choice. For more information, please visit www.FoleyEq.com.

What we can offer you:

• Competitive pay
• 401(k) with matching
• Full insurance benefits
• Holiday, PTO, and Parental Leave
• Family owned company where you’re more than just another employee

Summary:

Our award winning client is hiring an Assistant Controller. This is a division of a large publicly traded aerospace manufacturing company. This will report to the VP of Finance/Accounting.

Potential to grow to that role in 2-5 years.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the application of accounting principles under US GAAP
• Responsible for the integrity and oversight of all financial processes including Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Cost Accounting, General Ledger Accounting and Payroll.
• Prepares timely reports and statistics reflecting earnings, profits, cash balances, and other financial results.
• Maintains accurate accounts and records of disbursements, expenses and tax payments.
• Maintains and implements internal controls over inventories, purchases, revenue and expenses.
• Responsible for compliance with internal controls, SOX, ASC 606 and ASC 842.
• Perform internal audits and maintain relationships with outside audit firms.
• Makes recommendations for improvements in internal controls and business functions.
• Ensures financial records properly reflect the business activities and market conditions through collaboration with Sales, Operations, and Engineering leaders.
• Supports the Executive team in making business decisions.

Required Skills and Experience:

• 5 - 10 years of Controller and/or Accounting experience
• 2+ years of publicly traded manufacturing company experience
• Bachelors Degree in Accounting or Finance
• Ideally 2-3 years in Big 4 or regional Accounting Firm is a plus
• CPA a plus
• Operational experience is a plus

Summary:

Our award winning client is looking for a Controller - VP of Finance. The organization is part of a $78 billion public aerospace company and they are looking for this person to be part of the leadership team, helping the company plan their growth.

Provide leadership and direction for maximizing financial assets by establishing financial policies, procedures, controls and reporting systems. Ensures legal and regulatory compliance for all accounting and financial and reporting functions. Oversees, cost and general accounting, accounts receivable/collection and payroll.

Responsibilities:

• Guides financial decisions by establishing, monitoring and enforcing policies and procedures.
• Protects assets by establishing, monitoring and enforcing internal controls.
• Provides status of financial condition of the Company by collecting, interpreting and reporting key financial data, in a timely manner, to all levels of the organization.
• Ensures compliance with federal, state and local legal requirements by researching existing and new legislation, consulting with outside advisors and filing financial reports; advises management of actions and potential risks.
• Arranges for audits as required and appropriate.
• Manages budget and controls expenses effectively.
• Develop and implement process improvements that will result in cost reductions and help the Company’s growth.
• Develops a financial staff that is up-to-date on information and technology to increase innovation and ensure compliance.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Required Skills and Experience:

• 5 - 15 years of Controller and/or Accounting experience
• 4+ years of publicly traded manufacturing company experience
• Ideally 2-3 years in Big 4 or regional Accounting Firm is a plus
• CPA a plus
• Strong financial leadership experience in publicly traded manufacturing companies, SOX exp
• Operational experience is a plus
• Experience in plant operations
• Excellent leadership skills with ability to build strong teams and focus team members on results with customer satisfaction as a priority.
• Track record of helping to grow a business in a controller capacity.
• Track record of innovative, cost effective solutions to solving daily business problems.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to communicate to all levels of the organization.
• Impeccable integrity and ethical standards with ability to build high trust and standards.
• Strong decision making skills with ability to see them through.
• Self starter, action oriented.
• BS/BA or equivalent combination of education and experience.