Controller

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Administering and coordinating all accounting activities reports (including financial statements), schedules and information required for Companies.  Attend Management Team meetings and participate in all strategy sessions.
• Supervising and controlling the performance of all cost accounting functions and personnel.
• Reviewing accuracy of FIFO standards and actual quantities.  This includes monthly reconciliation of all inventories to the General Ledger.
• Chairing the Variance Reduction Task Force.  Responsible for analysis and disposition of all significant production variances.  Maintain follow-up listing  to ensure all problems are being resolved.
• Updating schedules and developing cost factors for semi-annual review of labor and machine rates.  This includes new candidates if applicable.
• Implementing slow-moving inventory procedures.  Follow-up on disposition of inventory items.
• Preparing monthly closing entries and cost data schedules for all monthly financial statements.
• Calculating of LIFO inventories.  Includes new items cost reconstruction and appropriate entries to the Ledger.
• Review monthly gross profit trends and/or costing problems.
• Preparation of all accounting documents required by our customers relating to government contracts.  (i.e. SF 1411’s)
• Providing reports, schedules, documentation and personnel of external auditors year-end inventory observation and other auditing functions.
• Generating documentation and schedules pertaining to G&A capitalization, R&D credit, ESI, etc. for year-end tax audit.
• Administration of AS/ISO internal auditing at MC and Kroll.  Responsible for setting annual audit schedule, developing audit terms, overseeing audits and ensuring audits are in compliance with AS/ISO standards.
• Preparing LRPC financial forecasts.
• Participating in due diligence process for acquisitions.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration
• 10+ years experience in cost accounting in a job shop /manufacturing environment. 
• Mathematically inclined.
• Systems-oriented with personal computer capability.
• 1-2 years public accounting experience.
• APICS training.
• MBA or CPA, both preferred

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.