Waste Pro USA is hiring: Experienced Waste Industry Controller - Tallahassee, Fl

Overview

Experienced Waste Industry Controller to support our Coastal Region spanning from Tallahassee to the Panhandle and into Mobile, AL. The ideal candidate will have waste industry experience and the ability to communicate and work closely with the Regional and Corporate Management Operations teams.

The Regional Controller will be responsible for supporting multiple facilities within an assigned region/territory. The controller will carry a broad base of financial management (analyzing, interpreting, implementing, monitoring, enhancing) oversight responsibility which includes general accounting, financial reporting, journal entry preparation, account reconciliation, franchise fee reporting, variance, trend, productivity and profitability analyses. As a business partner and liaison between Corporate Finance/Accounting, this role will play a critical function in ensuring the well being of the region businesses in close partnership with business leaders. Applied financial, accounting and economic skills will allow evaluation of operating data, detection of business trends, and accurate preparation of financial statements that comply with industry practices, regulatory requirements, and accounting principles. Other duties include budget development, budget forecasting, collections, process improvement, data management, franchise fee evaluation, asset management, proforma development, and merger/acquisition involvement.

Responsibilities

• Direct the financial affairs of the region in connection with regional business leaders, controller, and other corporate leaders.
• Manage monthly accounting close, financial reporting, analysis, allocation methodologies and general accounting activities.
• Consult with RVP and managers in business areas that affect financial performance, including costs, pricing, margin analysis, bad debt review, capital expenditure, reporting and measurement.
• Perform timely analyses (e.g., AR Aging) and appraise management regarding operating results in terms of costs, budgets, trends, variances, profit improvements and cost reductions.
• Analyze trends and deviations (actual vs. budget), monitor spending, cash flow and ROI; recommend course corrections to enhance profitability.
• Ensure compliance with GAAP, corporate finance policies, internal controls, and finance reporting requirements.
• Coordinate the preparation, consolidation and analysis of financial data for periodic and annual statements, including charts/graphs showing progress against results.
• Schedule and implement the annual budget process; oversee maintenance of operating and capital budgets to plan.
• Provide tax, insurance and other reports required by governmental regulations.
• Review, develop, analyze, and interpret financial and budgetary reports; present to management for decision-making and action.
• Provide accurate accounting and consolidation of regional revenues, expenditures, assets and inventory.
• Actively use financial/accounting automation tools to prepare, maintain, derive and share data.
• Develop and consolidate short and long-term plans for operating/capital budgets, business plans, expense forecasting, manpower plans, cost controls and fixed asset controls for the region.
• Select, evaluate and coach direct reports to ensure dependable and efficient operation of the function.
• Ensure integrity of transaction reporting to the general ledger and monthly balance sheet reconciliations.
• Assist external auditors on accounting/financial matters and respond to audit findings as required.
• Coordinate activities across transaction processing (AR, AP, Payroll), financial reporting, general accounting, fixed assets, tax, risk management, budgeting, and finance systems.
• Support regional/divisional sales efforts with profitability, proforma, pricing analyses and quantitative packaging for RFPs.
• Play an active role in merger/acquisition due diligence, data management, proforma development, and post-closing integration.
• Identify and implement cost reduction and profit improvement strategies.

Qualifications

Experience in the waste industry and ability to work with regional and corporate management teams is preferred.

Note: This listing includes other positions in Tallahassee and nearby areas; refer to the posting for full details.