Controller - 0071 Armstrong Ft Lauderdale

The Armstrong Company is a global leader in supply chain services and residential and commercial moving. Our nationwide network of local experts combine personalized attention and global reach to provide solutions tailored exactly to your needs. Whether you’re moving your household, your business, or your product, we do what it takes to get your goods where they need to go. Our world moves around you.

LOOKING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE?

• Does the thought of implementing your own strategic ideas and process improvements excite you?
• Do you see solutions where others see problems? 
• Are you looking to expand your leadership and ownership of different finance and accounting areas? 
• Do you have a service-minded attitude to supporting others?

IF THIS SOUNDS LIKE YOU, THEN YOU SOUND LIKE US!

• CREATE – Our Finance and Account Department is in growth mode. We need individuals to help build and coordinate processes and structures for our expanding portfolio of businesses. 
• BELONG – Our history began in 1957 when two families decided to start The Armstrong Company. It is instilled in our DNA to be a family working together towards success.
• THRIVE – Armstrong was recognized as one of the fastest-growing companies by The Association for Corporate Growth (ACG). We aim to not only grow our business but to help our employees grow in their careers.

The Controller will serve as a financial advisor to the President and is responsible for overseeing all financial planning, accounting processes, banking relationships, accounts payables & receivables, payroll, month-end close, financial reporting, and spend analysis.

Key Responsibilities:

• Plan, develop, organize, implement, direct, and evaluate the organization’s financial performance.
• Evaluate department structure and staffing to determine the best composition of those teams, with focus on mentoring and developing talent to support continued growth of the company.
• Continually improve budgeting and financial reporting practices. Direct short and long-term financial planning, in conjunction with other strategic planning, to better prepare the company for growth.
• Coordinate monthly, quarterly, and annual accounting close processes.
• Develop cash flow, capital expenditures, cost accounting, and other models to support business decisions.
• Analyze financial performance to address ways to reduce expenses, better allocate resources, and increase revenue.
• Oversee the maintenance of the general ledger, invoicing, accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, and project accounting.
• Oversee internal audits and ensure proper internal controls are in place.
• Ensure compliance with GAAP and applicable accounting policies, practices, procedures, and initiatives.
• Direct the proper design, utilization, and implementation of finance ERP systems.
• Advise the President on all financial matters.
• Procure and manage banking relationships.
• Any other duties as assigned by Manager.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree is required. CPA is preferred, but not required.
• 5+ years of leadership experience in accounting or finance required.
• High level of proficiency in ERP and Microsoft Excel. NetSuite ERP experience preferred.
• Strong business acumen and data analytics skills.
• Experience in billing, invoicing, accounts payable, and accounts receivable best practices.
• Strong problem-solving ability and analytical skills including root cause analysis.
• Prior experience in cash management (collections, account reconciliations, payment processing)
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment, while managing competing tasks and deadlines.
• High level of commitment to quality work and organizational ethics, integrity, and compliance.

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Specific vision abilities include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. 
• This position requires the ability to occasionally lift office products and supplies, up to 15 pounds.
• Ability to sit for long periods; stand and walk frequently; and bend, stoop, and reach occasionally.

The Armstrong Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). Our employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, citizenship, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, veteran status, military status, or any other characteristic or status protected by federal, state, or local law. If you need assistance or accommodations during the application process due to a disability, it is available upon request.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

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