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Financial Controller

Job ID: 10302
Company: PharmaCannis
Location: Chicago, IL
Salary: Not Specified
Number of Vacancy: 1
Employment Type: Not Specified
Posted: 30+ days ago

Job Description:

Job Description

The Financial Controller will oversee the company’s financial accounts, financial statements and related processes, while managing and partnering with the finance team. They will drive accounting processes and controls, while leading and mentoring a strong team of accounting professionals. This is a dynamic role with regular exposure to leadership, external investors, and vendors.

The Financial Controller requires an action-oriented individual with strong, steady leadership who can easily convey complex requirements across multiple locations and cross functional teams with clarity and transparency to drive results with consistency and urgency.

This role is responsible for establishing, monitoring, enhancing and maintaining controls that verify the integrity of all systems, processes, and data while increasing the company's value. Additionally, this associate will manage a team to complete quarterly external SEC and/or IFRS-compliant reporting along with managing the relationships with external vendors and partners in successful GAAP, IFRS, tax, and other compliance and statutory audits as necessary; ensuring business leadership is informed and accountable for taking actions that minimize risk while continuing to execute on profitable growth objectives.


Main Responsibilities

  • Evaluate and maintain accounting procedures and policies, including finance controls, along with ensuring adherence across entities, upholding the integrity of both local statutory books and Group consolidated results

  • Contribute to the timely production and issuance of quarterly and annual financial statements to investors, ensuring integrity and SEC / IFRS- compliant reporting standards achieved across a global chart of accounts.

  • Continuous evaluation of financial controls across global business that upholds integrity of financial statements, systems, and accounts. Ensure transparent processes in place to sustain consistent, global standards; taking timely action where necessary to create culture of continuous improvement.

  • Leadership of team in monthly close and consolidations processes and preparation of monthly internal financial statements (income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow statement)

  • Management of financial statement audit, including the issuance of annual GAAP and IFRS audit reports

  • Evaluate the risk environment across the business, ensuring business activities both accurately accounted for in F/S and adequately addressed through global insurance coverage, making recommendations to both operational leadership and external insurance vendors and brokerage teams as necessary.

  • Make operational recommendations in funding profitable business growth, ensuring sound ROIs that encompass all system, people, and process investments. Partner with FP&A team to ensure management reporting, forecasting, and planning structures and chart of accounts are aligned with business objectives and ensure accountability across global operating teams.

  • Supervision and leadership of the accounting team, including evaluating performance and career growth opportunities.

  • Assist in special projects and other issues as they arise.


The ideal candidate should have the following competencies:

  • Strategic Vision
  • Building organizational capacity
  • Results driven
  • Embrace change
  • Collaboration and Influence
  • Entrepreneurial spirit
  • Customer value and Market focus
Qualifications

  • Advanced degree / Masters in Accounting, CPA – active license preferred.

  • 10+ Years of Financial leadership experience of increasing responsibility in dynamic environment or start-up. Mastery and technical expertise in both International and US GAAP accounting and consolidations.

  • Previous experience working for a manufacturing or agricultural company.

  • Management and oversight of Global Statutory and US Group GAAP External Audit Processes along with external vendor partners and internal teams to ensure successful, timely outcomes

  • Exceptionally strong communication skills, both written and verbal, demonstrable ability to influence others at all levels of an organization.

  • Previous Experience in acquisition accounting including post close integration activities that ensure expected outcomes achieved.

  • Significant experience with establishing funding and treasury approaches across multiple statutory entities and Group structures that optimize FX exposures, tax consequences and Cash repatriation.

  • Exceptionally strong communication skills, both written and verbal, demonstrable ability to influence others at all levels of an organization.


Additional Information

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

PharmaCann, LLC 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. We value diversity, military service, and law enforcement experience. Compensation is competitive and will be commensurate with experience. Benefits are available.