JOB POSTING
[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner css=”.vc_custom_1649259402852{margin-top: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”Financial Controller” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1647316491797{margin-top: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text]About Us
We believe solar is at the forefront of the energy revolution occurring in our country and throughout the world. But solar supply chains are messy and can be a hassle for solar companies to navigate. That’s where we come in.
Founded in 2015 and based in Austin, Texas, Kinect Solar provides solutions for buying, selling, shipping, and storing solar equipment – a one-stop shop for manufacturers, distributors, developers, and installers of all sizes. Our team includes solar industry veterans who know the ins and outs of solar sales and distribution, logistics, and system design. We work behind the scenes with solar companies that need help navigating the solar supply chain so they can focus on what they do best. We operate in the United States, Latin America, and the Caribbean.
We are a small, close-knit team that moves at a fast pace. Culture at Kinect Solar is a key factor to our success, so we seek out strong, dynamic people that strive for excellence at every turn, but we also don’t forget to have fun along the way. We are proud to be a certified woman-owned, hub-certified small business.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”22px”][vc_column_text]
Job Description
The vital role of Controller is responsible for closely monitoring the financial health of Kinect Solar. This is a leadership role that plans and directs all accounting operational functions, manages the accumulation and consolidation of financial information for internal and external financial statements, assesses accounting and internal control systems, and guides departmental staff. The role encourages and implements innovative ideas that are sound and progressive, challenge the status quo, and support creativity.
Compensation: Salary
Job Type: Full-time
Location: Austin, Texas (United States)
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Essential Duties & Responsibilities
70% of your duties and responsibilities include the following:
- Responsible for accounting department personnel management and growth.
- Supervise, hire, and train staff to ensure consistency in all areas of accounting including but not limited to cash management, accounts payable/receivable, accrued liabilities, fixed assets, capitalization of labor costs, prepaid assets, payroll, leases, and others.
- Manage the compliance and filings of sales tax across 30+ states.
- Manage reporting and covenants for LOC with third party bank financing.
- Provide requirements to technology resources to improve NetSuite work-flows and processes.
- Provide KPI reporting and dashboards, work with management to assess business performance.
- Lead the year-end, quarter-end, and month-end close processes including consolidations and equity entries.
- Maintain accounting policies, procedures, and internal controls, ensuring that all procedures are adhered to, and updated as needed.
- Vendor management for all finance related matters, oversee 1099 reporting.
- Work closely with Accounting and Tax professionals to manage corporate business/tax filings, including but not limited to property tax, sales/use tax, regulatory filings, and registration. Liaison for accounting and tax matters including annual tax return preparation and annual audit.
- Work with department heads to create annual budget and forecast financial performance.
- Ensure accurate processing of payroll and commissions.
20% of your duties and responsibilities include the following:
- Help CEO prepare internal and external financial reporting.
- Work with CEO to analyze financial data to identify trends and risks.
- Store all finance department reports, analysis and findings in Sharepoint.
- Work closely with other departments leads to share findings and identify solutions.
- Cross-functional collaboration for annual budget creation.
- Utilize technology and processes to optimize resources.
10% of your duties and responsibilities include the following:
- Knowledge transfer & collaboration outside your department.
- Focus on building a positive, healthy, and productive culture.
- Cultivate leadership skills.
- Present improvement ideas to exec team quarterly.
Expected Outcomes
- On a monthly basis, prepare profitability and variance reports for business units. Works closely with General Managers to ensure department metrics are tracking department goals.
- Close books by the 15th of every month: all reporting and dashboards updated with the most recent data. Ensure all accounts are reconciled.
- Help CEO prepare a weekly cashflow forecast for the business.
- Monitor Line of Credit and Cash balances and reconcile timely. Keep LOC balance paid down as low as possible with available cash.
- Manage customer invoicing to ensure all invoices are generated within 2 business days of order completion.
- Monitor risk and fraud activities and report to CEO immediately upon discovery.
- Evaluate and train secondary resources for all accounting related functions of the business.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Business Administration.
- 10+ years of related experience
- 4 years of public accounting
- Certified Public Accountant credential preferred
Competencies
- Growth mindset
- NetSuite accounting software
- Problem solver
- Critical thinker
- Curiosity
- Collaborative
- Detail oriented
- Strong leadership and team building skills
- Proactive communication
- Ability to foresee roadblocks/problems
Working Conditions & Requirements
- Hybrid work environment
- Indoor, open office environment
- May on occasion be exposed to loud sounds and distracting noise levels, such as from office equipment and colleagues
- Must be able to adhere to long periods of standing, walking or sitting
- Ability to hear, understand and distinguish speech and/or other sounds to operate phones or other office equipment safely
- With natural or corrected vision, able to see and focus for close, distance, peripheral vision with normal depth perception
- Ability to express or exchange ideas by means of the spoken word to impart oral information to others
- Ability to enter text or data into a computer by means of a traditional keyboard or 10-key numeric keypad
- Must be able to use arms and hands to reach overhead, signal, grab, hold, lift, turn, push and pull objects and tools
Benefits & Perks
It’s not just about our growth, but yours as well. We offer highly competitive salary and benefits, along with a number of other perks you might not expect from a small company.
- Stock Options
- Unlimited PTO and paid holidays
- Flexible work environment and schedules
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- 401(k) with employer match
- Life insurance
- Disability insurance
- Flexible spending account (FSA)
- Health savings account (HSA)
- Employee assistance program (EAP)
- Employee discounts on hundreds of brands in our online marketplace
- Employee referral bonus for certain positions
- Rewards for SWAG on our company store
- Professional development assistance
- Commuting and travel assistance
- Pet-friendly environment (at our main office)
- Volunteer time off
- Team outings and holiday parties