What are the responsibilities and job description for the CONTROLLER position at Palco?
Controller
Join a growing, visionary company pioneering an emerging health-care movement, empowering people to make their own choices and live independent lives. Palco provides technology and financial services to aid individuals and their families to thrive at home and in their communities. Palco employs over 100 people from 22 states and partners with governments and state agencies to provide various self-directed services to diverse populations. We remain committed to our fundamental mission to provide the best financial and support services to aid individuals and their families to thrive at home and in their communities.
We are a highly-organized company that offers, flexible working hours, a solid work/life balance, plenty of autonomy (no micromanagers here), generous paid time off, bonus potential and career advancement opportunities.
The Controller position oversees the accounting operations of two subsidiary corporations, especially their control systems, transaction-processing operations and policies and procedures. This position also Oversee the operations of the accounting department, including the design of an organizational structure adequate for achieving the department's goals and objectives.
Essential Job Functions:
Provide comprehensive financial updates to senior managers by evaluating, analyzing, and reporting appropriate data points.
Guide financial decisions by applying company policies and procedures to current economic landscape.
Develop, implement, and maintain financial controls and guidelines.
Achieve budgeting goals with proper scheduling, analysis, and corrective actions.
Maximize payroll efficiency through innovative process development.
Help develop and support short-term and long-term operational strategies.
Planning, directing, and coordinating all accounting operational functions.
Managing the accumulation and consolidation of all financial data necessary for an accurate accounting of consolidated business results.
Coordinating and preparing internal and external financial statements.
Coordinating activities of external auditors.
Providing management with information vital to the decision-making process.
Assessing current accounting operations, offering recommendations for improvement, and implementing new processes.
Evaluating accounting and internal control systems.
Evaluating the effectiveness of accounting software and supporting database as needed.
Developing and monitoring business performance metrics.
Overseeing regulatory reporting, frequently including tax planning and compliance.
Hiring, training, and retaining skilled accounting staff.
Maintain internal safeguards for receipts, costs and team and organizational budgets and actual expenditures.
Establish (in coordination with CFO) financial and operating benchmarks, budgets, program monitoring, and reporting standards on biweekly, monthly, and annual basis.
Implement consistent accounting policies, practices, and procedures across all programs, adhering to national and local legal standards while remaining knowledgeable of proposed legislation.
Oversees and performs reconciliations of general ledger, bank accounts, etc.
Develop and enforce internal controls to maximize protection of company assets, policies, procedures, and workflows.
Responsible for financial forecasting.
Oversee and support accounting team with dynamic leadership that creates an environment of trust and productivity.
Reports directly to the CFO.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance required.
- 5 years of controller experience
Benefits package:
- Employer shared Health Insurance cost
- Employer paid Disability Insurance
- Employer paid Life and AD&D Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Cancer Insurance
- Voluntary Life Insurance
- PTO
- Simple IRA with Matching
- Bonus potential
- Remote work environment
- Paid holidays
Join Us
Company benefits designed for you:
- Generous Paid time off.
- Quarterly/Annual bonus potential.
- Retirement Savings: We will support you as you save for your future.
- Career Growth Opportunities: We help you thrive, so together, we can grow. We provide opportunities to advance your career with a vast portfolio of businesses and a global footprint.
- Paid Training: Earn while you learn, and continue to grow with access to internal and external learning opportunities.
- Great Work Environment: We are proud of our company culture of collaboration and the recognition we’ve received for our diversity efforts.
When you join Palco, you are engaged in creating the future - both our company’s, the people we serve, and your own. We understand that our success is directly related to the success of our team. We strive to create a culture where you can:
- Bring your authentic self to work.
- Grow and thrive, both personally and professionally.
- Make a difference with our clients, in our communities, and with the millions of people we support.
- Experience work/life balance.
- Feel value and a greater purpose through the work you do.
Palco, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer and does not discriminate in any employer/employee relations based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
