Controller Job Description

Ledgent Finance & Accounting's client is currently seeking a dedicated and experienced Controller to join their team. The position offers an opportunity to work in a dynamic environment where attention to detail and strategic thinking are highly valued. This role requires a proactive professional who can manage financial operations efficiently while ensuring compliance with regulations.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

• Prepares monthly bank reconciliations for all company accounts.
• Creates and inputs GL entries and reconciles and balances GL accounts on a monthly basis according to company policies and procedures.
• Maintains files on corporate credit cards for payment processing and reconciles accounts bi-monthly.
• Reconciles daily deposits recorded in Great Plains to the payments posted in the practice management system.
• Reviews payment and coding of accounts payable invoices for payroll items, CEU expenses, expense reimbursements, and company payables, ensuring they have been approved properly by the appropriate manager/provider and paid in a timely manner with reasonable discounts taken.
• Ensures that required debt payments are made on a timely basis.
• Maintains Chart of Accounts.
• Supervises, coaches, and provides direction regarding day-to-day accounting functions for G/L Accountants and A/P clerks according to company policies and accounting best practices.
• Maintains vendor files and acts as a point of contact for various office vendors.
• Completes all payroll functions to include preparing and submitting regional payroll.
• Prepares and files monthly Use Tax.
• Processes 1099s at year end to appropriate vendors.
• Guides financial decisions by collaboratively establishing, monitoring, and enforcing policies and procedures.
• Protects assets by establishing, monitoring, and enforcing internal controls.
• Monitors and confirms financial condition by conducting audits; providing information to external auditors.
• Develops and recommends the operating and capital needs for the region. Manages activities to assure financial goals are met. Monitors expenditures for compliance to approved plans and resolves discrepancies.
• Correspond with vendors contracted by the company, banking relationships, and insurance partners, when necessary.

Reporting

• Prepares monthly financial and productivity reports along with quarterly (or other) financial reports.
• Issues timely and complete financial statements.
• Coordinates the preparation of the corporate annual report.
• Recommends and collaboratively prepares and analyzes benchmarking reports against which to measure the performance of company operations.
• Calculates and issues financial and operating metrics.
• Manages the production of the annual budget and forecasts.
• Calculates variances from the forecast and reports significant issues to management.
• Provides financial analyses as needed, in particular for capital investments, pricing decisions, and contract negotiations.
• Maintains General Ledger and annual reporting/tax filings for external LLCs affiliated with the company as needed, including Surgery Center.

Compliance

• Coordinates the provision of information to external auditors.
• Monitors debt levels and compliance with debt covenants.
• Manages legal aspects of corporation; corresponds regularly with company attorney; minimizes and ultimately strives to eliminate all liability concerns.
• Complies with local, state, and federal government reporting requirements and tax filings.
• Maintains confidentiality and complies with HIPAA privacy and confidentiality guidelines established by the company.

Other

• Follows all applicable regional and corporate policies and procedures.
• Maintains detailed knowledge of computer software as it relates to job function.
• Attends all regularly scheduled meetings and ad hoc meetings, as needed and/or requested. Most of the meetings will occur via conference call, WebEx/Teams, but occasionally may require the individual to travel to other regional offices.
• Writes and responds to a high volume of emails in a prompt manner; places and retrieves many phone calls daily.
• Performs other duties as required and assigned by the Chief Financial Officer and Regional Executive Director, including schedule changes and travel to office locations as assigned.

Work Hours

Monday - Friday, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Benefits

Details on the benefits package will be discussed during the interview process.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, age, ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, or military or veteran status. We consider all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with state and local laws, including the California Fair Chance Act, City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance.