Best Life Brands Looking for Controller at Michigan, United States Full Time

The Controller performs financial leadership duties as a strong communicator and skilled financial analyst focused on executing and improving fiscal management processes. This includes streamlining our budgeting, payroll, and financial reporting processes. The controller also produces thorough financial status reports for senior managers to help improve our operational efficiency and aid in our continued growth. The controller provides leadership and coordination of company daily accounting operations, leads the month-end close process, and ensures timely completion of monthly financial reporting as well as leading strategic activities including the annual budgeting process, coordinating audit and tax efforts, and ensuring that company accounting procedures and reporting conform to generally accepted accounting principles.

Accountabilities:

• Provide comprehensive financial updates to senior managers by ensuring appropriate evaluation, analysis, and reporting of critical data-based insights and conclusions
• Ensure optimal financial decisions are made by applying company policies and procedures to the current economic landscape
• Oversee achievement of maximized financial processes through innovative process development, implementation, and maintenance of financial controls and guidelines
• Achieve budgeting goals with proper scheduling, analysis, and corrective actions
• Help develop and support short- and long-term operational strategies

Primary Responsibilities:

• Oversee daily operations of the finance and accounting department, including accounts receivable – invoicing, collections, payment posting and other revenue activities, accounts payable, general ledger maintenance and journal entries, cash management, payroll processing and banking/treasury
• Responsible for the following processes [process flow diagrams to be provided upon start of employment]: Ramp credit card and expense reimbursement coding; calculation of royalty, marketing, NAF, and Tech/GSuite/EMR fees; Invoicing; Collections; Late Fees; A/R Reporting and Aging to Brands; Revenue Reporting; Incentives; AP cycle; Month End Closing Process; Cash Reconciliation; and Payroll Processing
• Lead financial team development including hiring, onboarding, training, and retaining top talent
• Optimize accounting department processes and training to ensure a high-performance, scalable team
• Lead a smooth, accurate and efficient month-end close process to deliver monthly financial reporting to private equity sponsor by 5th business day of following month
• Oversee or manage the preparation of all financial reports
• Prepare and analyze monthly operating results against budget
• Work closely in the annual budgeting process and drive completion of key inputs and sections
• Contribute to preparation of financial forecasts
• Coordinate financial audits and provide recommendations for procedural improvements
• Coordinate tax preparation efforts with outside tax accounting firm
• Participate in integration taskforces for potential acquisitions, as needed

Secondary Responsibilities:

• Reinforce high-performance, growth-oriented culture
• Respond to or ensure responses are provided to franchisees with questions regarding invoicing
• Support leaders of brands with financial analysis as needed
• Represent the company externally to government agencies, auditors, tax accountants, and customers/franchisees
• Recruit, train, lead, coach and top-grade department staff
• Provide accounting policy orientation for new staff
• Coordinate with the leaders of franchise brands and departments to ensure company objectives are met

Knowledge and Skill Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting or Business with strong Accounting experience CPA strongly preferred
• Seven or more years’ experience in a mid to senior level finance or accounting position
• Strong experience with Sage Intacct or similar accounting solution, e.g., Oracle NetSuite, as optimization of Intacct solution will be a critical component of role
• Strong knowledge of finance, accounting, budgeting, and cost control principles including GAAP
• Knowledge of federal and state financial regulations
• Advanced understanding of MS Excel
• Ability to analyze financial data and prepare financial reports, statements and projections
• Working knowledge of budgeting and forecasting, rolling budgets, and product-line profitability analysis.
• Energetic, problem-solving multitasker
• Strong sense of urgency and accountability
• Ability to produce quality materials within tight timeframes and simultaneously manage several projects

About Us:

Based in Troy, Michigan, Best Life Brands, LLC is a holding company that includes ComForCare and At Your Side, premier franchised providers of home care; CarePatrol, the nation’s largest franchised senior placement organization; Blue Moon Estate Sales, the leading estate sale franchise in the U.S., and Boost Home Health Care, dedicated to providing superior in-home nursing, therapy, and home care services, which together include more than 500 franchise locations across the U.S. and Canada. With a private equity investment from The Riverside Company, Best Life Brands is a platform of award-winning complementary businesses that serve people along the continuum of care.

What We Offer:

• Remote First Company
• Collaborative Culture
• Generous Paid Time Off
• 401K Matching
• Medical, Dental, Vision
• FSA & HSA Options
• Mental Health Benefits
• Professional Development Opportunities