Description

Are the travel and overtime requirements of your current role affecting your work-life balance? Are you looking for a corporate environment with an innovative and collaborative culture? A company with proven financial strength and employee tenure? Kaeser is the place for you.

Kaeser Compressors, Inc. is the US subsidiary, managing sales, service, and operations for 22 branches across the US, for one of the largest and most successful suppliers of industrial compressed air and vacuum systems with nearly 7,000 employees worldwide. To learn more about Kaeser, visit our website at us.kaeser.com, and for a sneak peek into what it's like being a part of our organization, visit us.kaeser.com/people. 

We are seeking individuals who have worked in an office environment to fill the position of Assistant Controller/Corporate Controller for our Fredericksburg corporate office location. This position reports directly to a Virginia CPA and SCPA member. The current Financial Controller is retiring after 29 years with the Company.

Responsibilities & Essential Functions:

• Overall management and leadership of the accounting function.
• Oversee full-cycle accounting department operations: G/L, A/P, A/R, credit & collections, and tax (income, sales, and property).
• Define and direct a tight, repeatable month-end close process and prepare monthly financial statements, including reporting to other entities.
• Work closely with all departments to understand variances, and to design effective, repeatable processes and systems to provide leadership with actionable financial data and insights.
• Continually evaluate and improve accounting systems and processes, striving for process automation, improved efficiency and accuracy, and greater internal and external customer satisfaction.
• Help manage outside auditors during annual external audit and agreed upon procedures.
• Manage monthly and annual filings and reporting for internal and external financials, corporate income tax, sales tax, and property tax.
• Coordination with accounting personnel of International affiliates. 
• Establish, implement, and review accounting team goals.
• Establish strong relationships with inter-departmental peers and be their go-to accounting resource.
• Supervise, develop, and provide guidance and direction to accounting personnel to assist them in their professional development.
• Other Duties as assigned.

We offer a competitive salary, excellent benefits package including Profit Sharing and 401(k) Plan as well as an on-site cafeteria, exercise facility, free exercise classes and a health and wellness program.

This contractor and subcontractor shall abide by the requirements of 41 CFR §§ 60-1.4(a), 60-300.5(a) and 60-741.5(a). These regulations prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities, and prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin. Moreover, these regulations require that covered prime contractors and subcontractors take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status or disability. 

Requirements

Qualifications & Required Skills

• A strong work ethic and ability to independently perform the responsibilities and essential functions.
• Active-status or working toward CPA license.
• Minimum 2 years public accounting audit experience with industry experience and increasing responsibility. Public accounting with senior or higher experience may substitute for industry experience.
• Deep working knowledge of GAAP, credit & collections, contracts, and  process and internal accounting controls for GL, inventory, AP, and invoicing.
• Familiar with managing intercompany transactions and elimination entries.
• Must be hands-on and a proven and effective leader. 
• Excellent verbal and written communication, as well as presentation skills. Confident and effective communication at all levels.

Education, Experience

• Multi-state, multi-location sales, service, and distribution controller experience, preferred. 
• A Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Accounting required, Master's Degree/MBA preferred. 
• Experience with SAP Hana preferred, advanced experience with Excel and Microsoft suite would be a sufficient replacement for Google.