Controller

Company Description

Join Sika, a global company established in 1910, where employees have health benefits available day one, 401k with 5% company match, bonuses, earn paid time off, and educational assistance. Sika is a leading supplier of specialty chemical products and industrial materials serving construction and industrial markets. With subsidiaries in 100 countries around the world and in over 300 factories, Sika employs more than 25,000 people.

Sika is a full building envelope company, helping you live your everyday life from below-grade waterproofing all the way up to the roof. From the Staples Center to the Lincoln Memorial to the Empire State Building to Disneyland, Sika is extremely integrated in the world around us.

Sika is a continually growing company with a variety of locations that offers opportunity to advance through career development. We are committed to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Job Description

Salary Range: $100,000 - $140,000 based on education, experience, and qualifications of applicant.

Provide financial leadership and management of the Watson Bowman Acme Corp. business. 

Responsibilities include, but not limited to:

• Implement and ensure compliance for all Corporate Controlling Policies.
• Manage the monthly closing process adhering to all timelines. Assemble, measure, report and present monthly P&L’s as well as variance results to local management and Corporate Controlling.
• Assemble and report monthly the business unit income statement.
• Assemble and report quarterly Sustainability and Operational Reporting.
• Assemble and report quarterly the business unit financials (income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow statement).
• Develop, analyze, and interpret statistical information for monthly reporting of key financial data (KPI’s).
• Management of the local accounts payable, accounts receivable and billing functions and monitoring of working capital ensuring targets are achieved.
• Ensure proper general ledger coding of all transactions and approve (or reject) transactions as required.
• Responsible for updating all inventory costs and ensuring that standards are accurate. Manage all aspects of product costing. Review absorption variances monthly.
• Direct and coordinate the annual budget activities as well as the monthly forecasting activities.
• Work with department managers to develop short and long- term financial goals; use other reporting tools available to measure the performance. Partner with department managers to improve financial performance and gain efficiencies.
• Conduct periodic reviews of common operations business practices and adopt the best demonstrated practice when possible.
• Work with the sales organization to develop and provide timely sales and margin analysis reports. Provide financial management support to the Sales Division Management Teams with a focus on territory and product sales growth and profitability.
• Act as the business unit leader for coordinating with the corporate finance team ensuring that key business functions (customer credit, sales and use tax certificates, customer coding sheets, vendor payment concerns, customer payment and credit concerns, etc. are managed).

• Manage the administration of all customer incentive programs, independent representative commission programs, and company sales incentive programs. 
• Manage all business capital projects including working with the business to develop the capital project, obtain approvals, and monitor capital spend.
• Oversight of annual financial audit of the business working with the external audit team.
• Oversight of all internal controls and timely reporting as required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting/Finance
• 5+ years accounting experience
• CPA/CMA or other accounting certifications desired
• SAP experience desired
• Hyperion experience desired
• Strong Excel and Microsoft Office Skills
• Management experience of a finance team
• Strong customer focus required
• High level of communication/presentation skills
• Attention to detail and investigative skills
• Must have excellent organization and interpersonal skills
• Business travel occasionally required

Additional Information

Competitive Benefits: Health Insurance available day one, 401k with 5% company match, bonuses, year-end profit-sharing bonus, paid time off, and educational assistance.

Meaningful Work: Sika products enhance our surroundings and the work every employee completes helps positively impact daily lives by making our world stronger, more durable, and more reliable – every day.

Company Culture: Sika centers work culture around entrepreneurship where individuals have the power to make decisions, learn from mistakes, and define their career.

Community Involvement:  Sika Corporation takes active roles in our community and aims to support volunteer work and charitable endeavors across the United States through rebuilding and giving back.

Sustainability Initiatives: Sika is committed to sustainable development, reducing environmental impacts, and assuming social responsibility. The company supports energy efficient projects and implements numerous measures aimed to boost economic, social, and ecological sustainability.

Sika Corporation is committed to a work environment that supports, inspires, and respects all individuals that apply. As an equal opportunity employer Sika will consider all qualified applicants without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, national or ethnic origin, or other protected characteristics.