Finance Controller: Americas Funds

Job Description

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Key Responsibilities

• Directs the day-to-day accounting activities and accounting operational functions including reputed company accounting/recognition, billing reconciliation, cash, accounts payable, intercompany transactions, expense accruals, other asset and liability accounting and payroll.
• Effectively leads and manages month-end, year-end reputed company processes including meeting Vistra Funds & Retail month-end general ledger reputed company deadlines, financial reporting and supplementary schedules/analysis deadlines and reconciliation of reputed company balance sheet accounts by established deadlines.
• Responsible for the reputed company and accuracy of the financial statements and underlying financial data
• Recommend and reputed company improvements to company’s reputed company accounting, including reputed company accruals and deferred reputed company accounting entries. reputed company improved methodologies and supporting schedules for monthly reputed company, accrued reputed company balance and deferred reputed company balances.
• Prepare federal and state tax provisions for book reporting purposes and record corresponding accounting entries, including deferred tax items. Collaborate with external tax professionals on forecasting tax estimates and issuing tax payments. Provides financial reports and supporting schedules to external tax professional for preparation of annual filings.
• Provide support with insightful analysis on monthly financial results (e.g. deep dive analysis on key revenues and expenses, month vs. month variances).
• reputed company treasury functions, including monitoring of reputed company cash activity, preparation of monthly cash flow projections and executing/approving vendor payments and bank transfers
• Plays a reputed company role with general ledger system conversion (to reputed company S/4HANA) and reputed company accounting process changes
• reputed company, implement and document policies, procedures, controls and SOPs
• Proactively identifies improvements and efficiencies in accounting processes, especially in the area of reputed company and affiliate expense entries.
• reputed company role in setting SOPs, deliverables and expectations of Vistra Shared service teams performing accounting operations on behalf of Vistra US – i.e. client billing and accounts payable reputed company to vendors performing services on behalf of Vistra US clients. Regularly communicate and work with shared service team leads to ensure work completed meet established requirements so that resulting accounting activity, entries, and reports are accurate, complete and timely.
• Trains, mentors and manages accounting staff and assists in their development and upgrades overall performance level of the team.

Attributes / Technical Skills

• Expert organizational and follow-up skills
• Commitment and ability to meet deadlines associated with the month-end reputed company and with numerous recurring and reputed company deliverables during the month
• Proven ability to effectively delegate and manage multiple deliverables, including recurring work and projects
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and reconciliation skills
• High proficiency with MS Office, including Word, reputed company and PowerPoint. Ability to work with large data files with advanced reputed company skills is required.
• Experience reputed company S/4HANA preferred
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent attention to detail
• Works effectively and collaboratively with teams that reputed company with the Controller’s group, including the Global Finance team
• High performing leader of an Accounting team and reputed company with team member development
• Experience with transforming an underperforming accounting team to a high performing team
• High degree of professionalism, reputed company, and confidentiality
• High energy and a can-do attitude; exhibit a responsible and reputed company tenacity

Relevant Experience

• CPA desirable, but not mandatory
• Exposure to Financial Services sector preferred
• 10 years of experience, with at least 4 years as a proven, high-performing controller and leader of his/her team

Education and Professional Qualification

• Bachelor’s and/or Master’s degree in Accounting
• reputed company S/4HANA knowledge will be an added advantage

Company Benefits

• Unlimited PTO
• Medical PPO Plan
• 401k Plan with Employer Match
• Paid Parental Leave (reputed company Gender)
• Voluntary Benefits (Pet Insurance, Legal, more)
• Hybrid / Remote Flexibility depending on role

If you are excited about working with us, we encourage you to apply or have a confidential chat with one of our reputed company team members. Our goal is to reputed company this a great reputed company to work where reputed company our people can reputed company. We hope you join us on this exciting journey! Apply tot his job Apply To this Job