Controller

Location

Southfield, MI | United States

Job description

THE PERSON

Are you an early to mid-career professional in the realm of public accounting, grappling with the feeling that your career trajectory has become a pigeonhole rather than a fast track to making a greater impact? Do you yearn to break free from the confines of your current role, eager to transition from being a mere contributor to a dynamic leader, with the desire to orchestrate the financial success of a burgeoning small company? If these questions resonate with your career aspirations, then your journey to newfound fulfillment may just begin here. We are in search of a dynamic and entrepreneurial professional ready to elevate Clarity Voices finance function to new heights. This position reports directly to the CEO.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Daily Accounting Operations: Perform and oversee day-to-day bookkeeping for the Company, ensuring accuracy and compliance with accounting standards. 
  
• Financial Reporting and Business Analytics: Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements and reports, analyzing variances for margin growth and expense management. Utilize data analysis and business intelligence tools to extract insights and provide data-driven recommendations for strategic financial decision-making. 
  
• Financial Controls: Develop and maintain robust financial controls for data integrity and regulatory compliance.
  
• Financial and Lending Compliance: Ensure compliance with financial regulations, including revenue recognition standards, and provide financial reports and analyses to ensure compliance with loan requirements. Establish an operational foundation to support significant growth.
  
• Budgeting: Collaborate on annual budget forecasts with the CEO and COO to align financial goals with strategy and regularly report on Actual to Budget performance.
  
• KPI Management : Create, track, and communicate Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to drive continuous improvement.
  
• Cost and Working Capital Management: Conduct variance analysis to enhance margin growth, and drive improvements in working capital by overseeing and optimizing accounts receivable, accounts payable, and inventory.
  
• Risk Analysis: Assess financial risks and benefits to support business decisions as needed.
  
• Vendor and Relationship Management: Evaluate and negotiate vendor contracts, and manage key relationships with financial institutions, legal entities, and other stakeholders.
  
• Industry Benchmarking: Track and analyze industry norms and benchmarks to ensure competitiveness and identify areas for improvement.
  
• Process Enhancement: Identify process improvements and automation opportunities for a more efficient financial infrastructure.
  

Requirements

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or related field and/or equivalent experience. 
  
• 5+ years of experience in public accounting, full-cycle accounting for multiple businesses, audits, and financial risk management.
  
• 5+ years of experience managing billing departments and key financial vendor relationships.
  
• 5+ years direct supervisory/management experience.
  
• 5+ years managing key relationships with financial vendors and in lender management.
  

FUNCTIONAL COMPETENCIES:

• Expertise in cash flow and expense management.
  
• Proficiency in financial software and tools.
  
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
  
• Telecom experience and finance background is a plus.
  

This role will be based in the Detroit area and will include a hybrid work arrangement, with at least one day in the office and additional in-office availability as needed.

Benefits

THE COMPANY – Clarity Voice

Clarity Voice is a pioneer of cloud-based VoIP phone systems, and our dedicated team is the reason behind our success.

We offer profit-sharing bonuses, a 401K matching program, medical, dental, and vision plans, and many other benefits. We value a work-life balance and support flexible work schedules, telecommuting, and offer a generous paid time off package. Our professional development program helps our employees advance their skills and grow their careers. We provide coaching, mentoring, and training events to help them realize their greatest potential. 

We’re not all work and no play though – we celebrate birthdays, life events, and professional accomplishments, and are always open to new ideas to engage with each other. We have quarterly state of the company meetings to keep everyone abreast of new upcoming initiatives, customers, and ideas as well as congratulate team members for their contributions and inform them of organizational accomplishments. We also conduct engagement multiplier surveys to ensure our team members have a voice, YOU suggest, and WE listen. We encourage a collaborative team environment. 

To encourage career growth, we have instituted a Badge program and have a knowledge-based company wiki to help us stay on the leading edge of technology. We utilize Slack to communicate in a remote environment, so our team never feels alone, and we love supporting a positive, collaborative working environment. 

At Clarity Voice, we are passionate about serving our customers and doing the right thing. We’re a values-based company where culture is everything. We value each individual for their unique character traits and believe our culture is defined by the people who are part of it. The Clarity team is bound by a Code of Values and supports the companys vision of becoming the most respected, most referred cloud phone company in North America. 

WHY Clarity Voice? Clarity Voice stands out because of our culture and core values:

• Dedicated - Do whatever is needed to get it done, finding satisfaction in your accomplishments
  
• Continuous Improvement - Be willing to evaluate and seek to be better
  
• Serve Before Gain - Assist without expecting a return on your personal investment
  
• Do the Right Thing - Apply the Golden Rule, even when no one is around to see it
  
• Humbly Confident - Be self-assured but know when to ask for help
  
• Seek to Understand - Appreciate another’s perspective before sharing your own
  

DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

As an organization and group of talented team members, we embrace our differences as strengths. We have a zero-tolerance policy for any type of bullying, harassment, or discrimination of any kind to any person. We promote an inclusive culture of trust, respect, transparency, and collaboration enriched by our differences in gender, age, ethnicity, personal preferences, disabilities, and lifestyles.

We’re a collaborative team of smart, bright people who are humbly confident, passionate about solving problems, and like to share our knowledge. If you’re interested in progressing your career at a company that rewards quality work over quantity and genuinely cares about you and your future, apply now, we would love to learn more about you! 

Benefits: medical, dental and vision plans; 401k matching program; paid time off, profit sharing, short and long-term disability, and life insurance to name a few.

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Salary

$80k - $120k