The Controller assists in all functions associated with finance and accounting. This includes budgeting, forecasting, month end closing, financial reporting, and payroll.
Responsibilities include:
- Prepare annual budget
- Coordinate with sales leaders on annual projected revenue and monthly allocation
- Prepare estimated COGS
- Prepare annual departmental budget templates and work with budget owners to provide the required inputs
- Assist with other budget inputs (wages, commissions, discounts, outbound freight, etc.)
- Prepare quarterly financial forecasts
- Coordinate with sales leaders on sales amount and monthly allocation
- Prepare estimated COGS
- Work with budget owners to update quarterly estimates
- Assist with other forecasted inputs (wages, commissions, discounts, outbound freight, etc.)
- Prepare monthly financial reports
- Update financial reporting package for leadership
- Maintain internal financial reports (currently, updating Power BI)
- Distribute monthly departmental budget to actual reports.
- Coordinate quarterly meetings with department heads and budget holders to discuss past results and gather information for the quarterly updates.
- Participate in the month end close
- Prepare journal entries related to leases, payroll accruals, etc.
- Prepare and calculate monthly commissions by sales agency
- Assist in health insurance reconciliations, payments and coding
- Calculate monthly (or semi-monthly) payments to parent company
- Other Responsibilities
- Assist in providing information to external auditors (e.g., annual financial audit, sales tax audits, other)
- Maintain and update Company's standard costs
- For related-party real estate holding company, maintain accounting, payments, billing, etc.
- Coordinate quarterly estimated tax payments, annual personal property tax, and other tax filings
- Provide support, as needed, for bi-weekly payroll processing, payroll accounting (e.g., journal entries) and general payroll compliance issues.
- Maintain all procedures relating to your assigned activities
- Participate in company and department projects as needed
- Petzl America is a small company and there may be times that you are asked to do tasks & duties outside the general scope of your job in order to achieve our company goals.
Skills & Requirements:- Minimum of five years relevant experience
- BA/BS degree in accounting, finance, business administration, economics, or related field
- MBA, CMA, or CPA is preferred
- High proficiency in SAP is preferred
- Business Intelligence Software (Power BI) or data warehouse skills preferred with proven background in query-writing, report-writing, database creation
- Full knowledge of US GAAP & accounting systems
- Strong skills with Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Google Workspace equivalents
- Experience with budget and forecasting processes
- Analytic, logical & technical problem-solving skills
- Strong communication skills required (written and verbal)
- Outdoor industry experience a plus
Petzl offers a competitive salary and eligibility to participate in the company profit-sharing program. We have a comprehensive medical, dental, life insurance & vision benefits package, a retirement savings plan with employer matching, paid time off & holiday pay, climbing & bouldering walls on-site, climbing gym membership, access to industry pro-deals and discounts on Petzl products. A flexible work schedule with hybrid work options is available and we have a dog friendly office.
