Seeking candidate who is fluent in both English and Mandarin Chinese.
Summary:
The Controller is responsible for honest and accurate financial leadership in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). This role ensures adequacy of internal controls and advises all levels of management of insightful internal and external customer financial analysis needed to help drive profitable growth. The Controller leads the Company's financial operations, which include internal reporting, commissions reporting, accounts receivable (AR), accounts payable (AP), bank reconciliations, and risk management.
Responsibilities and Functions:
- Strategic Planning: Develops and executes financial strategies aligned with business goals to support growth and profitability.
- Prepares and audits monthly accruals for both the "soft close" and month end financials.
- Recommends benchmarks that will be used to measure the Company's performance.
- Owns the annual and mid-year budgeting and forecasts process.
- Reports on significant budget differences to management after each month end.
- Provides financial analysis, with emphasis on capital investments, pricing decisions, and contract negotiations.
- Overall Management: Oversees daily financial operations, including accounting, budgeting, cost control, and analysis, ensuring data accuracy and timeliness.
- Ensures that company general ledger (GL), fixed assets, payroll, customer billing, accounts receivable (AR), accounts payable (AP), inventory systems, bank reconciliations, and routines operate accurately, effectively and efficiently.
- Maintains a documented system of accounting policies and procedures and implements a system of controls over accounting transactions to minimize risk.
- Compliance and Audit: Ensures compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), Sarbanes Oxley, internal controls over financial reporting (ICFR), Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), and local, state, and federal government requirements.
- Reconciles all import costing records against published parent company pricelists and coordinates the calculation of any importer of record changes (e.g. tariffs rebates) as necessary.
- Tax Planning: Manages tax compliance, filings, and planning for the U.S. region.
- Works with and leads both internal and external auditors and provides needed information for the annual audit.
- Team Building: Leads the local finance team to enhance capabilities, optimize processes, and improve efficiency and teamwork.
- Oversees training programs and identifies training needs.
- Business Support: Participates in business operations, provides financial solutions and decision support, and assesses financial risks for major investments or Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) projects.
- Oversees the production of financial reports on a monthly, quarterly, and yearly basis or when necessary.
- Calculates and audits Representative Sales Commission reporting and follows up when questions arise.
- Recommends business control process improvements and participates in operational approvals if required.
- Attends meetings and training as needed.
- Other duties as required.
Skills and Abilities:
- Strong leadership, with cross-cultural communication, and stress management skills.
- Excellent supervisory skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Excellent organizational and time management skills.
- Proficient in accounting and tax preparation software.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite.
- Working knowledge of NetSuite preferred.
Education and Experience
- Bachelor's degree or above in Finance, Accounting, or related fields.
- Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and/or American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) membership preferred.
- At least eight (8) years of finance experience, including at least two (2) years in U.S. market or overseas financial management.
- Proficient in U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and tax systems.
Communications:
- Fluent in English and Mandarin for seamless communication with local team and headquarters.
- Ensure clear and timely communication within the team, and across other departments to address gaps and resolve issues.
- Proven ability to handle multiple priorities, work in a fast-paced environment, and make decisions quickly is a must.
- Keeps management informed of significant issues and actions being taken to address and/or improve the situation.
- Must be able to convey and present information in a way that influences others and successfully builds collaboration.
- Respects confidentiality of privileged information.
Personal Growth:
- Exercises tact and discretion in interpersonal contacts.
- Supports the Company Values.
- Demonstrates commitment to continued personal and professional growth and development.
Physical Demands:
- Occasionally required to walk, stoop, bend, kneel, crouch, crawl, or squat.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
- Regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear.
- Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
- Ability to lift 10 to 25 pounds.
- Ability to travel as needed.
