Controller - Chicago, United States - Katten
Description
About Katten
Katten is a full-service law firm with approximately 700 attorneys in locations across the United States and in London and Shanghai.
The firm's core areas of practice include corporate, financial markets and funds, insolvency and restructuring, intellectual property, litigation, real estate, structured finance and securitization, transactional tax planning, private credit and private wealth.
Katten represents public and private companies in numerous industries, as well as a number of government and nonprofit organizations and individuals.
Summary for the Controller Position
The Controller is responsible for managing the firm's financial operations function including overall responsibility for the firm's accounts payable, cash receipts, payroll, international accounting, intercompany balancing and escrow transactions and processes.
Katten offers a hybrid work model, allowing the flexibility to work both on-site and remotely on a regular basis (KattenFlex).
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include, but may not be limited to, the following. Other duties may be requested and/or assigned. Essential functions are primary job duties that an individual must be able to perform successfully with or without a reasonable accommodation. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Plan, organize, and direct the activities of the Accounting Department in all aspects of general accounting including cash receipts, accounts payable, payroll, international accounting, intercompany balancing, and escrow processes, ensuring optimal performance of the financial operations function.
- Define and recommend departmental objectives by developing shortterm and longterm goals in support of financial objectives.
- Key member to ensure timely month and yearend finance systems closing with a focus on financial operations.
- Oversight and responsibility for cash and banking processes, including preparation of periodic reconciliations and compliance reporting.
- Analyze, prepare, compile, and distribute various accounting analysis in conjunction with other senior Finance Managers.
- Key contributor in yearend execution of the annual audit of the firm's financial statements.
- Recommend, implement, and monitor compliance with all established accounting and payroll policies, as well as, with firm policies and procedures and government regulations. Establish and maintain systems and controls that verify the integrity of all financial reporting systems, processes, and data, and enhance the firm's value.
- Develop, manage, and direct a staff of motivated accounting professionals focusing on metrics to enhance productivity and efficiency and provide quality services in a costeffective manner.
- Responsible for assuring the integrity of the accounting database system and evaluate new technical developments and recommendations assessing proposed system enhancements.
- Investigate and resolve inquiries and issues regarding accounting operations in a timely and effective manner.
- Key contributor in systems upgrades, managing testing for all areas within accounting operations functions.
- In collaboration with management, develop policies and procedures that result in increased staff efficiencies.
- Other ad hoc requests and reporting as requested by management.
Supervisory Responsibilities
- Directly supervises and manages employees and is responsible for their overall direction, coordination, and evaluation. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the firm's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing and training; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems; and making recommendations for hiring, promotion, compensation, and termination.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or equivalent; CPA required. Minimum of 15 years of progressive accounting experience and 7 or more years of supervisory experience within a Am Law 50 law firm is required; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Strong general ledger, accounts payable, payroll, cost recovery, and technical analysis skills are required. Knowledge of the accounting processes and reporting re
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