Controller

About

American Recycling is a one-stop material processing solution, handling paper, cardboard, plastics, metals, organics, and secure product destruction. The company is a single-source, full-service partner that understands organizations’ complex recycling needs.

The company helps businesses sustainably achieve ESG compliance, reduce landfill impact, and streamline operations. As a regional leader in California’s North Central Valley, American Recycling is the trusted choice for commercial and industrial recycling.

Responsibilities

• Plan, direct, and control the company’s accounting and financial activities, ensuring compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), statutory guidelines, and internal financial policies and procedures
• Establish, communicate, and implement major financial strategies, objectives, and policies for the company within approved budgetary plans and processes
• Oversee accounting operations and financial controls across the company's 5 facilities , ensuring consistency in reporting, inventory processes, and controls company-wide
• Align the major business functions to the profitability, productivity, and cost control goals of the business plan
• Prepare timely and comprehensive reporting and analyses of historical/forecasted financial data (including but not limited to sales, profitability, working capital, cash and other industry/company specific financial metrics)
• Direct preparation of budgets, reviews budget proposals, and prepares necessary supporting documentation and justification
• Monitors approved budgets versus actual results on a monthly basis, providing guidance and assistance where needed to management
• Assist the sales/marketing and recycling functions in aligning financial capability of company assets and resources to the forecast for sales/shipments
• Assist the sales function in accounts receivable maintenance, oversight over customer credit decisions, and collection of delinquent payments
• Assess and helps adjust standard costing used in determining cost of goods sold.
• Manage inventory accounting methodology and processes to increase visibility and performance within the warehouse
• Communicate the results of the business unit activities, plans for and progress towards meeting financial goals/objectives and explanations regarding key accounting initiatives
• Supervise any accounting department employees including providing guidance on unusual accounting scenarios, on-the-job-training for development and potential advancement, and evaluation of work performance based on established performance standards
• Manage prioritization and payment processes for vendor invoices
• Drive initiatives for automation, efficiency, and quality-improvement
• Directly manage communication with auditors and provide sufficient audit evidence to support financial reporting requests

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance
• 8+ years of leadership experience of an accounting or finance function
• CPA or CMA preferred
• Minimum of 10 years of accounting experience