Controller

3 weeks ago


New York, United States Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP Full time

Overview:
Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer, the Controller is responsible for the firm’s global financial operations, including accounting, compliance and treasury, across 16 international offices. The role requires a seasoned financial leader with extensive experience in global financial operations management, accounting, treasury and financial strategy within a large, complex organization.

The Controller will lead a global team of approximately 40 individuals, including 8-10 direct reports and is responsible for defining team objectives by developing both short-term and long-term goals in support of firm goals.

**Responsibilities**:
**TREASURY**
- Manage the firm’s global treasury operations, including cash management, liquidity management and risk management.
- Develop and maintain relationships with global banking partners to optimize banking services and reduce financial cost
- Establish, review, maintain and ensure adherence to global treasury policies, including FX and hedging strategies, to mitigate currency risks
- Develop robust cash flow modeling and analysis alongside CFO
- Responsible for firm’s agreements with financial institutions, including committed line of credit and related quarterly compliance reporting.

**ACCOUNTING OPERATIONS**
- Oversee operational accounting responsibilities managed by local Finance Managers, including cash receipts, accounts payable, payroll and related general ledger activities
- Oversee the timely and effective U.S. and international employee payroll payment process, including Workday Payroll, finance and banking systems integration, wire transfers, and check generation
- Responsible for timely and efficient vendor and expense payment processing through Chrome River, including partnering with Procurement Team to ensure optimal use of systems and processes related to the purchasing and payables process
- Standardize department and office expense reporting, supporting the firm’s CFO, COO and Global Operations Committee expense analysis and review.
- Key contributor in systems upgrades, when applicable, managing and testing for all areas within the accounting operations team.

**INTERNAL CONTROLS AND COMPLIANCE**

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- Oversee successful completion of year-end global and local statutory audits, including employee benefit plan audits.
- Ensure compliance with all relevant accounting standard and regulatory requirements.
- Ensure all business activities are executed with strong internal control discipline
- Work closely with Global Risk Team and General Counsel’s Office, where necessary to ensure finance policies and procedures adequately mitigate risk of fraud and other finance-related risks

**TEAM LEADERSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT**
- Lead and mentor a highly capable group of finance team members and managers, fostering a culture of high performance and continuous improvement and ensuring alignment of financial practices and goals
- Review department staff capabilities and recommend improvements and development plans, when necessary.

Qualifications:

- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance, CPA required (MBA preferred).
- A minimum of 10 years of professional services industry experience (legal service industry preferred but not required), with notable experience in treasury. Big 4 Accounting experience a plus, but not required.
- Experience with law firm technology such as Aderant and high proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
- Excellent analytical, strategic planning and communication skills.
- Extensive experience in developing, implementing and automating processes and controls in a dynamic environment.
- Strong work ethic, attention to detail, and organizational skills, including the ability to work independently, consult with appropriate management team, and multi-task.
- Proven success mentoring, developing and managing a team;
- Excellent problem solving skills, with the ability to adapt in a fast paced, high pressure and deadline driven environment; anticipate requirements and consistently deliver exceptional customer service.
- Exceptional oral and written communication skills with the ability to effectively collaborate within a diverse cultural business environment (including directly with the client); and
- Superb interpersonal skills with the ability to build consensus-based support for goals and processes.
- Ability to both inspire confidence and maintain confidentiality.

The estimated base salary range for this position is $250,000 to $300,000 at the time of posting. The actual salary offered will depend on a variety of job-related factors, including skills, education, training, credentials, experience, scope and complexity of role responsibilities, geographic location, and performance. This role is exempt meaning it is not overtime pay eligible.

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