Financial Controller - Energy

Description
Robert Half Financial Services are hiring for a Controller role at a fast growing publicly traded Energy firm located in midtown Manhattan New York. Our client requires an active CPA license with Big4/Public Audit foundation and 10+ years Corporate Accounting and Financial Reporting experience at a publicly traded company. Must have knowledge of SOX/Sarbanes-Oxley, SEC Reporting (10-K, 10-Q), GAAP, and ERP system/implementation. The role is 4 days per week in the midtown Manhattan office.
Responsibilities:

• Own the corporate accounting function, including the general ledger, monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes, intercompany transactions, foreign currency translations, and consolidation across a growing multi-entity, multi-jurisdictional structure.
• Oversee project and cost accounting for energy programs, and other capital-intensive activities, ensuring precise labor and cost allocation across programs and entities.
• Lead the accounting integration of newly acquired businesses, aligning them with the corporate close calendar, consolidation procedures, accounting policies, and internal control frameworks.
• Prepare and review consolidated financial statements, footnote disclosures, and supporting analyses in accordance with U.S. GAAP and SEC rules, partnering with the CFO on the financial content for Forms 10-K, 10-Q, and registration statements.
• Research, evaluate, and document accounting conclusions for complex and judgmental transactions in formal technical memoranda. Key areas include business combinations and asset acquisitions (ASC 805), consolidation and variable interest entities (ASC 810), research and development costs (ASC 730), stock-based compensation (ASC 718), leases (ASC 842), equity and liability classification (ASC 480/815), goodwill and long-lived asset impairment (ASC 350/360), and revenue recognition (ASC 606) as commercial operations develop.
• Partner with the CFO to manage engagements with third-party valuation specialists regarding purchase price allocations, intangible asset and equity instrument valuations, and impairment analyses, providing support and evaluating their conclusions.
• Support financial due diligence and drive opening balance sheet readiness for acquisitions, joint ventures, and strategic investments, including complex cross-border targets.
• Manage the accounting for government grants, tax credits, and state and federal incentive programs, while actively monitoring emerging accounting standards and SEC guidance for potential impact on the company.
• Assume management ownership of the Company's ICFR framework under Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, including scoping, risk assessment, process narratives, control matrices, and evidence retention sufficient to support external auditor attestation under Section 404(b).
• Evaluate control deficiencies, drive remediation efforts to completion, and support management's assessment of ICFR effectiveness and related disclosure controls.
• Manage the relationship with the Company's SOX advisory partner, continually evaluating the optimal resourcing model and supporting a potential future transition to an in-house function as the company scales.
• Coordinate with tax advisors on U.S. federal, state, and foreign tax provision (ASC 740), compliance, transfer pricing, and the tax implications of acquisitions and entity structuring.

Requirements

Qualifications:

• CPA license with Big4/Public Audit foundation
• 10+ years Corporate Accounting and Financial Reporting experience at a publicly traded company
• Must have knowledge of SOX/Sarbanes-Oxley, SEC Reporting (10-K, 10-Q), GAAP, and ERP system/implementation
• Bachelor or Master degree in Accounting

The Controller role is 4 days per week in the midtown Manhattan office, so please only apply if you are able to travel to this location, have relevant experience for the role and are eligible to work in the United States. The salary is flexible dependent on experience and level, the range is $230-260k base plus 15% bonus/RSUs. If your profile matches the above criteria, please add me on LinkedIn and email me directly; Trishan Khareghat

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