Controller

Responsibilities:

• Be responsible for the planning, organization and development of economic and financial strategies prepared from the analysis of information provided by accounting and controlling areas. Ensure compliance with the company’s financial planning.
• Review and prepare financial and accounting, according to the periodicity currently established, including, but not restrictively, the following: balance sheets, income statement, cash flow (indirect method), reporting package for the Headquarters, statements of reconciliation of balances and intercompany transactions, statements of costs and inventories, financial statements and explanatory notes.
• Assistance to the external audit. Coordinate activities of external audits.
• Support top management in the preparation of reports, information and analysis of investments, expenses, costs, profitability.
• Participate in the activities of month-end closing activities of the controlling team (monthly P&L report, forecast reports, Budget & MTP);
• Preparation of the monthly results of the Company’s business units, with explanations of the main variations compared to the budget;
• Preparation of the Company’s budget and explanation of the main variations in relation to the results of previous years/periods;
• Preparation of Forecasts and their variations in relation to previously prepared budgets;
• Support to cost reduction and recovery of operating results (Profit Plan) activities, through ideas, calculations, evaluations and reports that support the activities defined by the organization;
• Support for the cost analysist in order to make contribution margin analysis
• Preparation of workpapers supporting the annual tax return
• Coordinate the preparation of annual tax return with outside CPA firm
• Implement a process to record transactions by department and compare costs incurred to budget and performance analysis of profit centers
• Review and recordation of journal entries required to reflect the monthly activity
• Preparation of workpapers supporting the monthly close process and month end balances
• Review monthly accounting close process including analytical review of the monthly operating results to ensure accurate accounting records are maintained
• Preparation of monthly financial statements and related footnotes
• Preparation of the year to date cash flow
• Perform cash projections to effectively manage cash balances and maximize the return on any excess cash balances
• Preparation of monthly reforecast incorporating historical results and future assumptions
• Supervise the billing of asset management, incentive fees, acquisition, disposition, QPAM and other fees monthly, quarterly, annually in accordance with the respective agreements
• Supervise the accumulation of permitted reimbursements from clients through the accounts payable process and bill these reimbursements to the clients monthly
• Supervision of all accounts payable processed in corporate office. This includes corporate payables, payables for Title Holding Entities, allocations of costs incurred on behalf of multiple entities
• Review of expenses incurred on behalf of multiple entities such as software (MRI) costs, accounting services, analytical services, etc.
• Maintenance of fixed asset records for coordinate quarterly inventory of fixed assets with the information technology department
• Assist in the implementation of corporate policies and procedures such as invoice processing, cash management and calculation of fees
• Implement, document and maintain adequate and effective internal controls
• Implement, document and maintain adequate and effective processes to improve the close and reporting cycles to ensure timely and accurate reporting
• Responsible for ensuring compliance with all applicable laws, rules, and regulations
• Supervise accounts payable/Receivable clerks to ensure accurate and timely production of all financial information
• Proper analytical review of the asset operations from a balance sheet, income statement and cash flow perspective as well as an overall business perspective
• Any other responsibilities that may be assigned from time to time.