<p>We are looking for an experienced Controller to join a well-known independent school in Los Angeles, California. This role is essential in ensuring the accuracy of financial operations while maintaining compliance with internal policies and external regulations. The Controller will oversee accounting functions, lead process improvements, and provide financial insights to support strategic decision-making.</p><p><br></p><p>Responsibilities:</p><p>• Manage all accounting operations including accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, and general ledger activities.</p><p>• Prepare and distribute financial reports, including monthly budget-to-actual summaries, to administrative leaders.</p><p>• Oversee compliance with school policies, internal controls, and external reporting requirements.</p><p>• Lead the preparation and coordination of audits, ensuring timely responses and accurate workpapers.</p><p>• Assist in budgeting and forecasting processes while providing financial analysis to support organizational goals.</p><p>• Supervise and mentor accounting staff, ensuring smooth operations across AP, AR, and payroll functions.</p><p>• Collaborate with various departments, such as Admissions and Advancement, on financial matters related to enrollment and reporting.</p><p>• Drive efficiency through process improvements and oversee automation projects, such as AP system upgrades.</p><p>• Coordinate regulatory filings and non-profit compliance requirements, including Form 990 preparation.</p><p>• Take charge of special projects and initiatives as assigned by senior leadership, ensuring timely execution.</p>
<p>Robert Half Management Resources is recruiting for an experienced IT Finance Consultant to help our multinational client streamline and manage their cloud spending while aligning costs with business objectives. This engagement duration is 3+ months and will be 3-days onsite in Woodland Hills. The IT Finance consultant will be responsible for overseeing cloud expenditures, identifying potential areas of savings, implementing financial processes, and working closely with technical teams to optimize usage. This role aims to address cost optimization, chargeback models, and ongoing financial planning for cloud resources.</p><p><br></p><p>Responsibilities:</p><p>• Manage and track cloud spending to ensure alignment with organizational goals and business objectives.</p><p>• Develop and oversee budgets for approximately 200 applications across various lines of business.</p><p>• Implement chargeback models to allocate cloud costs to relevant cost centers.</p><p>• Perform budget-to-actual analyses, identifying variances and ensuring accountability.</p><p>• Evaluate and optimize resource provisioning to reduce cloud expenditures while maintaining performance.</p><p>• Collaborate with DevOps and technical teams to identify cost-saving opportunities.</p><p>• Analyze and refine cloud reservation strategies to align with workload usage and negotiate better vendor agreements.</p><p>• Create detailed financial reports and forecasts to monitor cost reduction efforts and provide actionable insights.</p><p>• Communicate and coordinate with stakeholders, including application owners and cost center managers, to align costs with business needs.</p><p>• Assess and vet new workloads from both financial and technical perspectives to ensure cost justification.</p>
We are looking for an experienced Division Controller to join our team in Oxnard, California. This role is integral to driving financial leadership across multiple profit centers, ensuring robust accounting practices, and supporting strategic decision-making. The ideal candidate will bring expertise in manufacturing cost accounting, financial reporting, and analysis to enhance operational efficiency and profitability.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Partner with profit center leaders to provide financial guidance and drive business growth.<br>• Supervise accounting staff and oversee month-end close processes, including variance analysis and rolling forecasts.<br>• Monitor inventory activities, review perpetual inventory, and analyze variances to recommend actionable improvements.<br>• Lead internal and external audit engagements, addressing issues and ensuring compliance with audit requirements.<br>• Manage standard cost maintenance, production variance analysis, and customer/product profitability reporting.<br>• Develop and refine financial reports, budgets, forecasts, and Key Performance Indicator (KPI) variance analyses.<br>• Establish and enforce financial policies to maintain internal controls and guide organizational practices.<br>• Provide insights for improving business process controls and operational efficiencies.<br>• Conduct revenue and margin analyses to support strategic decisions and drive profitability enhancements.<br>• Perform ad hoc financial analyses and scenario modeling to support operational and commercial goals.
