Controller

Summary:

The Controller is responsible for all financial aspects of Alliance Physical Therapy Group, a national therapy provider & reports to the CFO. Alliance PTP operates 130+ physical therapy locations across 16 states and has an Industrial Athlete business which operates in 40+ states. Responsibilities including accounting, budgeting, reporting, cash management, M&A, treasury and audits This role requires exceptional leadership, strategic thinking, and problem-solving skills, as well as the ability to manage multiple projects and coordinate cross-functional teams. The Controller manages the Finance (2 FTE) and Accounting (6 FTE) teams and works directly with Sr. Leadership support favorable operational and financial outcomes.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Plan, organize and direct the activities of the Financial Reporting and Financial operations of Alliance PTP.
• Manages and evolves the accounting team and supportive infrastructure: accounting system (Great Plains), accounts payable and receivable, bank reconciliations, purchase accounting, complex healthcare reserves and bad debt processes.
• Constantly strives to shrink the close cycle from 10 days and seeks to speed internal and external reporting deliverables.
• Ensures compliance with regulations, accounting principles, and confidentiality policies
• Manages and evolves the finance team and relative infrastructure: the financial reporting system (Solver BI360), quarterly forecasts, accurate & timely reporting, annual budget processes, M&A reporting, weekly cash forecasts, manages lending relationships
• Understands and fosters KPI culture, seeks to foster a "continuous process improvement culture"
• High level of accuracy and attention to detail regarding the recording and coding of financial transactions in compliance with GAAP. Supports education and training of staff.
• Coordinates the dissemination of financial statements and other reporting to the field, key operational constituents, management and the Board of Directors.
• Responsible for budgeting, preparing financial forecasts and outlooks, and analyzing monthly operating results
• Delivers a successful year-end audit, stays abreast of accounting changes and actively evolves procedures to ensure compliance. Ensuring compliance with regulations, accounting principles, and confidentiality policies
• Coordinate financial system interaction with other internal and external systems.
• Supervision and mentoring of accounting and finance staff.
• Regular and reliable attendance is required.

This list of duties is not intended to be all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties or responsibilities that senior management may deem necessary.

Basic Qualifications/Skills:

• Bachelor's degree is required.
• CPA license is required.
• Five or more years' experience in the insurance or medical industry or equivalent experience in a business/accounting department with management experience required. Additional education may be substituted for experience.

Preferred Qualifications/Skills:

Coaching / Training / Mentoring: Actively foster actions required for desired business outcomes through ongoing constructive feedback.

Communication / People Skills: Ability to influence or persuade others under positive or negative circumstances; adapt to different styles; listen critically; collaborate.

Computer Literacy: Ability to function in a multi-system Microsoft environment

Independent Thinking / Self-Initiative: Critical thinkers with ability to focus on things which matter most to achieving outcomes; commitment to task to produce outcomes without direction and to find necessary resources.

Information Management: Ability to manage large amounts of complex information easily, communicate clearly, and draw sound conclusions.

Leadership: Successfully manage different styles of employees; provide clear direction and effective coaching.

Organizational Skills: Ability to organize people or tasks, adjust to priorities, learn systems, within time constraints and with available resources; detail-oriented.

Problem Solving / Analysis: Ability to solve problems through systematic analysis of processes with sound judgment; has a realistic understanding of relevant issues.

Technical Skills: Knowledge of GAAP and Cost Accounting Standards; knowledge of Federal Acquisition Regulations; working knowledge of health care government contracts; expertise with financial analysis and reporting; proficient with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PeopleSoft.

Performance Measurements:

• Lead financial operations for APTP to support a monthly close and reporting cycle of less than 10 business days with an ultimate goal of 5.
• Ensure timely 4/30 and successful completion of annual financial audit.
• Works to enhance finance service delivery while keeping annual spend as % of revenue at or below agreed upon benchmarks.
• Understands all lines of business and maintains a highly accurate cash forecast (+/- 5% variance).
• Takes ownership for eNPS scores of financial operations and proactively helps to positively influence culture. Works to increase/maintain over agreed upon baseline.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle or feel and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to sit at a desk for prolonged periods of time while working on a computer. They are also required to frequently reach with their hands and arms. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.