Corporate Controller

Mansfield Service Partners is seeking a dynamic and experienced Controller to lead our financial strategy and operations in Houston, TX. This role is critical in driving financial excellence, fostering stakeholder trust, and solving complex challenges to grow and scale our business. The ideal candidate will bring robust industry expertise, exceptional analytical abilities, and the leadership qualities necessary to inspire and manage high-performing teams.

Responsibilities (People Leadership, Vision, Governance)

People Leadership

• Team management responsibilities may include payables, cash applications, billing, inventory management, banking, and general ledger
• Responsible for recruiting, mentoring, training, and retaining a diverse team and the ability to delegate accordingly
• Develop clear goals for staff each year that support company goals and objectives
• Participate and lead team through talent management and engagement initiatives
• Develop a coaching strategy for staff to achieve or exceed goals and objectives
• Regularly review performance with staff
• Help staff focus on what is within their control to achieve success
• Celebrates success
• Quickly addresses performance issues in a constructive manner
• Create positive accountability and follow-up to achieve goals

Vision

• Develop clear vision, goals, and objectives for the department that support company goals and objectives and keep team members focused on high performance
• Implement a strategy for departments to examine and improve key processes used every day
• Develop clear departmental strategy to achieve measurable and financial goals
• Coordinate team member scheduling and staffing to ensure excellent customer service and response is achieved
• Provide a regular feedback strategy for the department to evaluate results and make improvements

Governance

• Ensure accounting teams have documented, auditable processes in place to accurately record transactions.
• Evaluate control risk for financial processes and put in place internal controls to cover the five management assertions for each balance sheet account. (Accuracy, Ownership, Completeness, Valuation, Financial Statement Presentation & Disclosure)
• Produce month-end financial statements including analysis of the profit and loss, balance sheet and cash flow statements in an accurate and timely manner
• Manage monthly financial close and consolidations process
• Ensure tight controls over inventory process including physical counts and weighted average cost
• Responsible for establishing and maintaining proper internal controls to ensure effective internal control environment.
• Responsible for all joint venture accounting including developing and managing rates for shared services support provided to external businesses
• Identify and address root causes of operational and financial inefficiencies, ensuring sustainable and effective solutions
• Manage the annual external audit including adherence to budget and reporting date commitments
• Provide financial information to tax accountants, banks and counterparties as needed
• Responsible for managing department's cost and providing ideas and opportunities to consistently improve department's efficiency
• Responsible for developing and reporting out department specific metrics
• Manage account reconciliation process to ensure all accounts are reconciled in timely fashion. We require all balance sheet general ledger accounts to be properly reconciled monthly.
• Responsible for developing annual budget and reporting out budget variances
• Responsible for department's technology needs including general ledger accounting software, vendor relationship management, implementation needs, issue resolution, and enhancement needs.

Position Requirements

Formal Education & Certification

• Undergraduate degree in Accounting required
• Active CPA license preferred
• MBA preferred

Knowledge & Experience

• Ten or more years in accounting and finance
• Three or more years of leadership in accounting/finance related organization
• Thorough knowledge of general ledger, intercompany accounting, consolidations
• Proficiency with accounting/financial software packages
• Proficient use of Microsoft Excel
• Petroleum experience strongly preferred
• Public accounting experience preferred
• PDI Enterprise experience a plus

Qualifications & Characteristics

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills; experience in effectively communicating key data, including presentations, to senior management
• Ability and desire to translate complex financial concepts to individuals at all levels including finance and non-finance managers
• Ability to multi-task
• Detail oriented
• Time and task management skills essential
• Ability to work effectively with minimum supervision to meet deadlines
• Independent thinker with a compliance mindset

Work Environment

• 40-hour on-site work week, sometimes more depending on needs of the business and process cycles (month end, year end close)
• Occasional travel (less than 10%) may be required
• Sitting for extended periods of time
• Dexterity of hands and fingers

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status