Controller At Dexis Consulting Group

Dexis is a professional services firm that solves the most pressing social challenges in complex environments, paving the way for a more secure and prosperous world.

Dexis embraces diversity, equity, and inclusion and strives to build and maintain a safe environment where we celebrate diverse backgrounds, treat everyone with respect, and value the unique lived experiences each person brings based on their race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, disability, military or veteran status, national origin, age, marital status or family status and related conditions.

At Dexis, you will experience a corporate culture of inclusiveness, fairness, and trust. You will be given the means and mentorship needed to succeed, and your creativity will be rewarded.

Dexis is seeking a Controller based in the headquarters office. This is a director’s level position requiring demonstrated ability to operate at advanced levels of authority and accountability for achieving results. The controller supervises all activities in the accounting department, including payroll, accounts payable, invoicing, and accounting systems. Designs, implements, and continually improves financial controls, systems, and procedures within the Finance and Administration division. Performs quality control/quality assurance over auditing books by identifying core business issues related to accuracy and efficiency. Ensures the company follows federal, GAAP, and corporate accounting principles, practices, and guidelines.

Responsibilities

Technical

  • Overall responsibility for all activities within the accounting department, including Payroll, Accounts Payable, General Ledger, Systems and preparation of the consolidated company financial statements inclusive of subsidiaries financial data.
  • Interpretation and clarification of policies and procedures and other support to project management staff relating to financial activities.
  • Maintains/enhances/supervises the automated accounting system (Deltek Costpoint – General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Project Controller, Flexible Billing, etc.) to ensure accurate financial reporting of company activities.
  • Maintains financial records. Prepares or reviews reports, statements, invoices and other related materials to ensure compliance with corporate practices, and US government regulations.
  • Reviews payment transactions. Establishes and implements appropriate procedures for payment transactions to occur.
  • Reviews all necessary information required for DCAA, OIG, corporate, and tax audits.
  • Collaborates in preparations of indirect cost rates for submission to USAID. Assists in calculations and billing of indirect cost rate adjustments.
  • Reviews processing of all tax documents for employees, including 1099’s and W-2’s
  • Participates in activities to build a strong knowledge culture by sharing best practices and important innovations through practice networks and knowledge management systems.
  • Undertakes assignments on projects or special initiatives as appropriate.

Management and Leadership

  • Recommends and/or leads strategic staff recruitment. Supervises, mentors, and evaluates manager and associate-level staff, communicating clear performance goals and standards, offering regular performance feedback, ensuring effectively-run meetings, and maintaining an open door policy.
  • Leads documentation and open-sharing of best practices and important innovations company-wide, including in the field.
  • Delivers effective oral and written presentations that advance development assistance knowledge and understanding and communicates in a way that persuades and promotes openness and innovation.
  • Coaches managers to develop effective supervisory skills.
  • Promotes staff development through coaching, mentoring, and facilitating professional growth opportunities.
  • Promotes and exemplifies values and ethical standards and manages staff to achieve team and development objectives.
  • Creates a productive and motivating work environment for staff by promoting cooperation and teamwork across departments, staying abreast of management, leadership, and team building strategies and advocating for them.
  • Develops effective working relationships with clients, counterparts and stakeholders and continually promotes outstanding client service with home office staff and field teams. Conducts duties and responsibilities with full understanding of clients’ requirements, the relevant policies, regulations, and operating procedures.
  • Demonstrated leadership, versatility, and integrity.

Project Management

  • Develops effective working relationships with clients, counterparts and stakeholders and continually promotes outstanding client service with home office staff and field teams.
  • In collaboration with the Chief Financial Officer, develops work plans for accounting department, ensures provision of timely resources to execute the plan, oversees progress and reporting of implementation, ensures proper technical direction in scope of work, and conceptualizes new strategies to improve performance.
  • Supervises recruitment of accounting staff, including developing guidelines consistent with corporate policies, scopes of work, position qualifications, and selection of candidates.
  • Supervises, develops, and evaluates assigned accounting teams and individuals, and assists managers with supervision of associates. Ensures staff receives regular performance feedback, prompt resolution of problems, and time and opportunity to grow and develop in key competency areas.

Additional Duties and Responsibilities

The employee will perform other duties and responsibilities as required by the Chief Financial Officer which might include administrative, management, and technical tasks as well as working on special task forces.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty and responsibility. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

  • Bachelors degree required; Masters degree and/or CPA preferred
  • Minimum 10 years senior professional experience in financial management, corporate finance, budgeting, computerization of financial operations, with emphasis on government contracting
  • Experience managing teams, recruiting excellent candidates, developing staff capabilities and promoting the careers of successful staff
  • Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills
  • In depth knowledge of compliance and accounting, particularly in government contracting
  • Experience in the application of indirect rates
  • Knowledge of company’s main clients and their operations
  • Ability to write and verbally communicate clearly and concisely
  • Demonstrated ability to operate at increasingly advanced levels of leadership and authority. Assume increased control over significant technical projects, new business efforts, budgets and resources, produce and take responsibility for results, as well as increasingly contribute to corporate strategies
  • Demonstrated leadership, management and organizational skills
  • Knowledge and understanding of unique environment in which projects operate
  • Ability to work both independently and in a team

Physical Requirements

  • Regular attendance and availability during normal business hours are required.
  • Ability to work in a normal office environment.
  • Occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

Dexis is on a mission to help solve today’s most pressing global political, social, and economic challenges and create a world where all people are safe and prosperous. As a Dexis employee, you will be challenged, empowered, and mentored. Our motto is “find a way or make a way” — that’s how Dexis goes “all in.” How will you?

If you are passionate about this opportunity, apply now!

Only those applicants who meet the above criteria will be contacted for interview.

Dexis is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, religion, pregnancy, disability, age, genetic information, military service, veteran status, ethnicity, citizenship, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, childbirth and related medical conditions, including lactation, or any other protected class under applicable law.

If you are hired for a position that is paid from the Dexis home office, you will be required to submit proof that you have received the COVID-19 vaccine unless you qualify for a legally recognized medical or religious exception to the vaccine requirement. This does not apply to AL, AZ, FL, KS, MT, NH, ND, or TX residents.

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