Financial Controller

Reed Recruitment USA; San Antonio (TX); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Reed Recruitment USA is assisting a client in San Antonio, TX to hire a Financial Controller. The role reports to the US Finance Director and partners with group FP&A, leadership, and UK/Brazil teams to drive forward-looking financial insights.

The incumbent will own US budgeting/forecasting, prepare management reports, and oversee balance sheet activities. This is a hybrid role with occasional travel to CA.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance required.
• 5+ years in FP&A/financial management in US-based business preferred.
• Strong US GAAP knowledge and month-end close experience.

Responsibilities

• Partner with US leadership to provide timely analyses and recommendations.
• Own US budget and rolling forecasts for US and Brazil.
• Prepare management accounts and KPIs with variance analysis.
• Oversee AP/AR processes, invoicing, and cash flow reporting.
• Coordinate US GAAP reporting, lease accounting and tax compliance.

Skills

US GAAP

FP&A

Financial analysis

Budgeting

Forecasting

Intercompany

Cash flow

Excel

Financial modelling

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance

CPA/CMA or equivalent

Tools

MS Dynamics ERP

Excel

Job description

Our client, a leading international reaseach firm is expanding their US operations and are looking to add a Financial Controller to their team in San Antonio, Texas - this role will require (very) occasional travel to California.

This will be a hybrid role.

You will report to the US Finance Director and work closely with Group FP&A, the wider Group Finance team in the UK, leadership and the finance team in Brazil. You will be a trusted finance partner to the leadership, bringing constructive challenge, clear analysis and forward-looking insight to operational and strategic decisions.

Responsibilities:

Business partnering and decision support: Act as the finance partner to US leadership and commercial team. Build strong relationships across sales, operations and product; provide timely analysis and constructive challenge; translate financial and operational data into clear recommendations; and support decisions on pricing, customer and product profitability, growth, resource allocation and investment.

Budgeting & forecasting: Own the US budget and rolling forecasts covering the US and Brazil, and feeding into the group budget and forecast process led by Group FP&A.

Management reporting and insight: Prepare accurate, timely management accounts including KPIs, variance analysis and cash flow reporting for the US Finance Director, Group CFO and leadership. Lead performance discussions, explain the commercial drivers behind results and agree practical actions with budget owners.

P&L reporting: Produce an accrual-based P&L view of by country alongside a cash-based report, including device cost of sales and capital expenditure.

Balance sheet: Monitor and control the business’ balance sheet, perform regular reconciliations and agree intercompany balances.

Inventory & device leases: Maintain physical controls over inventory (materials and finished goods) and devices leased to customers.

Revenue & collections: Oversee invoicing, collections and customer contract terms for US lines of business for US and overseas customers, working closely with the Commercial team.

Financial controls: Design, document and maintain robust financial controls and processes for the US business, building these from scratch where needed.

US tax & statutory: Coordinate US GAAP reporting, lease accounting and federal and state tax compliance, including payroll, sales, franchise and property taxes across Texas and California, working with external advisors.

Service partner management: Manage US service partners (payroll, tax, audit, legal) to ensure accurate and timely service.

Payroll: Support the People Team with payroll compliance for employees.

Research Program Finance Support

Periodic finance support: Provide ad hoc support to the US Finance Director, US finance team, and Group FP&A on research program cost tracking, forecasts, audit queries and proposal budgets when required.

Skills, Experience, and Education Requirements:

Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or a related field, with significant relevant accounting and financial management experience. CPA, CMA or equivalent professional accounting qualification preferred.

Relevant experience: Ideally 5+ years of demonstrable experience across FP&A and financial management, ideally in a growing or early-stage US business where you have helped build finance processes.

Financial management & control: Strong technical grounding in US GAAP, management reporting, cash flow management and month-end close.

Commercial acumen and business partnering: A strong track record of partnering with senior non-finance leaders, influencing decisions through clear financial insight and constructive challenge, and translating analysis into practical recommendations and measurable actions.

Government contract exposure: Some familiarity with US government contracts or grants would be helpful but is not essential; the role’s principal focus is commercial finance and business partnering.

Systems: Advanced Excel and financial modelling skills. Knowledge of MS365 Dynamics ERP would be helpful.

Communication skills: Strong written and oral communication skills, with the judgement to handle sensitive commercial and people-related information with appropriate discretion.

Working ethos: A self-starter comfortable with building structures and formulating processes, able to prioritize independently against competing deadlines across two businesses. Available for occasional travel within the US, California most likely.