Strategic Controller & Finance Leader

Fox World Travel; Oshkosh (WI); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote/hybrid work

Full benefits package

Tuition reimbursement

401(k) contributions

Job summary

Fox World Travel is seeking a hands-on Controller in Oshkosh, WI to lead all accounting operations across multiple business lines. You will partner with leaders to ensure GAAP-compliant financial statements, strong internal controls, and scalable financial systems.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years of progressive accounting experience and 5+ years of leading accounting teams, with multi-entity exposure. This role emphasizes automation, close efficiency, and cross-functional collaboration within

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance (strongly preferred).
• 10+ years of progressive accounting experience.
• 5+ years leading accounting teams.
• Experience in a multi-entity or multi-division organization.
• Proficient knowledge of GAAP and complex accounting areas, economic principles, and auditing practices.
• Project management skills and experience.
• Strong attention to setting up, monitoring and adhering to controls and procedures.
• Proven results in automating processes, improving efficiency and accuracy.
• Strategically oriented; ability to collaborate.
• Continuous improvement mindset.

Responsibilities

• Leading all accounting functions, including General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Accounting Support.
• Leading, coaching, and developing a high-performing accounting team while fostering accountability, continuous learning, and collaboration.
• Establishing departmental and individual goals, monitoring progress, and providing ongoing feedback to support achievement of business objectives.
• Ensuring timely and accurate monthly and annual financial close, while improving close efficiency and reporting timelines.
• Producing GAAP-compliant financial statements and management reports, while ensuring compliance with GAAP and company accounting policies.
• Maintaining accounting policies and a strong internal control environment to ensure consistency across all business units, while continuously improving accounting controls and documentation.
• Analyze financial results and explain significant variances.
• Overseeing supplier revenue and expense auditing procedures to ensure accurate revenue and expense streams.
• Overseeing customer billing and financial components of contracts with auditing processes to ensure accurate revenue streams.
• Ensuring revenue recognition complies with applicable accounting standards and accurately reflects complex supplier agreements.
• Coordinating and supporting annual financial statement audits, while reviewing and maintaining audit controls and procedures related to key revenue streams, including customer transaction fees.
• Oversee compliance with sales/use tax and other regulatory filings.
• Partnering cross-functionally with Human Resources, IT, Accounting/Finance, and department leaders throughout the organization to support payroll operations, financial systems, and enterprise-wide financial initiatives.
• Oversee daily cash positioning/treasury management.
• Review and monitor reconciliations for controls and financial statement accuracy.
• Enhance automation within accounting processes.
• Improve close efficiency and reporting timelines.
• Optimize integrations between booking platforms, ERP, CRM, and reporting systems.
• Continuously assess and optimize the accounting team structure to meet current and future organizational needs, develop succession plans for key roles, and implement development plans that promote associate engagement and career progression.
• Maintaining a favorable and collaborative working relationship with co-workers in all departments to foster an environment of trust and mutual respect.
• Enhancing the organization’s reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.
• Being innovative and recommending new approaches, policies, and procedures to effect continual improvements in efficiency of operations and services performed.
• Other duties, projects, and alternate assignments as determined by business needs.

Skills

GAAP knowledge

Excel proficiency

Access

Project management

Internal controls

Multi-entity experience

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance

Tools

Excel

Access

Job description

Fox World Travel is seeking a hands-on Controller in Oshkosh, WI to lead all accounting operations across multiple business lines. You will partner with leaders to ensure GAAP-compliant financial statements, strong internal controls, and scalable financial systems.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years of progressive accounting experience and 5+ years of leading accounting teams, with multi-entity exposure. This role emphasizes automation, close efficiency, and cross-functional collaboration within