Finance Director/Controller

Status : Full-Time, Employee

Job Function : Finance

Relevant Work Experience : Minimum 5+ years supervising / managing people

Education : Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent work experience (Master's Degree a plus)

Career Level : Director

Office Location : Kirkland, Washington

Workplace Type : Hybrid (a mix of work from home or in the office)

Salary Range : $,- $, / annually

Benefits

• Fully Paid Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance for Employees and Eligible Dependents
• Qualified High Deductible Health Plan / Health Savings Account / FSA
• Employee Assistance Program
• Prescription Drug Benefits
• AFLAC
• Long-Term Care Reimbursement
• WPFLM Reimbursement
• Employer-paid short-term and long-term disability
• Employer paid Life and AD&D

k) Plan with Company Matching and No Vesting Period

• Net-Employer (k) Contribution
• Bi-annual Bonus Program
• Minimum 15 Vacation Days Per Year
• 12 Company Holidays
• Personal Volunteer Time
• 10 Days of Maternity / Paternity Leave
• 7 Sick Days Per Year

The Opportunity

We are seeking a Finance Director (Controller) to lead a talented and high-quality team in support of our technology mission, member companies, business partners, and the broader Bluetooth organization.

Be a part of developing innovative technology that powers wireless connectivity for 5.5 billion device shipments each year and growing!

The Role

The Finance Director (Controller) leads seven individuals (including a manager) across two teams, including : Accounting and Membership.

The Finance Director owns all facets of AP, AR, Payroll, and Accounting and Technical Accounting, including regulatory and tax compliance, internal controls, and reporting, as well as Membership administration.

The Finance Director reports to the CFO and supports additional key F&A priorities : financial analyses, financial audit, K audit, annual budget, and special projects.

If you are a talented individual and an experienced people manager seeking to demonstrate excellence in this role and prepare yourself for the next step in your professional growth, this role may be an excellent match.

Responsibilities

• Lead, manage, and grow a team of talented professionals
• Drive vision and strategy of accounting & membership teams
• Architect and drive internal control program to greater maturity
• Own transactional processes (AP, AR, Payroll, etc.)
• Own technical accounting
• Improve financial close (TB final) from three days to two days within 12-18 months (with staff able to accomplish the deadline while working normal hours no overtime needed)
• Own compliance activities (financial audit, K audit, fed / state tax, etc.)
• Establish and maintain strong working relationships with all functional team(s) and leadership
• Support CEO, executive team, and Board of Directors business / analytical needs
• Own new-member in-take process and on-going member administration
• Seek continual improvements in Membership self-help initiative, processes, and performance metrics.

Skills and Requirements

The successful candidate will have :

• Current CPA license if you are not a licensed CPA, please do not apply
• Minimum 5+ years supervising / managing people
• Demonstrated supervision of hybrid team (combination of remote & in-person)
• Demonstrated strategic mindset combined with the ability to execute through staff
• Unafraid to hire people far better than yourself
• Technically adept able to quickly master different technologies without assistance
• Advanced Excel skills or higher required (i.e. there is a test to demonstrate your capabilities)
• Intermediate to advanced at analytical or financial modeling
• Strong to expert technical accounting knowledge & skills
• Strong to expert knowledge of internal controls (i.e. can design a framework from scratch)
• Highly organized let’s say that again highly organized
• Ruthlessly accurate and precise
• Always seeking improvements and better ways to do things
• You want to be a better professional than you are today and are willing to learn and work hard to do so
• Travel worldwide up to 10% of the time

Who We Are

At the Bluetooth Special Interest Group ('the SIG'), we envision a world where everything and everyone that wants to connect should be able to do so in a simple, secure, and wireless way.

We advance the awareness and understanding of Bluetooth technology worldwide, oversee the development of new generations of Bluetooth technology, and provide the processes and tools for developers to build, test, qualify, and brand their Bluetooth products.

Our collaborative, fast-paced company culture and critical role in creating a more connected world with Bluetooth products will put you at the forefront of technology innovation.

At the SIG, collaboration, commitment, integrity, respect, humility, and creativity are at the core of who we are and are displayed on a daily basis.

We use our values to cultivate relationships with our members, business partners, and our organization. When joining the Bluetooth SIG, you share and display these values at the highest level.

Not only do we care about getting work done and how we work together, we care about YOU by providing learning and development opportunities, social events, a safety program, a wellbeing program, free snacks and drinks, and cool company swag.