Controller, Management

Controller

Department: Treasury & Accounting

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Corporate

Compensation: $157,000 - $168,000 / year

The Controller is a senior leadership position responsible for the management of the corporation’s financial health through the supervision of accounting, tax, insurance, and treasury sections. This role requires a sophisticated understanding of both accounting and finance to ensure accurate record‑keeping, risk mitigation, fund management and corporate compliance with federal, state and local agencies. The Controller leads various internal teams and works across departments to uphold the fiscal integrity of OVEC/IKEC.

Expected to align personal goals with OVEC/IKEC Strategic Business Plan, it’s the Mission, Vision and Values, as well as its Diversity, Equity and Inclusion efforts.

Employees are expected to actively support the OVEC‑IKEC Strategic Plan. Listed below are the five sections of the plan and a brief overview of each.

• Zero Harm
  • Follow our Safety Guiding Principles
    • All injuries are preventable
    • All employees are responsible for preventing injuries
    • Plan safety into your work
    • Look out for one another
• Provider of Choice
  • Commit to being a good steward of the environment and satisfy our environmental compliance obligations
  • Be mindful of fiscal responsibilities
  • Provide quality work for a reliable and efficient product
• Culture of Engagement
  • Be positive and open to new ideas
  • Be an active listener
  • Be accountable for your position
• Operational Excellence
  • Be an active participant in training sessions and meetings
  • Be proficient at your job and know its role in how it impacts the company’s performance
  • Actively pursue and/or provide training and developmental opportunities for yourself and others
• Continuous Improvement
  • Continuously seek and embrace change
  • Create solutions to problems
  • Be engaged and take an active role in continuous improvement activities

Employees are expected to follow the content of the Gears for Success booklet, including embracing Our Values. The Gears for Success contains the following five “gears” and describes our cultural expectations at OVEC-IKEC.

• Vision
  • Promote a safe, reliable and cost-effective culture
  • Be a collaborative team player
  • Understand what excellence looks like and strive to reach it
• Leadership
  • Understand that everyone has a leadership role
  • Cast a positive shadow
  • Be professional and respectful of others in your behaviors and communications with others
• Employee Engagement
  • Be coachable – accept coaching and feedback to improve not only your performance, but that of the entire team. Utilize the OVEC coaching model.
  • Be self‑motivated, adaptable, actively engaged and proactive
  • Cooperate with others
• Accountability
  • Be accountable – take pride, ownership and responsibility in the work that you do
  • Be timely and punctual
  • Be productive
• Continuous Improvement
  • Develop and maintain a cross‑functional, helping behavior
  • Bring solutions to problems
  • Relentlessly pursue improvement to our production processes

Employees are expected to follow the contents of the OVEC‑IKEC Code of Business Conduct. The Code defines both the ethical and legal standards by which employees are expected to operate every day. It is the responsibility of each of us to maintain the highest level of personal integrity in all of our work efforts.

Leadership & Team Supervision: Directly supervise the Treasury and Accounting staff. Lead the department by setting goals, conducting performance evaluations, and providing professional mentorship. Ensure a culture of accountability and that adequate cross‑training exists for all key roles.

Administer prescribed Company personnel policies and practices; make recommendations pertaining to hiring, classification, change of classification, rate change, and discipline of department employees; carry out appropriate measures of corrective discipline with employees under supervision.

General Accounting Oversight: Direct the General Accounting and Accounts Payable sections. Ensure the recording of assets, liabilities, and income/expense activity is performed at a proficient level in strict adherence to FERC accounting structures and utility‑specific standards.

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