Financial Controller

Alexander Street Press, a privately-held, international 75 person electronic publisher in the humanities and social sciences, is searching for a Financial Controller. Founded in 2000, we have grown quickly to become the #1 vendor of streaming music and video into libraries. Our customer portfolio includes most major academic research libraries in North America, as well as a substantial number of academic institutions and libraries in more than 30 countries worldwide. We also partner with many top organizations including The Smithsonian, EMI, Sony-BMG, Warner Bros., Harvard University Press, and many more. Historically we’ve grown at an annual rate in excess of 20% and now have exciting plans to double from our current size. We’re looking for an individual that welcomes this challenge and that would like to take an active role in making it happen. Alexander Street is based in Alexandria, Virginia and our European headquarters are located in the United Kingdom.

Alexander Street’s culture is non-hierarchical and non-bureaucratic. We work in an open-plan office and our culture reflects the same attitude. We welcome comments and suggestions from all levels in the company and we expect managers to lead by example. This is an opportunity for an individual who wishes to be part of a team in a truly entrepreneurial business, working alongside other motivated colleagues, to be fully engaged in the actual fulfillment of the business.

As the ideal candidate, you’ll have a very strong knowledge of finance, accounting, budgeting, and cost control using Generally Accepted Accounting Principles; prior supervisory experience of financial operations, a deep knowledge of automated financial and accounting reporting systems; a demonstrable knowledge of deferred revenue and revenue recognition principles; and an ability to prepare financial reports. Previous experience of Great Plains is highly desirable and a thorough understanding of Excel is a pre-requisite.

As a member of our management team, you must have outstanding professional written, verbal communication and interpersonal skills when interacting with all levels of our company and top levels of our partner companies. You should welcome the challenge of motivating teams to produce quality information and analysis within tight timeframes, whilst simultaneously managing several projects.

A CPA designation is an absolute requirement. Your basic education and experience should include a Bachelors Degree in Accounting (or equivalent) with at least eight years in a supervisory-level finance/accounting position. The position of Financial Controller reports directly to the CFO, who is based in the UK.

Interested applicants are invited to email their resumes to: Don McCrae, CFO at dmccrae@astreetpress.com. Interviews will be held in the week beginning May 24th 2010 at the company's offices at 3212 Duke Street, Alexandria, VA, 22314.