Assistant Controller

Help lead an accounting team that delivers accurate financial results and dependable day-to-day operations. Reporting to the senior accounting leader, the Assistant Controller will guide staff, oversee the close cycle, and strengthen the processes behind financial reporting. This hands-on role combines technical accounting, team development, and collaboration with business partners.

What You Will Do

• Coordinate monthly, quarterly, and annual closes, keeping deliverables on schedule and resolving issues before results are finalized.
• Review journal entries, accruals, balance sheet reconciliations, and ledger activity; prepare financial statements and supporting reporting schedules.
• Guide daily accounting work across payables, receivables, cash, payroll, and fixed assets, ensuring transactions are complete and properly recorded.
• Set team priorities, review work, provide practical coaching, and build cross-training that supports consistent coverage of key responsibilities.
• Apply GAAP and internal accounting policies, maintain appropriate separation of duties, and address weaknesses in financial controls.
• Coordinate external audit preparation, organize supporting records, and manage follow-up requests through completion.
• Oversee recurring information returns, business property reporting, and other required annual filings; support tax, regulatory, banking, and insurance requests.
• Work with finance, operations, purchasing, and inventory teams to investigate discrepancies and improve the flow of financial information.
• Simplify accounting procedures, strengthen documentation, and support special projects and delegated leadership responsibilities.

What You Bring

• A bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or a related discipline and at least five years of progressively responsible accounting experience.
• Experience supervising accounting professionals, reviewing their work, and helping them develop their skills.
• Solid command of GAAP, general ledger accounting, reconciliations, financial reporting, and the period-end close process.
• Advanced spreadsheet skills, experience using accounting or ERP systems, and familiarity with corporate tax and regulatory reporting.
• Sound analytical judgment, attention to detail, and the ability to balance your own deadlines with the team’s workload.
• Clear written and verbal communication, including the ability to explain accounting matters to colleagues outside finance.

Helpful Experience

CPA designation or progress toward certification; experience with external audits, tax or regulatory submissions, and accounting for an organization with multiple operating sites.