Assistant Controller

Job Summary

The Assistant Controller will report to the CFO and work directly with the Controller to ensure the monitoring and proper recording of UGC’s assets. This position will also ensure internal control compliance and accounting compliance within generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). The Assistant Controller is responsible for the management of members of the finance accounting team including but not limited to; Senior Accountants, Staff Accountants, Accounts Payable personnel, and support of the Finance Accounting Team overall. The Assistant Controller should have a thorough understanding of GAAP technical principles and reporting requirements. The Assistant Controller must have a thorough understanding of internal control standards, with the ability to assess and provide recommendations to the Controller and CFO. The position is integral in the management and delivery of corporate projects as required with the ability to lead and direct project teams. This position will be required to maintain a positive, forthright attitude that promotes a collaborative, respectful, and diverse corporate culture, and conducts themselves in a professional and favorable manner.

It is essential that all our employees align with our values of Inclusivity, Integrity, Reliability, and Safety by contributing to the creation of solutions and positive experiences for team members, customers, and producers while providing a high level of customer care and service.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Leads and supports accounting functions of UGC’s finance accounting team including an ability to coach and train GAAP accounting principles.
• Leads development of the finance accounting team. Completes annual performance reviews.
• Participates in the monthly CTO Admin calls and assists in providing direction and oversight on accounting functions.
• Manages day-to-day activity of finance accounting team and ensures payments and communication are accurate and timely.
• Leads UGC’s finance accounting team in cross training and backup support systems for job functions.
• Manages monthly and quarterly financial close process. Reviews various monthly accounting reconciliations; provides feedback and training to accounting team.
• Ability to prepare and present accurate financial accounting journal entries to Controller and CFO, including, but not limited to payroll entries.
• Assists in the preparation of the monthly/quarterly/annual financial statements, ensuring integrity of the financial statement presentation.
• Develops and provides ad hoc reports and analysis to Controller and CFO as required.
• Ability to learn and master UGC’s transaction cycles, works with the Controller to recommend changes in any identified control deficiencies.
• Ensures warehouse licensing and compliance are timely and accurate.
• Learns and masters UGC’s market to market commodity accounting, metrics, and transactional processes; Masters commodity accounting and position swing, working directly with Controller and CFO as needed.
• Works directly with UGC’s external CPA firm during annual audit. Ability to answer any questions, substantiate audit evidence to support workpaper balances. Coordinates with Controller as needed.
• Utilizes technology to gain and drive organizational process efficiencies. Recommends to Controller and CFO ideas for improvements.
• Plans for projects, assigns, and leads to completion.
• Interacts directly with all levels of the UGC organization. Ability to collaborate and a desire to inquire with questions/requirements as needed.
• Assists Controller in the annual budget and forecasting requirements.
• Serves as backup to cash management, futures, and daily options activity.
• Other duties as assigned.

Required Education, Skills, and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting is required, but equivalent work experience and education will be considered.
• Minimum eight (8) years of progressively responsible experience in the management of accounting functions, CPA preferred.
• Proven and effective interpersonal skills; must support a team-oriented approach within the department as well as for the Company.
• Ability to work with the Microsoft suite of products and various ERP systems.
• Must be able to make decisions and work independently, and detail oriented.
• Expressing or exchanging ideas in English by means of the spoken word to impart oral information to customers, public, and convey detailed spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• Communicate with co-workers, management, clients, and others in a courteous and professional manner.
• Encourages an environment which fosters teamwork and continuous improvement.
• Ability to lead project teams.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced and stressful environment.