Assistant Controller, Corporate Accounting

Job Overview & Responsibilities

The Assistant Controller, Corporate Accounting, is responsible the oversight and management of the company’s general ledger function and system and the accounting team that supports this function. This hands-on leadership role encompasses data integrity and compliance, advanced-level general ledger accounting tasks, and systems maintenance and modification of the general ledger and chart of accounts. In managing the daily operations of the accounting team, the Assistant Controller is responsible for key accounting close activities, account reconciliations, financial audits, and verification of all monthly posting from associated subledgers ensuring completeness at the end of every reporting period. The Assistant Controller works closely with accounting leadership in the execution of these responsibilities.

 

Responsibilities and Essential Duties

• Maintain the integrity of the general ledger including the preparation, verification, and input of journal entries.
• Ensure the company’s revenue and costs are accurately and timely recorded in the financial system.
• Manage Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable and Staff Accounting teams.
• Prepare and verify Cash forecast and daily balances.
• Supervise outsourced payroll vendor and verify GL integration.
• Reconcile and maintain various balance sheet accounts. 
• Prepare journal entries and reconcile general accounts.
• Generate revenue reports for management review.
• Handle complex accounting transactions.
• Identify and resolve revenue related issues promptly.
• Assist with month-end and year-end closings, and annual financial statement audits.
• Consult with management regarding major policy decisions, major expenditures, and unusual problems.
• Collaborate with team members to gather, analyze, and interpret financial information.
• Perform audits on financial data to assure its accuracy.
• Provide support for processing commissions, if needed.
• Perform other duties as needed or assigned by Vice President/CFO.

Supervisory Duties and Responsibilities

• Manage the day-to-day operations of the team to include staffing levels, work allocation, procedure and policy adherence, process improvement, and productivity and quality of work output.
• Review account creation, deletion, and all other aspects of general ledger maintenance overseeing transaction processing and review/approval of general ledger journal entries.
• Execute monthly system closing as per the closing schedule and ensure results agree with reconciliation schedules.
• Establish metric expectations of close activities to include accuracy, timeliness of journals, and account reconciliations
• Identify and review issues related to the general ledger system, chart of accounts setup and taking corrective action to resolve.
• Handle supervisory responsibilities for direct reports, including hiring, training, developing, goal setting, performance management, and recognition.
• Lead team meetings to answer questions and build team camaraderie.
• Provide guidance, direction, and training to Staff Accountants to assist them in their professional development.

 Other Duties

• Perform all other duties, as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, Business or related field and/or equivalent combination of education and/or experience.
• 10+ years’ experience working in progressive accounting roles.
• 5-7 years’ prior supervisory experience is required.
• Work experience utilizing accounting/financial software systems such as NetSuite, Certinia, Salesforce, MS Excel and other data management tools.

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities (KSAs):

• Strong knowledge base of GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles)
• Thorough knowledge and demonstrated skills in matters related to accounting and financial policies, procedures, and reporting.
• Demonstrated expert knowledge and use of MS Office Suite
• Exceptional attention to detail, excellent organizational skills and ability to effectively prioritize work to meet deadlines.
• Ability to lead team performance and motivate, develop team members
• Ability to meet deadlines while juggling multiple and sometime competing activities
• Critical, analytical, and creative thinking to identify and solve problems
• Communication Proficiency 
• Time Management 
• Multitasking Skills
• Mathematical Skills

Company Overview

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