Assistant Corporate Controller

Compensation Range

$170,000.00 - $190,000.00 Annual Salary

Job Description Summary:

Ensure financial integrity, compliance, and operational excellence while supporting the company’s strategic growth to build a scalable, future-ready finance function that exceeds customer expectations and maximizes shareholder value.

Job Description:

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES:
 

Financial Reporting and Consolidation

• Preparation accurate and timely monthly, quarterly, and annual consolidated financial statements.
• Oversee complex consolidations across multiple entities and diverse business types, including intercompany eliminations and joint ventures, ensuring consistency and accuracy.
• Ensure all financial reporting adheres to GAAP while proactively evolving processes to support organizational growth and scalability.
• Coordinate with external auditors during interim reviews and annual audits, providing required schedules, reconciliations, and supporting documentation.
• Stay current with accounting standards and industry developments, implementing required changes.
• Complete other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Accounting Operations and Close Process

• Direct and enhance the monthly close process, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and timely completion of all accounting activities.
• Review and approve complex journal entries, account reconciliations, and accounting treatments, including revenue recognition (ASC 606), lease accounting (ASC 842), and joint venture transactions.
• Oversee and manage all aspects of the general ledger, including fixed assets and lease accounting.
• Develop and maintain standard operating procedures (SOPs) and other accounting documentation to ensure consistency and compliance across the organization.
• Drive continuous improvement of accounting processes to increase efficiency, scalability, and reliability.
• Provide guidance on complex accounting matters and cross-functional projects, ensuring alignment with GAAP and business objectives.

Business Partnership and Strategic Support

• Function as a trusted partner and strategic advisor to the teams within F&A and other business partners, providing accounting expertise to enable informed business decisions.
• Collaborate and support acquisitions, reorganizations, new company formations, and other growth initiatives by delivering technical accounting insight and actionable recommendations.
• Provide subject matter expertise on system implementations and enhancements, ensuring accounting processes are efficiently designed, optimized, and integrated.
• Perform analysis to identify risks, trends, and opportunities across F&A and the organization.
• Translate complex accounting/financial issues into clear, actionable recommendations for leadership.

Leadership and Team Development

• Lead, mentor, and inspire a high-performing accounting team, promoting ownership, accountability, continuous improvement, and strong customer focus.
• Foster professional development and coaching to strengthen teams’ capabilities and career growth.
• Build and scale teams to meet the evolving needs of a growing, complex organization.

Internal Controls, Compliance and Audit

• Promote a strong internal control environment to protect company assets and support business growth.
• Ensure compliance with corporate policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements.
• Partner with external auditors to facilitate efficient audits and timely resolution of findings.
• Lead or support the development of future-ready accounting policies and frameworks that anticipate evolving growth and emerging regulatory requirements.

Complete other responsibilities as assigned.


MINIMUM SKILLS OR EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• CPA designation required (or in progress, with some exam sections completed).
• Master’s or advanced degree is a plus.
• Industry experience is a plus.
• Proven experience as an accounting manager, senior accounting manager, or in similar roles.
• Several years of progressive accounting experience in a large corporate environment with strong knowledge of all F&A processes, including budgeting, forecasting, GL, AP, AR, financial close, reporting, external audits, etc.
• Strong technical knowledge of U.S. GAAP and financial reporting, including consolidations, intercompany eliminations, joint ventures, equity investments, ASC 606 (Revenue Recognition), ASC 842 (Leases), etc.
• Proficient using large ERP systems, tools and advanced Excel capabilities to enhance accounting processe