Assistant Controller / Senior Corporate Accountant

Belle Aire Creations•Round Lake, IL

19h•Onsite

About The Position

The Assistant Controller / Senior Corporate Accountant owns the production of Belle Aire Creations’ Givaudan corporate reporting and supports the monthly closure. The role exists to lift the heads-down parent-company reporting workload — BOFC/SAP packages, tax and CapEx schedules, treasury support, and the monthly financial package — off the Director of Finance & People Operations, who retains overall finance and HR leadership and remains the final reviewer and Givaudan relationship owner. This is a hands-on, deadline-driven technical accounting role for someone who can operate independently in a public-company subsidiary reporting environment.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance required
5+ years of progressive accounting experience, including month-end close and financial reporting.
Experience with corporate / parent-company consolidated reporting
Working knowledge of IFRS and U.S. GAAP and the differences between them.
Experience supporting tax provisions/packages, fixed asset and CapEx reporting, and intercompany accounting.
Strong ERP proficiency (Great Plains / Dynamics a plus) and advanced Excel.
Highly organized and detail-oriented; able to meet accelerated, non-negotiable reporting deadlines independently.
Comfortable in a subsidiary-of-a-public-company environment with frequent corporate interaction.

Nice To Haves

CPA or CPA candidate strongly preferred
SAP BOFC (or comparable consolidation tools) strongly preferred

Responsibilities

Prepare and submit monthly corporate reporting packages in Givaudan’s required format and timelines.
Complete required SAP / BOFC reporting packages; maintain account mapping between the local general ledger and SAP/BOFC structures.
Upload trial balances and financial data into FIM/BOFC systems and validate successful transmission and consolidation.
Review and reconcile control packages for completeness, accuracy, and consistency with corporate standards.
Prepare the monthly financial package with EBITDA adjustments in the Givaudan-provided format for the Director’s review.
Prepare monthly AR aging analyses with commentary on past-due balances, collection strategy, and expected cash receipts.
Respond to requests from regional and global finance teams within accelerated deadlines.
Prepare tax reporting schedules, effective-tax-rate calculations, and tax packages (including support for BDO review).
Prepare CapEx reporting packages, fixed-asset schedules, and workforce/FTE reporting.
Handle intercompany, dropship, R&D, and royalty accounting, eliminations, and related reconciliations.
Develop and maintain new GL structures and processes to support intercompany transactions and corporate reporting.
Support IFRS application and reconcile differences between IFRS and U.S. GAAP.
Prepare and review journal entries, accruals, prepaid schedules, and account reconciliations.
Support the monthly, quarterly, and annual closure and ensure ledgers are corporate-reporting ready.
Assist with variance analysis against budget, forecast, and prior year.
Help maintain internal controls and corporate accounting policies.
Support the treasury transition to Citibank and participation in the global cash-pooling structure.
Assist with weekly payment files, large-vendor approval routing, and treasury reporting.
Support acquisition / purchase accounting, opening balance sheet, and ongoing post-acquisition integration tasks.
Prepare schedules and support for annual financial statement and regulatory audits.
Assist with multi-state sales & use tax filings, 1099s, and inventory counts as needed.
Document processes and procedures and contribute to continuous process improvement.