Assistant Controller - Stran Promotional Solutions - On-Site

Stran Promotional Solutions • Quincy, MA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Assistant Controller is the hands-on accounting leader responsible for the monthly, quarterly, and annual close and the integrity of day-to-day transactional accounting. The role connects accurate ledger activity with dependable financial reporting, supporting the Controller and CFO with reliable information for analysis and decision-making.

The position oversees close planning, journal entries, accruals, reconciliations, consolidations, cut-off, variance review, issue resolution, and reporting. It also strengthens transactional accounting across revenue, inventory, accounts receivable, accounts payable, fixed assets, leases, commissions, and other significant accounts. The Assistant Controller leads inventory accounting and the monthly inventory close, improves the commission process, and helps ensure financial and management reporting is timely and decision-ready.

The Assistant Controller serves as the Accounting team’s hands-on NetSuite expert, improving system use, data integrity, workflows, reporting accuracy, approval controls, and exception management. The role also strengthens internal controls, documentation, audit readiness, and accounting processes, and partners with technology resources and external consultants on scalable solutions. This is not a NetSuite developer or system administrator role.

The position supports the Controller with quarterly reviews, the annual audit, public-company reporting, Forms 10-Q and 10-K, and technical accounting matters. It provides day-to-day leadership, coaching, and oversight for assigned Accounting team members, including A/P and A/R, and collaborates with Finance, Operations, Sales, IT, auditors, and other partners. This is a full-time, in-office role in North Quincy, Massachusetts, in a collaborative, deadline-driven environment.

Requirements

• At least 7 years of progressive accounting experience, including accounting management or supervisory responsibility.
• Demonstrated mastery of the monthly close and ability to independently own a complex, deadline-driven close from transaction through reporting.
• At least 3 years of experience in a high-volume manufacturing, distribution, or e-commerce environment, with strong transactional accounting understanding and the ability to assess account activity, reconciliations, and close-related issues.
• Significant experience working directly with external auditors and supporting SEC filing requirements.
• Strong hands-on NetSuite expertise and ability to improve accounting workflows, reporting, data integrity, and controls; experience with similar ERPs is also noted.
• Deep knowledge of U.S. GAAP, general-ledger accounting, reconciliations, financial reporting, and internal controls over financial reporting.
• Demonstrated ability to lead, coach, and develop accounting professionals.
• Strong accounting judgment, analytical and problem-solving skills, and communication skills.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel proficiency.

Nice To Haves

• CPA certification.
• Experience supporting financial information included in Forms 10-Q and 10-K and addressing technical accounting matters.
• Inventory accounting, costing, and commission-accounting experience.
• Public accounting experience.
• Experience strengthening accounting operations in a growing, acquisition-oriented, or increasingly complex organization.
• Proven Assistant Controller experience within a publicly traded company or an environment.

Responsibilities

• Independently lead the monthly, quarterly, and annual close from pre-close planning through final reporting, with defined ownership, deadlines, review standards, and escalation paths.
• Own and review journal entries, accruals, account reconciliations, roll-forwards, supporting schedules, intercompany activity, and close-related analyses.
• Ensure the general ledger is complete, accurate, timely, and compliant with U.S. GAAP and company accounting policies.
• Identify and resolve unusual balances, transactions, cut-off issues, reconciliation breaks, and other accounting matters before reporting deadlines.
• Improve close speed, quality, documentation, accountability, and repeatability while preserving control and accuracy.
• Communicate close status, risks, decisions, and unresolved items to the Controller and relevant stakeholders.
• Strengthen accurate transactional accounting across revenue, inventory, accounts receivable, accounts payable, fixed assets, leases, commissions, and other significant accounts.
• Ensure clean data and reconciled accounts support timely, consistent financial and management reporting.
• Review financial results and investigate variances, trends, and unusual activity.
• Lead daily inventory-accounting oversight and the monthly inventory close, including costing, valuation, general-ledger reconciliation, adjustments, and exception resolution.
• Oversee and improve the commission process, including the accuracy, approval, support, and payment of calculations.
• Serve as the Accounting team’s hands-on NetSuite expert and improve team knowledge, adoption, and consistent platform use.
• Own accounting outcomes in NetSuite, including data integrity, close workflows, reconciliations, reporting accuracy, approval controls, and exception management.
• Prioritize system and process improvements that reduce manual work, spreadsheet dependency, recurring errors, and operational risk.
• Partner with internal technology resources and external consultants to implement effective, controlled, and scalable solutions.
• Strengthen internal controls, documentation, review procedures, and remediation efforts across core accounting processes.
• Support the Controller with external auditor coordination during quarterly reviews and the annual audit, and serve as the primary contact in the Controller’s absence.
• Coordinate complete, accurate, and timely audit schedules, documentation, support, and responses.
• Support financial information used in Forms 10-Q and 10-K and maintain documentation for significant accounting judgments and conclusions.
• Partner with the Controller on technical accounting matters, audit readiness, and implementation of new or revised accounting guidance.
• Provide day-to-day leadership, coaching, and oversight for assigned Accounting team members, including A/P and A/R.
• Set expectations and accountability, review work against company standards, and develop team members’ accounting judgment and problem-solving capabilities.
• Collaborate with Accounting, Finance, Operations, Sales, IT, and other partners; prioritize effectively and communicate significant judgments, changes, risks, and exceptions to the Controller.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed