Assistant Controller

Legrand North America • West Hartford, CT

27d

About The Position

At a Glance
Legrand has an exciting opportunity for an Assistant Controller to join the Electrical Wiring Systems Wiremold Team in West Hartford, CT.
What Will You Do?
Assist the Controller with driving and executing day-to-day accounting team responsibilities, tasks, and project related efforts.
Provide oversight and direction to the fixed asset function including development of standard reports and projections related to Capex spend and depreciation projections.
Provide oversight and direction in the Treasury area including reviews of weekly disbursement runs, wire payment releases, and monthly cash projection forecasts.
Complete month end closing.
Coordinate monthly accruals, schedules and reporting, such as commission accruals, incentive/sales bonus accruals and rebate accruals.
Approve and post monthly journal entries.
Approve and analyze monthly balance sheet reconciliations.
Ensure timeliness, accuracy and integrity of general ledger data.
Oversee daily operations of Accounts Payable: general ledger coding, OPOS administration, New account set up.
Assist in the T&E and PCard Concur Audits and administration.
Perform balance sheet reviews and review/approve monthly account reconciliations while ensuring reconciling items are properly labeled and dispositioned in subsequent months.
Responsible for managing and coordinating execution of financial audits while assisting with development of a robust controls environment including ensuring proper controls documentation, ensuring adequate segregation of duties are in place, and assist the business with remediation of controls deficiencies.
Interact with the internal/external audit teams to facilitate efficient execution of audits and participate in all issue remediation efforts.
Work with staff and other departments to continually look for improvements and efficiencies.
Provide reporting and analysis to help drive Mfg Productivity of the WH site: including but not limited to: weekly earned hours/mix reporting, monthly and qtrly operations reporting, inventory reporting, annual budgets.
Document policies and procedure.
Management staff including training and job development.
Help team set annual goals based on strategic initiatives.
Semi-annual review of goals with individual team members.
Prepare annual performance evaluations of each team member.
Lead and participate in various projects and job responsibilities, as directed by the Controller.

Requirements

• BBA in Accounting.
• 3-5 years of experience in accounting and/or finance.
• Ability to prioritize responsibilities and multitask.
• Outstanding communication skills.
• Leadership skills to ensure training, motivation and development of staff.
• Excellent Microsoft Excel skills.
• Detail and results oriented.
• MS Office
• Manage 2000
• Proquis
• Happy Fox
• Sage Fixed Asset software
• Budget Maestro
• Concur Solutions
• SharePoint
• CitiDirect BE

Responsibilities

• Assist the Controller with driving and executing day-to-day accounting team responsibilities, tasks, and project related efforts.
• Provide oversight and direction to the fixed asset function including development of standard reports and projections related to Capex spend and depreciation projections.
• Provide oversight and direction in the Treasury area including reviews of weekly disbursement runs, wire payment releases, and monthly cash projection forecasts.
• Complete month end closing.
• Coordinate monthly accruals, schedules and reporting, such as commission accruals, incentive/sales bonus accruals and rebate accruals.
• Approve and post monthly journal entries.
• Approve and analyze monthly balance sheet reconciliations.
• Ensure timeliness, accuracy and integrity of general ledger data.
• Oversee daily operations of Accounts Payable: general ledger coding, OPOS administration, New account set up.
• Assist in the T&E and PCard Concur Audits and administration.
• Perform balance sheet reviews and review/approve monthly account reconciliations while ensuring reconciling items are properly labeled and dispositioned in subsequent months.
• Responsible for managing and coordinating execution of financial audits while assisting with development of a robust controls environment including ensuring proper controls documentation, ensuring adequate segregation of duties are in place, and assist the business with remediation of controls deficiencies.
• Interact with the internal/external audit teams to facilitate efficient execution of audits and participate in all issue remediation efforts.
• Work with staff and other departments to continually look for improvements and efficiencies.
• Provide reporting and analysis to help drive Mfg Productivity of the WH site: including but not limited to: weekly earned hours/mix reporting, monthly and qtrly operations reporting, inventory reporting, annual budgets.
• Document policies and procedure.
• Management staff including training and job development.
• Help team set annual goals based on strategic initiatives.
• Semi-annual review of goals with individual team members.
• Prepare annual performance evaluations of each team member.
• Lead and participate in various projects and job responsibilities, as directed by the Controller.

Benefits

• LNCA offers comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, as well as distinctive benefits like a high employer 401K match, paid time off (PTO) and holiday pay, short-term and long-term disability benefit plans, above-benchmark paid maternity and parental leave, bonus opportunities in accordance with the Company’s incentive plans, paid time off to volunteer, and an active/growing Employee Resource Group network.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees