Assistant Controller

Waste Connections

5d•Onsite

About The Position

Waste Connections is now hiring an Assistant Controller in the Elkhart, IN market! This position is designed to prepare individuals for a promotion to a District Controller role at one of the company's other locations. Waste Connections is an integrated solid waste services company that provides solid waste collection, transfer, disposal and recycling services in mostly exclusive and secondary markets. Our goal is to create an environment where self-directed, empowered employees strive to consistently fulfill our constituent commitments and seek to create positive impacts through interactions with customers, communities, and fellow employees. People who want to gain valuable professional experience will find that Waste Connections is a fantastic place to work. You’ll enjoy the opportunity for beneficial training and professional development opportunities that can help enhance your skills and lead the way to a more promising future. We operate a highly decentralized structure, so we look for energetic individuals who can demonstrate individual initiative and creativity and prefer a work hard/play hard team environment and culture. At Waste Connections, diversity and inclusion are essential to our success. We hire and empower great, capable people from a wide variety of backgrounds and lead with our values. For more than 20 years, we have maintained a culture of safety, integrity and service to build a great place to work. Our culture is built on taking care of each other and the communities we serve.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance.
Intermediate to advanced skills in MS Excel and related accounting business systems.

Nice To Haves

2-3 years of experience preferred but recent grads will be considered
Public accounting experience preferred.
CPA and/or other professional certifications a huge plus.

Responsibilities

Performing monthly financial close functions through preparation of financial statements for each designated operating location.
Reconciliation of all general ledger accounts.
Monthly narrative analysis of significant financial variances to budget and forecast.
Monthly completion of a three-month financial forecast.
Rate analysis and review.
Effective ongoing communication of financial related information to business counterparts.
Managing flow of accounting data to/from remote facilities.
Assisting with quarterly Sarbanes Oxley compliance and review.
Planning and participating in the annual financial budget process.
Providing training to non-financial personnel on internal control compliance, accounting procedures and financial statement review.
Other duties as assigned.