Assistant Controller at Northwood Club

Northwood Club•Dallas, TX

1d•Onsite

About The Position

This position for Assistant Controller will supervise the daily accounting processing and understand procedures in the A/R, A/P, Payroll, and Purchasing areas and assist in the preparation of periodic financial statement information and other management information as needed. This position reports directly to the chief financial officer.

Requirements

Self starter who can work well with limited supervision.
Analytical thinker.
Strives to find process improvements to ensure work is completed in an efficient and effective manner.
English required to read, analyze, and interpret financial reports, and legal documents, to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community. To effectively present information to top management, public groups, and/or boards of directors.
Required to calculate figures and statistical inference; to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios and proportions to practical situations.
Accounting degree or extensive club related job experience.
Keyboard Data Entry & 10 Key by Touch
Extensive Knowledge Microsoft Outlook, Excel & Word.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of NorthStar, Jonas Software and Sage Fixed Assets would be helpful.

Responsibilities

Assist Controller in preparing financial statements, journal entries, and investigating variances from budget.
Oversees accounting and administrative controls so as to safeguard the assets of the club by reducing theft as well as internal fraud.
Assists the Controller in preparing and monitoring annual budget, monitoring revenue goals as well as generating various (weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual) business volume forecasts.
Assist the controller in providing coverage during temporary replacement for accounting staff and purchasing agent during vacations, illness and staff replacement.
Maintain fixed asset supporting schedules and accounting documentation.
Perform or review account analysis, bank reconciliations, etc. on a monthly basis.
Review or prepare sales and use tax returns, gross receipts tax returns, federal and state payroll tax returns, and informational returns (W-2, 1099 Misc, 1099 B, etc.).
Assist controller in developing and monitoring compliance to accounting procedures. Recommends to management the implementation of policies, procedures, processes and controls based on continual analysis of current accounting processes.
Assist controller and purchasing agent in developing and maintaining receiving procedures utilizing an inventory system.
Assist controller in developing and generating internal operational/accounting information reports.
Prepare permit and license applications for the controller's review, including creating and maintaining a tickler file for permit and license renewal dates.
Monitors contracts with facility's vendors.
Maintain and administer computer systems. Verify performance of periodic hard drive backups. Interface with software vendors on support issues. Assist with troubleshooting of IT issues throughout the Club.
Prepare audit schedules for annual audit and other audits as needed.
Keep the controller apprised of unusual events affecting the accounting department.
Maintains flexibility to take on new and different tasks as directed by the Controller.