ASSISTANT CONTROLLER (AEROSPACE & DEFENSE)

Marvin Group•Inglewood, CA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Assistant Controller supports the Marvin Group’s growth and legacy operations by helping achieve and maintain accurate, current, and complete financial information and reporting. The role enhances financial operations and reporting and serves as a hands-on financial advisory resource within Finance and across the organization. This is a 100% onsite position in a medium-to-large, fast-paced office environment with usually moderate noise. Travel is not expected and, if necessary, will be minimal.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in finance or accounting.
At least 7 years of finance and cost accounting experience in manufacturing, defense, or government contracting.
Experience managing staff and teams.
Proficiency in GAAP and federal, state, and local tax reporting; knowledge of FAR and DFARS.
Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including Pivot Tables, Lookups, and formulas, and the Microsoft suite.
Hands-on experience with complex inventory valuations.
Experience with SAP ERP systems or a similar ERP is required.
Ability to work onsite.
U.S. citizenship is required.

Nice To Haves

MBA degree and/or CPA.
Experience with SAP ECC 6 and S/4HANA ERP systems, or similar ERP.

Responsibilities

Coordinate, lead, and mentor Finance employees preparing supporting documentation, work papers, and calculations for independent audits of consolidated financial statements in accordance with GAAP, FAR, and DFARS.
Analyze financial statements and reporting, communicate key drivers, and support standard processes and procedures for timely, accurate, and complete financial forecasts and cost center planning.
Develop and maintain cross-functional relationships to support reliable and accurate financial reporting data.
Contribute to Finance oversight of indirect cost centers, track cost center and pool performance against budget plans, and research significant variances.
Coordinate physical inventory observations with business-unit points of contact, suppliers holding outside inventory, and the external CPA firm.
Prepare inventory valuations, including slow-moving inventory reserves.
Coordinate management support with the internal tax department and external advisors, and prepare research and calculations documenting eligibility for R&D Tax Credits, Section 174 QRE, IC DISC, UNICAP 263(a) capitalization, and other tax projects.
Assist with fixed asset management, including asset ID creation, acquisition cost tracking, depreciation accounting, and fixed-asset and property reporting for the Tax Department.
Supervise and mentor Finance and Accounting staff.
Assist Finance leadership with department management, special projects, tax compliance reporting, and third-party insurance and government audits.