Assistant Corporate Controller

Owen Ames Kimball•Grand Rapids, MI

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Owen-Ames-Kimball Co. is hiring an Assistant Corporate Controller to help lead corporate financial reporting, sharpen project and company-wide insights, and strengthen audit-ready processes. Reporting to the CFO, you’ll partner closely with Division Controllers and project teams to deliver accurate, GAAP-compliant reporting—especially around Work-in-Process (WIP) and revenue recognition—while driving continuous improvement through standard work, automation, and thoughtful use of AI tools.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field (required).
5+ years of accounting experience, including 2+ years in construction accounting (required).
Strong knowledge of GAAP, financial statement preparation, reconciliations, and internal controls.
Hands-on WIP and job-cost reporting experience, including percent complete and cost-to-complete review.
Audit readiness mindset—organized, detail-oriented, and comfortable coordinating schedules and responding to requests.
Ability to communicate clearly with both finance and non-finance partners and to coach/mentor others.

Responsibilities

Lead key parts of the monthly close—review journal entries, accruals, and balance sheet reconciliations to ensure timely, accurate financial statements.
Own and elevate WIP reporting: partner with cost control and project teams to validate percent complete, cost-to-complete, projected margin changes, and proper revenue recognition.
Turn project and financial data into clear insights—job cost and earned revenue performance, over/under billings, change orders, contingencies, and risk/opportunity trends.
Prepare monthly management reporting packages and KPI analysis (gross margin, backlog, cash trends, working capital metrics, and more).
Support consolidation and intercompany/joint venture reporting as needed; help ensure consistent accounting policies across entities/branches.
Be a go-to technical partner—support accounting staff and project teams on policy application and reporting questions.
Play a major role in annual audit preparation and external auditor requests; maintain clean support schedules and an excellent audit trail.
Provide tax return support (workpapers, schedules, and advisor requests) and assist with year-end planning analysis.
Improve close and reporting processes through better standard workpapers, and automation.