Assistant Corporate Controller

Imperative Logistics Group•Portland, IL

About The Position

The Assistant Corporate Controller is a key leadership role within Imperative Logistics Group’s corporate finance organization. This hands-on accounting leader brings deep technical accounting expertise and owns system administration, consolidation processes, and finance transformation initiatives. The role oversees corporate close and consolidation, leads systems administration and integration efforts, and partners across the company to improve processes in a geographically distributed, multi-entity environment. It manages an accounting team based in Laredo, Texas, and collaborates with finance teams across Illinois, New York, South Carolina, Texas, California, and Oregon. The position leads financial close and reporting, maintains accounting policies, supports the external audit and tax compliance, administers Workday Adaptive and SAP Concur, and contributes to acquisition and non-operational integrations. It also develops the accounting team, partners on budgeting and forecasting, prepares executive and board materials, and supports treasury and cash management activities. Travel is required at 50%, reducing to 25% after the project.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance.
Active CPA license.
At least 7 years of progressive accounting and finance experience, including at least 3 years in consolidation and financial reporting.
Deep knowledge of U.S. GAAP and experience operating in a GAAP-compliant environment.
Experience leading or supporting system implementations, integrations, or accounting transformations.
Strong Workday Adaptive experience, including modeling, integrations, and reporting.
Advanced Excel skills, including building scalable models and reporting templates.
Ability to lead change while also executing tactically.
Experience working across multiple entities, geographies, or business units.
Ability to travel 50%, with travel decreasing to 25% after the project.

Nice To Haves

Experience in the logistics, transportation, or supply chain industry.
Prior experience supporting M&A integration activities.
Experience managing or influencing teams in multiple locations.

Responsibilities

Lead monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes, including consolidation across multiple business units and entities.
Ensure GAAP-compliant financial reporting, strong internal controls, and consistent accounting practices.
Coordinate and consolidate monthly financial statements and management reporting packages.
Own and maintain the company-wide Accounting Policy Manual.
Lead the annual external audit in partnership with auditors and internal finance teams.
Partner with the tax firm to support annual tax compliance through accurate and timely data collection.
Administer Workday Adaptive for the cross-border team, including consolidation and planning models, source-system integrations, version management, dimensional structures, and custom account and attribute maintenance.
Administer and optimize SAP Concur, including expense structure design, process improvements, and evaluation of additional modules.
Develop and maintain processes for tracking and reporting management-level EBITDA adjustments.
Support post-acquisition and non-operational integrations across finance, accounting, HR, insurance, and related functions.
Identify opportunities to streamline, standardize, and automate accounting and reporting processes across business units.
Lead, develop, and mentor the accounting team in Laredo, Texas.
Partner with business-unit controllers and finance leaders to understand expense trends, operating drivers, and efficiency opportunities.
Collaborate on annual budgeting and interim forecasting, including development of a rolling corporate P&L forecast.
Prepare and support board-level and executive materials, translating financial results into insights and recommendations.
Communicate financial trends, risks, and outlooks to senior leadership.
Support treasury activities, including weekly cash flow monitoring and holding-company bank transactions.
Track intercompany borrowing requests, repayments, and related activity.