Assistant Controller Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or a related field.
• Current CPA.
• Public accounting experience.
• 7–10 years of progressively responsible general accounting experience.
• 1–2 years of management or leadership experience.
• Ability to own and manage stakeholder relationships and work effectively with people at all levels of an organization.

Responsibilities

• Ensure financial statements are accurately prepared and presented on time.
• Prepare, interpret, and analyze financial data and statements in a timely manner.
• Assist with the monthly financial close and ensure assigned companies’ financial statements are completed accurately and on time.
• Assist with annual audits and periodic internal and external audit requests.
• Improve the timing, accuracy, and completeness of financial information during the month-end close process.
• Review balance sheet reconciliations prepared by internal accounting staff after month-end close.
• Lead a department or large functional area, overseeing multiple teams and managers to achieve strategic and operational objectives.
• Allocate departmental resources and establish goals, metrics, and accountability standards to measure progress against business targets.
• Promote cross-functional consistency through clear communication, data-backed insights, and proactive engagement with peers and executive stakeholders.
• Monitor revenue recognition policies for GAAP compliance and proper reporting of revenues and related expenses.
• Make decisions affecting departmental goals, priorities, and resource use, escalating complex or cross-functional issues to senior leadership as needed.
• Manage department employees, including hiring, training and development, delegating assignments, conducting performance appraisals, making salary recommendations, coaching and counseling, and administering corrective actions.
• Hold regular one-on-one meetings with employees and establish team and individual goals.
• Coach senior managers and emerging leaders and support succession planning, performance management, and leadership readiness.
• Assist in developing and administering accounting systems, practices, and procedures that conform to GAAP and reflect operating costs, budgets, and profitability.
• Protect company assets by establishing, monitoring, and enforcing internal controls.
• Identify and implement process improvements that enhance quality, scalability, and efficiency.
• Conduct periodic audits of company procedures to help ensure company assets are protected.
• Coordinate with tax accountants for Federal, State, and local tax returns for NFS entities and with third-party accounting firms on state tax incentive programs to ensure timely filing.
• Assist the FP&A team in developing long-term plans for departments and the company.
• Assist with inquiries about variances between actual and budgeted amounts.

Benefits

• Health coverage
• Dental coverage
• Vision coverage
• Disability coverage
• 401(k) plan with employer match
• Paid parental leave
• Pet benefits, including pawternity leave and pet insurance
• Student loan repayment