Assistant Controller

Assist the Controller with the financial affairs of the organization including preparation of financial statements and audit  support. Provide business management tools and reports for managers throughout the company. Demonstrate a relentless pursuit of continuous improvement for the company.

Key Responsibilities:

• Resourcefulness: High comfort level with complex, non-routine tasks; willing to dig into documentation and solve ambiguous problems without needing step-by-step guidance or delegating around management.
• Independent Discrepancy Resolution: Assist with month-end and year-end closing process,account analysis and reconciliations ensuring consistency with generally accepted accounting principles.
• ERP Implementation: Direct experience with system implementations, data migration, or system testing highly preferred.
• Process Optimization: Continuously reviews workflows to improve efficiency rather than passively repeating previous monthly routines.
• Time-Sensitive Execution: Sense of urgency and reliability around critical deadlines, audits, insurance reviews, and close targets.
• Schedule & Communication: Clear communication on project status, availability, and scheduling priorities to ensure key deliverables are completed without disruption.
• Month-End Close Ownership: Responsible for managing a substantial portion of the month-end close checklist as well as prepares and maintains reconciled audit schedules month-to-month to ensure year-round audit readiness
• Analysis: Perform balance sheet, income statement and cash flow account analysis each month
• Guidance & Direction: While this role has no direct reports, the candidate must be able to guide, train, and provide task-level direction to junior staff on accounting procedures.
• Regulatory filings: Prepare annual property tax returns, 1099s, sales tax returns, fuel taxes and other reports required by regulatory agencies.
• Other duties or special projects as assigned by Controller

Requirements:

• Compliance with ethical standards of accounting societies. 
• CPA or CMA required
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Master’s degree in Business Administration. 
• 5+ years of accounting experience, construction industry experience preferred 
• Possess strong organizational and interpersonal skills, as well as excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Familiarity with IFS ERP (or similar enterprise ERP environments) and advanced Excel proficiency (experience with all of these systems is not required to apply). 
• Positive attitude and an eagerness to exceed expectations. 

Compensation
Competitive and commensurate with experience and qualifications.