Assistant Controller / Senior Corporate Accountant

Belle Aire Creations ‚Ä¢ Round Lake, Illinois ‚Ä¢ Full Time

Posted on Thu, Jun 18, 2026

Company Description: Belle Aire Creations aspires to be focus-oriented, customer driven and positioned as the top-tier middle market fragrance solution. We consider ourselves to be a truly unique company whose employees will continue to complement existing personnel and represent the goals and values of the organization. Business Industry: Fragrances/Cosmetics/Personal Care/Candles Job Title: Assistant Controller / Senior Corporate Accountant Employment Type: Full-Time (Fully Onsite) Reports to: Director of Finance & People Operations Job Description: The Assistant Controller / Senior Corporate Accountant owns the production of Belle Aire Creations’ Givaudan corporate reporting and supports the monthly closure. The role exists to lift the heads-down parent-company reporting workload — BOFC/SAP packages, tax and CapEx schedules, treasury support, and the monthly financial package — off the Director of Finance & People Operations, who retains overall finance and HR leadership and remains the final reviewer and Givaudan relationship owner. This is a hands-on, deadline-driven technical accounting role for someone who can operate independently in a public-company subsidiary reporting environment. Job Responsibilities: Givaudan Corporate Reporting (Primary Focus)

Prepare and submit monthly corporate reporting packages in Givaudan’s required format and timelines.
Complete required SAP / BOFC reporting packages; maintain account mapping between the local general ledger and SAP/BOFC structures.
Upload trial balances and financial data into FIM/BOFC systems and validate successful transmission and consolidation.
Review and reconcile control packages for completeness, accuracy, and consistency with corporate standards.
Prepare the monthly financial package with EBITDA adjustments in the Givaudan-provided format for the Director’s review.
Prepare monthly AR aging analyses with commentary on past-due balances, collection strategy, and expected cash receipts.
Respond to requests from regional and global finance teams within accelerated deadlines.

Tax, CapEx & Specialized Accounting

Prepare tax reporting schedules, effective-tax-rate calculations, and tax packages (including support for BDO review).
Prepare CapEx reporting packages, fixed-asset schedules, and workforce/FTE reporting.
Handle intercompany, dropship, R&D, and royalty accounting, eliminations, and related reconciliations.
Develop and maintain new GL structures and processes to support intercompany transactions and corporate reporting.
Support IFRS application and reconcile differences between IFRS and U.S. GAAP.

Month-End Close Support

Prepare and review journal entries, accruals, prepaid schedules, and account reconciliations.
Support the monthly, quarterly, and annual closure and ensure ledgers are corporate-reporting ready.
Assist with variance analysis against budget, forecast, and prior year.
Help maintain internal controls and corporate accounting policies.

Treasury & Integration Support

Support the treasury transition to Citibank and participation in the global cash-pooling structure.
Assist with weekly payment files, large-vendor approval routing, and treasury reporting.
Support acquisition / purchase accounting, opening balance sheet, and ongoing post-acquisition integration tasks.

Audit & Compliance Support

Prepare schedules and support for annual financial statement and regulatory audits.
Assist with multi-state sales & use tax filings, 1099s, and inventory counts as needed.
Document processes and procedures and contribute to continuous process improvement.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive list of duties or responsibilities required of the employee for this job. Duties and responsibilities for this job may change at any time without notice. Requirements Education and Experience:

Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance required; CPA or CPA candidate strongly preferred.
5+ years of progressive accounting experience, including month-end close and financial reporting.
Experience with corporate / parent-company consolidated reporting; SAP BOFC (or comparable consolidation tools) strongly preferred.
Working knowledge of IFRS and U.S. GAAP and the differences between them.
Experience supporting tax provisions/packages, fixed asset and CapEx reporting, and intercompany accounting.
Strong ERP proficiency (Great Plains / Dynamics a plus) and advanced Excel.
Highly organized and detail-oriented; able to meet accelerated, non-negotiable reporting deadlines independently.
Comfortable in a subsidiary-of-a-public-company environment with frequent corporate interaction.

Compensation:

Competitive market-based salary and benefits package; commensurate with experience

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