Assistant Controller

The successful candidate will be a highly capable, hands-on accounting leader who can move confidently between detailed accounting work, financial statement review, team management, and process improvement. This individual will be an Excel expert who prepares and reviews highly accurate formula-driven spreadsheets and financial schedules, a strong financial statement reviewer, an effective manager of AR/AP/accounting staff, and a dependable backup to the Controller.

They will bring the discipline to build sustainable SOPs and controls, support ACH and other system implementations, use automation and AI thoughtfully to improve accounting processes, strengthen fixed asset accounting, and keep the company consistently audit- and tax-ready.

• Lead and review monthly, quarterly, and annual close activities to ensure complete, accurate, and timely financial reporting.
• Review financial statements, general ledger activity, balance sheet reconciliations, variance analyses, and supporting schedules; investigate and resolve discrepancies.
• Maintain strong accounting discipline in accordance with GAAP, company policies, legal requirements, and established internal controls.
• Support budgeting, forecasting, management reporting, and variance analysis in partnership with the Controller and finance leadership.
• Directly supervise, coach, and develop the Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, and Staff Accountant functions; set priorities, review work, manage deadlines, and provide ongoing training and feedback.
• Serve as the primary backup to the Controller, assuming responsibility for accounting operations, reporting, approvals, issue resolution, and departmental leadership during the Controller’s absence.
• Participate in recruiting, interviewing, onboarding, performance management, and development of accounting team members as needed.

• Lead the implementation and ongoing administration of the fixed asset process and/or fixed asset system module, including capitalization policies, asset registers, depreciation schedules, transfers, disposals, reconciliations, and reporting.
• Develop, document, maintain, and continuously improve accounting standard operating procedures (SOPs), desk procedures, workflows, and internal controls across the accounting function.
• Identify and implement opportunities to streamline processes, reduce manual work, strengthen controls, improve data integrity, and enhance reporting quality and timeliness, including appropriate use of AI-enabled tools, automation, and other process-improvement technologies.

• Coordinate tax compliance and preparation of supporting schedules for federal, state, local, sales/use, property, activity, corporate, and other applicable taxes; work with outside tax advisors as needed.
• Prepare or coordinate R&D and other tax-support schedules where applicable.
• Lead audit preparation and readiness, including reconciliations, schedules, supporting documentation, confirmations, PBC requests, and coordination with internal departments and external auditors through completion.

• Partner with IT and business teams to improve accounting systems, reporting, data integrity, and workflows, including AP, AR, fixed assets, ACH/payment processes, ERP-related initiatives, automation, and appropriate AI-enabled solutions.
• Support accounting system implementations, upgrades, integrations, ACH implementation and payment-process improvements, chart-of-accounts maintenance, and related process redesign.
• Oversee or review key accounting and treasury controls such as bank reconciliations, Positive Pay, ACH processes and controls, and other assigned cash-management activities.