Assistant Controller

Description

ENTEK is excited to welcome an Assistant Controller to our team in Lebanon, Oregon. If you're an experienced accounting professional who enjoys partnering with operations, driving financial performance, and supporting strategic business decisions in a manufacturing environment, this is an outstanding opportunity to grow your career.

As the Assistant Controller
, you'll serve as a key finance leader responsible for manufacturing accounting, financial reporting, cost accounting, project accounting, internal controls, and continuous process improvement. Working closely with Operations, Engineering, Supply Chain, Sales, Project Management, and executive leadership, you'll help provide the financial insight needed to drive operational excellence and profitable growth.

As an Assistant Controller
, you'll lead critical accounting functions while serving as a strategic business partner across ENTEK's manufacturing operations.

In this role you will:

• Support month-end and year-end close process, including preparing journal entries and month-end accruals, reviewing assigned journal entries, preparing more complex reconciliations, and other month-end close duties as assigned
• Support and manage periodic inventory existence, movement, costing, and reserve activities
• Support controller in accounts receivable and payable oversight
• Assist controller in problem solving activities on an as needed basis including partnering with operations, sales, and supply chain as well as within the accounting department as appropriate
• Partner with various department personnel including operations, sales, and supply chain on a day-to-day basis
• Analyze financial information (including variance analysis) to support monthly, quarterly, and annual results
• Assist with fixed assets recording and tracking and corporate cost allocations
• Support corporate financial statement audit and tax compliance requests as applicable to the separator companies.
• Assist controller and corporate finance with the budget and financial forecasting process including facilitation of input collection
• Aid in the development and documentation of standardized business processes and accounting policies to maintain and strengthen internal controls while leveraging best practices
• Research and assist in the preparation of accounting technical memos, process and control documentation.
• Adopt and exemplify the ENTEK culture and core values.

We believe in mentoring through a respectful, constructive, and energetic style, guided by ENTEK’s Core Values, strategic objectives, and Servant Leadership. This position will represent ENTEK with the highest standard of professional conduct when interacting with partners, suppliers, and customers.

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance or related field
• 5 - 7 years of working experience in accounting related field with exposure to: general ledger entries, account
• reconciliations, GAAP, audits (financial), cost accounting, inventory management, budgeting/forecasting, etc.
• Professional certification (CPA or CMA), preferred
• Experience with creating financial statements, general ledger functions and the month-end/year end close processes
• Solid technical and accounting software proficiency including knowledge of MS Office applications, particularly Microsoft Excel. Experience with AX or D365 a plus.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret accounting related communication, business periodicals, governmental regulations draft reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• An excellent attention to detail, as well as the ability to stay focused, think critically, and possess problem-solving skills.
• Ability prioritize and manage multiple tasks and deadlines
• Ability to maintain regular, reliable and predictable attendance
• Ability to understand and communicate in conversational English, including following verbal and written direction
• Ability to exercise good judgment / follow established Company practice for issue/problem escalation
• Ability to perform job duties as assigned