Assistant Controller

*** This is in-office 5 days a week in either Edison, NJ or NYC with 1 day in the other office***

* There is a 30-minute bus between Edison and Midtown*

A well-established New Jersey-based contractor is hiring for a newly created Assistant Controller role — and the story behind it is worth reading.

The path to Controller here is real, near-term, and explicit — not a maybe, and not a maybe in five years.

What Makes This Opportunity Compelling

• Institutional backing
• 90% repeat business
• A CFO who will personally mentor this hire
• A fast-growing NJ data center book puts this business on a compelling upward trajectory

What the Role Involves

• Driving key components of the monthly close process
• Owning account reconciliation for critical accounts and escalating exceptions with clear documentation
• Managing banking activity, including payment file preparation and release
• Supporting internal audit and external reporting requirements
• Identifying opportunities to improve reporting visibility across work papers and system outputs
• Partnering with the Accounting team and Project Operations on day-to-day accounting issues
• Taking on special projects from senior finance leadership as the business grows
• 5+ years of accounting experience with strong analytical capability
• Public accounting audit/assurance experience from a Big 4 or Top 10 firm
• Experience at a public company or highly controlled environment that requred GAAP compliance, SOX awareness, reporting to parent company, etc.
• Experience with job costing and WIP reporting a plus
• Ability to travel between NJ and NYC offices as needed

*** This is in-office 5 days a week in either Edison, NJ or NYC with 1 day in the other office***

* There is a 30-minute bus between Edison and Midtown*

If this sounds like the kind of work that excites you, we'd love to hear from you. Please apply!