Assistant Controller Portland, Oregon | Robert Half

Assistant Controller

We are looking for an Assistant Controller to join a growing finance team in a contract-to-permanent capacity. This role is ideal for a hands-on accounting leader who can balance month-end responsibilities with process-focused project work across multiple business entities. The position will play a key part in creating more consistent accounting operations, strengthening controls, and supporting long-term improvements that help the organization scale effectively.

Responsibilities:

• Oversee core month-end close activities, ensuring entries, reconciliations, and supporting schedules are completed accurately and on time.
• Examine balance sheet reconciliations in detail, identify gaps or inconsistencies, and recommend corrective actions to improve reliability.
• Partner with finance leadership to standardize accounting workflows across multiple entities, including accounts payable, accounts receivable, and inventory-related processes.
• Evaluate existing accounts payable procedures, uncover root causes of payment timing issues, and help design a more controlled and efficient process.
• Support initiatives to document accounting procedures and establish consistent practices that improve visibility, accountability, and execution across the organization.
• Contribute to process improvement and implementation projects, adapting priorities as new findings emerge and business needs evolve.
• Assist with consolidation-related accounting activities and help ensure financial information is aligned across separate operating businesses.
• Work through recommendations from prior advisory assessments, helping determine which improvements are practical, valuable, and ready for execution.
• Participate in finance technology and automation efforts, including projects related to streamlining payable workflows and supporting broader software implementation needs.