Assistant Controller

The Assistant Controller is the right hand to the Controller for the close, consolidation, reporting, budgeting and forecasting cycle across all entities and locations, and serves as the Finance partner to the sales managers.

This role will oversee a variety of core areas of responsibility, including the following:

• Develops the close calendar and month-end checklist; assists the Controller in delivering accurate, complete consolidated financial statements on schedule, and provides VP variance analysis before month-end reviews
• Supports the monthly flash and monthly business review (M ) package
• Designs, executes, reconciles, and analyzes the monthly intercompany and allocations cycle; owns the SA ledgers and allocation methodology and secures VP endorsement
• Builds the SG&A and fixed cost budget and monthly forecast with each cost center owner and explains variances back to them
• Budgets, forecasts, records monthly, and analyzes variances for commissions and performance incentives
• Partners with the sales team on the monthly forecast and annual budget; owns the revenue to reported sales reconciliation, runs variance analysis on results versus plan, and incorporates it into forward-looking statements; performs sales, volume, mix and margin analysis
• Serves as Net Suite subject matter expert and Net Suite Planning and Budgeting (NSPB) super user and trainer for the organization
• Acts as Finance partner to the transportation team on budgeting, forecasting, monthly accrual and variance analysis
• Acts as SA Finance partner to SAS leaders on cross-functional topics and projects
• Owns facility costs as subject matter expert: leases, rent, occupancy accruals, reconciliation and variance analysis; budgeting and forecasting, and CAPEX planning for new projects
• Serves as subject matter expert for Bedliner Certificates and other sales discounts: issuance and redemption tracking, accrual and liability balances, reconciliation and variance analysis
• Delivers ad-hoc analysis and special project support as leadership priorities arise
• Approves journal entries and balance sheet reconciliations prepared by the accounting team

• Close: calendar, JE and recon review, statements (Monthly)
• VP variance analysis before month-end reviews (Monthly)
• Intercompany and allocations: entries, elims, variance (Monthly)
• Reporting: flash, M , consolidated flux and packages (Monthly)
• Balance Sheet Review (Monthly)
• Regional controllers: policy and close support (Monthly)

• SG&A and fixed costs: forecast, budget, variance review (Monthly/Annual)
• Commissions and incentives: recording, planning, variance (Monthly/Annual)
• Sales: forecast, budget, revenue recon, variance (Monthly/Annual)
• Sales, volume, mix and margin analysis (Monthly)

• Ryder: partnering, planning, accrual, variance (Monthly/Annual)
• SAS: partnering on cross-functional topics, projects (Ongoing)
• Facilities: leases, rent, occupancy, recon, variance (Monthly)
• Facilities: budget and forecast (Monthly/Annual)
• Facilities CAPEX planning for new projects (As needed)
• Bedliner certificates and discounts: accrual, recon (Monthly)

• Systems:
  Net Suite and NSPB admin, training, support (Ongoing)
• Ad-hoc analysis and special projects (As needed)

• Intellectually curious and eager to learn – digs past the number to understand the business behind it, asks questions across departments, and actively seeks out new skills, systems and responsibilities.
• Disciplined and deadline-driven; owns the close calendar and holds others to it.
• Trusted business partner – approachable, responsive, and the first call for sales managers who need to understand their numbers.
• Able to explain…