Assistant Controller

Founded in 1986, KPA is a leading provider of Workforce Compliance software and consulting services. We succeed if our clients can send their employees home at night, having not experienced a workplace accident or injury. The combination of software, consulting, and training helps clients identify, remedy, and prevent workplace safety and compliance problems so they can focus on what’s important – their core business.

Help us help keep people safe and businesses working efficiently. Named as one of Built In Colorado’s Best Places to Work for seven years in a row, KPA is made up of talented individuals working together for the greater good. We’re here to help our clients build safe, thriving organizations, and we’re looking for people with a common goal to help us do it.

The Assistant Controller plays a critical leadership role within the Finance organization, responsible for ensuring the integrity, accuracy, and timeliness of the company’s financial reporting and accounting operations. This role serves as a key partner to the Controller, with expanded responsibility for oversight of the general ledger, financial close, internal controls, and complex accounting areas, while also supporting strategic initiatives, audit readiness, and continuous improvement.

In addition to managing core accounting functions, the Assistant Controller provides leadership across multiple accounting teams, supports policy development and GAAP interpretation, and acts as a delegate for the Controller as needed. This role is designed to support succession planning and scalability as the company continues to grow.

The ideal candidate is a technically strong accounting leader who can balance hands‑on execution with high-level oversight, cross‑functional collaboration, and people development.

• Oversee and manage the monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes, ensuring completeness, accuracy, and compliance with GAAP.
• Prepare and/or review and approve journal entries, account reconciliations, and balance sheet analyses, including complex areas such as capitalized internally developed software, reserves, self‑insurance employee benefits, debt, and derivatives.
• Ensure timely and accurate preparation of internal and external financial statements and management reporting.
• Partner closely with FP&A to support forecasting, variance analysis, and executive‑level reporting.
• Support the Controller with preparation of financial analysis, balance sheet reviews, and variance explanations.
• Collaborate cross‑functionally with FP&A, Operations, and other departments to support financial transparency and accuracy.

• Provide leadership and oversight for the General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Cash, Accounts Receivable, and Collections functions.
• Develop, coach, and mentor accounting managers and team members, fostering a culture of accountability, accuracy, and continuous improvement.
• Establish clear performance expectations, and development plans for direct and indirect reports.
• Ensure appropriate segregation of duties and workload balance across the accounting organization.

• Oversee AR, cash application, and collections activities to ensure timely invoicing, accurate customer balances, and effective cash flow management.
• Monitor aging, credit risk, and bad debt exposure; elevate and resolve high‑risk or complex customer issues.
• Partner with Sales and Customer Success and Operations to resolve billing disputes and improve customer payment behavior.
• Implement and maintain best practices to improve DSO and minimize bad debt exposure.

• Maintain and enhance a strong internal control environment, ensuring compliance with company policies, GAAP, and applicable regulatory requirements.
• Lead the documentation, implementation, and ongoing maintenance of accounting policies and procedures.
• Identify and mitigate accounting and financial reporting risks.

• Serve as a key point of contact for external auditors, managing audit planning, PBC…