Assistant Controller - Remote

Overview

The role plays a crucial role in creating precise and comprehensive US GAAP financial statements, ensuring compliance with accounting norms for both legal entities and business segments. The individual undertakes a range of intricate accounting analyses, showcasing a high level of technical expertise. To maintain rigorous internal processes and ensure timely financial reporting, the Accounting Manager proactively seeks technical guidance from senior management. A distinctive feature of this role is its close and direct collaboration with upper management. This role provides the chance to pinpoint and suggest enhancements that add value and boost efficiency and effectiveness for both businesses and senior management.

In Short

• Collaborate closely with the CFO, CAO, and FP&A teams to develop and analyze monthly and quarterly financial reports.
• Support efforts to enhance and streamline organizational policies and procedures, including the successful implementation of the company’s global ERP system.
• Contribute to the seamless integration of newly acquired businesses and provide analysis for evaluating new and ongoing investments.
• Perform monthly equity method investment in accounting roll forward for all minority interest owned investments.
• Special projects, which may include researching newly issued accounting standards, aiding in the deployment of the company’s global ERP system, integrating newly acquired businesses, and conducting ad hoc analyses.
• Prepare and implement operations required for the consolidation of certain accounting sectors such as goodwill and other intangibles, debt, equity method investments, and other corporate sectors.
• Prepare/review journal entries, generate reports, and perform related activities for the global corporate cost centers in areas such as Finance, IT, Tax, Accounting, Treasury, HR, and Legal.
• Assist with the development of comprehensive and compliant footnotes for quarterly and annual financial reports, including the statement of cash flows.
• Provide support for both internal and external financial audits.

Requirements

• Bachelors in Accounting, CPA Preferred
• 5 years of relevant accounting experience in similar capacity
• Possesses outstanding skills in communication and relationship building, with the capacity to actively contribute to team efforts.
• Exhibits a high level of attention to detail and the ability to manage and balance tasks effectively in a fast-paced, deadline-driven setting. Assumes a high degree of responsibility and ownership.
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel. Working knowledge of financial systems (Oracle preferred) to support data extraction, reporting, and statement generation.

Benefits

• 3 days in office, 2 days remote