Assistant Controller

**Position Summary:
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The Assistant Controller is responsible for supporting the integrity, accuracy, and timeliness of the Company’s accounting and financial reporting processes. This role serves as a senior accounting leader and key partner to the Director of Finance & Accounting, with significant responsibility for the general ledger, month-end and year-end close, account reconciliations, journal entry review and approval, payroll accounting, tax compliance, internal controls, cash management, and external audit activities.

This role provides technical accounting oversight and review across the accounting function, helping ensure transactions are appropriately recorded, financial statements are supported in accordance with U.S. GAAP, and accounting processes operate effectively and consistently. While this position does not have direct reports, it is expected to provide accounting leadership, review the work of other accounting team members, identify issues, drive resolution, and establish strong standards for accounting execution and financial controls.

Key Duties / Responsibilities: 

• Lead key components of the monthly, quarterly, and annual close, monitoring deliverables, resolving issues, and escalating significant matters to the Director of Finance & Accounting.
• Prepare and review balance sheet reconciliations and complex journal entries, including accruals, adjustments, reclassifications, payroll, and deferrals.
• Maintain the integrity of the general ledger and trial balance; investigate unusual transactions, misclassifications, and significant account fluctuations.
• Oversee payroll accounting and employee expense processes, including accrued payroll, Concur activity, and corporate credit card reconciliations.
• Prepare and review sales and use tax and B&O tax filings, reconciling Avalara activity to the general ledger.
• Support cash management, including bank reconciliations, cash monitoring, and forecasting inputs.
• Serve as the primary accounting contact for external audits, preparing schedules and maintaining audit-ready documentation.
• Maintain and strengthen internal controls, accounting procedures, and documentation standards; research U.S. GAAP treatment for new or complex transactions.
• Partner with Finance, Operations, Procurement, Sales, and HR to resolve accounting matters and improve process accuracy and efficiency; provide technical guidance to accounting team members.
• Support accounting system enhancements, regulatory and census filings, special projects, and other duties as assigned.
• Perform monthly account reconciliations and resolve discrepancies to ensure all balances are fully supported and compliant with internal standards