Assistant Controller POST NUMBER: 450817
If you are a Sr. Accountant, with all the skills below, looking for a step up this could be the role for you. If you are a current Accounting Manager/Asst Controller looking for a good work/life balance, wants to work with a growing company with growth potential, this could be the role for you.
Key Responsibilities
- Oversee and lead the monthly close process, ensuring timely and accurate financial reporting
- Prepare and post journal entries with thorough documentation and audit trail
- Analyze and reconcile general ledger accounts, including cash, amortization, and prepaids
- Prepare and distribute daily cash reports to key stakeholders
- Maintain and update fixed asset and depreciation schedules
- Assist with budgeting, forecasting, and other financial planning activities
- Ensure compliance with GAAP and internal accounting policies
- Identify opportunities to streamline and improve accounting processes
- Support ad hoc reporting, financial analysis, and special projects
- Participate in accounting systems initiatives, automation projects, and workflow enhancements – System Savvy is a MUST.
- Bachelor's degree required
- Minimum of 7 years of progressive accounting experience
- Strong command of NetSuite ERP—this is a required qualification
- Deep understanding of general ledger management and journal entry processes
- Hands-on experience with month-end and year-end closing procedures
- Proficient in account reconciliations, including balance sheet and bank reconciliations
- Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel and proficiency with the Microsoft Office Suite
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- Highly organized with the ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines
Vaco by Highspring values a diverse workplace and strongly encourages women, people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply.
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Pay Transparency Notice
Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco by Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to:
- the individual’s skill sets, experience and training;
- licensure and certification requirements;
- office location and other geographic considerations;
- other business and organizational needs.
With that said, as required by local law, Vaco by Highspring believes that the following salary range referenced above reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses.