Assistant Controller

Summary

Join Jenzabar as an Assistant Controller and oversee the day-to-day accounting operations, excluding order-to-cash. Collaborate closely with the VP of Finance to ensure accurate and timely month-end closes. Manage and develop a team of direct reports. Prepare financial statements, manage accounts payable, oversee general ledger accounting, and support budgeting and forecasting. Serve as the primary contact for various audits and compliance efforts. This role also involves identifying process efficiencies and supporting the finance team with ad-hoc projects. The position offers a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting
• A minimum of ten (10) years experience in general accounting procedures
• Minimum three (3) year experience managing employees
• Comprehensive knowledge of GAAP

Responsibilities

• Prepare monthly Financial Statements in accordance with GAAP
• Manage accounts payable and expense report functions by ensuring payments are processed efficiently and in a timely manner and that appropriate vendor and employee records are maintained
• Oversee general ledger accounting and account reconciliations, including cash, fixed assets, investments, prepaids, accruals and other balance sheet accounts
• Ongoing review of transaction coding by staff to ensure appropriate accounting of day-to-day business activity
• Support the organization-wide budgeting and forecasting processes
• Point of contact for Finance for all non-revenue FP&A requests or questions
• Manage annual financial statement audit
• Primary point of contact and manager for all other regulatory audits
• Support compliance efforts relating to the preparation and filing of Personal Property Tax Return, Income Tax payments, Annual Business License renewals and additional renewals, filings and payments as necessary
• Manage and oversee document requests from outside tax provider to ensure proper and accurate documentation is shared in a timely manner to ensure tax provisions, tax returns and estimated taxes are managed per deadlines
• Assist with annual insurance renewal
• Identify and pursue opportunities to implement process efficiencies, with items such as accounts payable, prepaids, expense reports, sales tax returns, fixed assets, etc
• Support the finance team with ad-hoc projects
• Respond to escalated vendor and employee inquiries, as needed
• Directly oversee the integration of future acquisitions accounting operations from their native accounting systems into NetSuite
• Responsible for reviewing and implementing new technical accounting standards and documenting any related accounting policy memos

Preferred Qualifications

• Highly motivated with a willingness to learn and to work efficiently and independently
• Excellent analytic skills with particular attention to accuracy and proficiency
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills and a general proficiency with technology
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, including the ability to explain complex financial and accounting matters to non-financial stakeholders
• Proficiency with NetSuite accounting software or similar cloud-based ERP system

Benefits

• Medical Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Paid Vacation
• Paid Sick Days
• Paid Parental Leave
• Paid Holidays
• Short Term Disability
• Long Term Disability
• 401K
• Educational Assistance
• Annual bonus