Assistant Controller

🌟 Take the Lead in Shaping Financial Excellence! 🌟

Bring your accounting expertise to a team where your drive for accuracy, compliance, and collaboration will shine. Robert Half has partnered with one of our long-standing clients in their search for an Assistant Controller. The ideal candidate will have 7 years of strong accounting experience. Some experience working with a publicly traded organization is preferred! For consideration please call 608-716-5643 or connect with me (Aislynn Dixon) on LinkedIn and send me a message there for more detail.

Responsibilities:

• Prepare and fine-tune quarterly and annual statements, disclosures, and supporting management analysis, with an emphasis on clarity and transparency
• Validate and authorize select entries prepared by junior staff, supporting overall data quality and best practice compliance
• Guide the month-end financial close cycle, producing required schedules, journal entries, and financial reports while ensuring timely completion
• Lead oversight of the organization’s general ledger, ensuring all transactions are precisely documented and reconciled, including transactions between business units
• Organize the preparation of key audit materials for quarterly and year-end financial reviews, including hands-on coordination with external auditors
• Partner on technically complex accounting issues, taking responsibility for documenting guidance and updating policy materials
• Uphold internal control standards for financial reporting, championing compliance initiatives and continuous process improvement in line with regulatory requirements
  

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance or related field or equivalent work experience
• CPA would be a plus
• 7 years of experience within accounting, 3 years within a leadership role is preferred
• Ability to collaborate with a team and work independently
• Excellent organizational and time management skills, including prioritizing multiple deadlines and tasks
• Track record of refining processes to improve accuracy and efficiency
  

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