Assistant Controller
Job Description
Job Description
Job Description
About the Role:
Reporting into the senior finance leader, this role manages end-to-end accounting activities various 10–15 entities. The scope includes month-end close, GL oversight, payroll administration, and intercompany reconciliations. The Assistant Controller works closely with accounting associates but does not have direct reports initially.
What You’ll Do:
- Manage full-cycle accounting across multiple entities, including GL maintenance, reconciliations, and journal entries.
- Lead month-end and quarter-end close, preparing financial statements and reporting packages.
- Support budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis for each entity.
- Oversee payroll processing with an external provider, including commission calculations.
- Maintain accounting systems, assist with configuration updates, and support process improvements.
- Prepare consolidated reporting and perform intercompany reconciliations.
- Monitor internal controls and ensure alignment with policy and regulatory requirements.
- Support cash flow tracking, banking activities, and high-volume transaction management.
- Provide analysis and financial insights to leadership for operational decision-making.
- Partner with management on policy development and workflow optimization.
- Mentor junior accounting staff and support knowledge transfer as the team grows.
- Contribute to ad-hoc analysis, project support, and special initiatives as required.
What You Bring:
- 5+ years of progressive accounting experience, ideally with multi-entity exposure.
- University degree in Accounting/Finance; CPA designation is an asset but not mandatory.
- Strong technical grounding in full-cycle accounting, month-end processes, and double-entry accounting.
- Proficiency with cloud accounting systems and intermediate/advanced Excel.
- Strong analytical skills, problem-solving capability, and comfort navigating complex workflows.
- Ability to prioritize, handle competing deadlines, and work with urgency and accuracy.
- Clear communication skills and the ability to collaborate with internal/external stakeholders.
- Hands-on mindset suited to a dynamic family-office environment.
- High level of integrity, professionalism, and confidentiality.
Why Join:
You’ll join a collaborative environment where accounting plays a central role in supporting diverse operating companies. This is a chance to own multi-entity financials, improve systems, and shape processes in a growing organization. Competitive compensation, benefits, flexibility, and opportunities to influence the finance function are included.
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