Assistant Controller

Overview:

The Assistant Controller serves as a trusted financial leader responsible for ensuring accurate financial reporting, maintaining strong internal controls, supporting regulatory compliance, and fostering a high-performing accounting team. This role requires a thoughtful and analytical professional who thrives in a complex environment, embraces continuous learning, and approaches challenges with integrity, accountability, and a solutions-oriented mindset.

The successful candidate will possess strong technical accounting knowledge, excellent organizational skills, and the ability to build trusted relationships across the organization. They will be recognized for their attention to detail, sound decision-making, commitment to excellence, and willingness to both lead and support others in achieving shared goals. Our new team members will report to our Assistant Vice President, Business and Finance.

Note: No immigration sponsorship is available for this role.

Primary Responsibilities:

Regulatory Compliance, Accounting Standards & Audit Management

• Support compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
• (GAAP), Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), and other applicable regulatory requirements.
• Participate in the implementation of new accounting standards and regulatory requirements.
• Assist with coordinating external audits, DCAA audits, tax filings, and other financial reviews.
• Prepare audit schedules, supporting documentation, and responses to auditor requests.
• Assist in maintaining and improving internal controls, policies, and accounting procedures.
• Support tax compliance activities, including sales and use tax, property tax, and income tax reporting requirements.

Leadership & Team Management

• Provide day-to-day guidance and support to accounting staff.
• Assist with training, mentoring, and developing accounting team members.
• Help establish priorities, monitor workload distribution, and ensure timely completion of deliverables for direct reports.
• Serve as a resource for resolving accounting and operational issues.

Financial Reporting & Analysis

• Oversee the accumulation, reconciliation, and consolidation of financial data to ensure accurate and timely financial reporting.
• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements and management reports.
• Partner with the Budget & Financial Analyst and operational leaders to support budgeting and forecasting.
• Support loan covenant compliance reporting and lender information requests.

Accounting Operations & Transactional Oversight

• Review and approve account reconciliations prepared by accounting staff.
• Review and approve general ledger transactions and ensure timely and accurate posting to the general ledger.
• Monitor accounting processes to ensure compliance with company policies and established controls.
• Assist in resolving complex accounting and transactional issues.
• Serve as backup for payroll and fixed assets.

Process Improvement & Special Projects

• Evaluate existing accounting processes and systems and recommend enhancements to improve efficiency, accuracy, and internal controls.
• Partner with the Systems Administrator to support accounting system implementations, upgrades, and process automation initiatives.
• Participate in strategic projects and organizational initiatives as assigned.
• Ensure that all duties and responsibilities are performed in a safe manner.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.