What are the responsibilities and job description for the Assistant Controller position at Ferreri Search?
Ferreri Search is partnering with a growing organization to identify an Assistant Controller for a key position within its accounting leadership team. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced accounting professional who has worked in a complex, multi-entity environment and is ready to take on broader responsibility and increased exposure to senior leadership. The ideal candidate will have aspirations of becoming a Controller in the near future.
What You'll Do
- Support month-end close and consolidated financial reporting
- Manage and review intercompany transactions, reconciliations, and eliminations
- Support multi-entity consolidations and financial statement preparation
- Partner with accounting leadership on reporting, controls, and process improvement
- Support external audit activities
- Assist with accounting integrations and organizational growth initiatives
- Help improve and automate accounting processes
- Work across multiple business units and legal entities
What We're Looking For
- Progressive corporate accounting experience
- Strong multi-entity accounting and consolidation experience
- Hands-on experience with intercompany accounting and eliminations
- Strong month-end close and financial reporting background
- Experience with payroll-intensive or high-volume accounting environments is highly valued
- Strong understanding of GAAP and internal controls
- ERP experience; Microsoft Dynamics 365 / Business Central experience is a plus
- Ability to work effectively in a growing, evolving accounting environment
Candidates coming from staffing, workforce solutions, payroll/HCM, business services, or similarly complex multi-entity environments may be particularly well aligned.
Why Consider It?
This position offers broader responsibility than a traditional Accounting Manager role, significant exposure to accounting leadership, and the opportunity to grow as the organization continues to evolve.
If you've built your accounting career in a complex organization and are looking for a role with greater scope and a path toward Controller-level responsibility, we'd like to hear from you.