Accounting/Finance - Assistant Corporate Controller

About NearU

NearU is a people-centric, process-driven, and technology-enabled customer service platform dedicated to revolutionizing the home services industry by vastly improving the customer and employee experience.

Position Overview

We are now hiring for an Assistant Corporate Controller opportunity with rapid growth private-equity backed company based in Charlotte, North Carolina. This is an ideal opportunity for an experienced, high-energy individual looking to be a key contributor to the growth of this acquisition-focused home services provider.

The ideal candidate will thrive in an environment focused on growth and will help lead the corporate accounting team in building a world-class accounting function with the ability to continuously scale operations to accommodate multiple acquisitions and organic growth every year. The Assistant Corporate Controller will work closely with Corporate Controller & other leaders to provide accurate and timely financial reporting and performance insight to the organization to facilitate operational excellence and continuous improvement. The ideal candidate will have a passion to operate in an environment of continuous change and thrive in bringing efficiency and accuracy to the organization.

Key Responsabilités

• Oversee and drive monthly financial close with the corporate accounting team
• Review and monitor all accounts, ledgers, and reporting systems ensuring compliance with appropriate GAAP standards and reporting requirements as a leader of the corporate operational accounting team.
• Maintain internal control safeguards over company assets and operating environment.
• Oversee and support the accounting team with dynamic “hands on” leadership that creates an environment of trust, teamwork, productivity, and consistency.
• Develop, maintain, and evolve documentation of processes and procedures to produce consistent reporting of financial results of multiple business units and facilitate efficient integration of multiple acquisitions each year.
• Deliver monthly/quarterly/annual reporting requirements to internal and external parties on a timely basis, assuring accuracy.
• Understand and maintain ERP system operations, identifying and correcting system issues as necessary to maintain integrity of financial information.
• Support the annual audit of the Company.
  
  

Skills And Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, or accounting.
• Professional accounting certification CPA or CMA (preferred)
• 7 Years’ previous accounting experience required with previous Assistant Controller/Accounting Manager experience. Public accounting experience preferred.
• Advanced skills in MS Excel, Sage-Intacct (strongly preferred), Floqast, and related accounting business systems
• In-depth knowledge of accounting standards and financial reporting requirements
• Track record of developing and reporting on financial results across multiple subsidiaries with intercompany eliminations
• Exemplary track record of managing and evolving accounting teams.
• Proven track record of building accounting processes and procedures and maintaining strong internal control environment in a rapidly growing organization.
• Superb organizational and time-management abilities
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate financial activity to improvement opportunities.
• Operating in a private equity-owned environment a strong preference.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and collaboration skills.