What are the responsibilities and job description for the Assistant Corporate Controller position at SOPREMA USA?
Assistant Corporate Controller
The Assistant Corporate Controller supports the Corporate Controller in overseeing the company’s accounting operations, financial reporting, and compliance. This role plays a key part in ensuring accurate consolidated financial statements, managing commission and rebate calculations, supporting subsidiary reporting, and assisting with month-end, year-end close, external audits, and tax compliance.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities:
- Assist the Corporate Controller in areas of financial reporting.
- Review/Oversee ISA Commission calculations.
- Review/Oversee Incentive/Rebate calculations.
- Manage the accounting function for certain subsidiaries.
- Reconcile balance sheet accounts monthly for certain subsidiaries.
- Provide accurate and appropriate reporting to ownership.
- Assist Corporate Controller with year end audit procedures.
- Assist Corporate Controller with tax compliance.
- Provide support for the annual budgeting activities.
- Assist Corporate Controller with responding to inquiries from the CFO, CEO, or other management personnel regarding financial results, special reporting requests, etc.
- Other responsibilities as determined by the Corporate Controller.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in business administration, accounting, finance, or related field preferred.
- Five or more years of accounting experience.
- Experience working with generally accepted accounting principles and accounting software.
- Strong personal computer and business solutions software skills.
- Strong interpersonal skills for interacting with accountants, clients, and upper management.
- Good communication skills for communicating with support personnel and management.
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
- A superior work ethic.
- Ability to multi task in a fast-paced organization.
- Time management and prioritization skills.
Working Conditions and/or Physical Demands:
- Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
- Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at times.
- Travel is possible.
- May be required to work extra hours and weekends at month-end or year-end. In addition, additional work hours may be required during the budget process.