Description

Summary

The Assistant Corporate Controller is responsible for day-to-day leadership and management of the corporate accounting function. The Assistant Corporate Controller is also responsible for ensuring the accuracy of the Company’s underlying financial information in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and maintaining an effective internal control environment

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Leadership of day-to-day operations of the Corporate Accounting department to include general ledger accounting across all US domestic brands
• Responsible for maintaining and developing internal control procedures to ensure accurate and timely reporting and safeguarding of assets. Includes assisting with monitoring effectiveness of internal controls related to the financial reporting function to ensure compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley
• Ownership of the month end closing cycle including timely review of balance sheet reconciliations to ensure sufficient substantiation of balance and reconciling items
• Research technical accounting issues, as necessary, to ensure proper application of GAAP
• Implement consistent accounting policies, practices, and procedures across all brands
• Ensures all transactions are in compliance with company policies & procedures, GAAP, and regulatory/ industry guidelines
• Works with the external reporting team to facilitate quarterly and annual SEC reporting
• Coordinate with external auditors. Ensures information is accumulated and assembled for audits
• Lead and assist in special projects, as necessary
• Other duties as assigned by management

Qualifications

Other Qualifications:

• CPA required
• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance required
• Demonstrates strong knowledge and understanding of GAAP and Sarbanes-Oxley requirements

• Strong financial acumen with demonstrated analytical ability accompanied by knowledge of corporate finance and manufacturing costing principles—understands P&L and balance sheet dynamics
• Ability to organize, lead change and motivate cross functionally to meet company objectives.
• Strong organizational skills, interpersonal skills, and communication skills
• Quickly learns complex processes and procedures, and effectively prioritizes tasks to satisfy deadlines
• Coaches, mentors, and develops finance and accounting team by consistently demonstrating a positive professional attitude, integrity, and reliability
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office; experience with Hyperion, Blackline, Microsoft Great Plains, AS400, and Infor, a plus.

Education and/or Experience: Undergraduate Degree in Accounting or Finance required

Language Skills:  Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.

Mathematical Skills:  Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs, calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions and percentages. 

Reasoning Ability:  Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.