What are the responsibilities and job description for the Assistant Controller/Senior Accounting Manager position at Cordia Resources by Cherry Bekaert?
Cordia Resources by Cherry Bekaert is working with a well-known not-for-profit organization in downtown Chicago that is searching for an Assistant Controller / Sr. Manager of Accounting on a contract-to-hire basis.
Candidate should be a Manager, Supervisor, or Sr. Accountant with some Lead responsibilities ready to take the next steps in their career!
Candidate will be responsible for:
Candidate should have the following experience:
Candidate should be a Manager, Supervisor, or Sr. Accountant with some Lead responsibilities ready to take the next steps in their career!
Candidate will be responsible for:
- Supervision of 1-2 accountants
- Complete control of the month-end/quarter-end close process
- GL work including reconciliations and journal entries as needed
- Process improvement for accounting functions
- Generation of financial statements
- Liaison with auditors
- Working with large data sets to confirm accounting data and information prior to reporting and closing the books
- Other duties as assigned
Candidate should have the following experience:
- 5 years of accounting experience either with a public accounting firm or in an accounting role in industry
- Experience working with a not-for-profit organization is preferred, but not required
- Experience working with Microsoft Dynamics GP is preferred, but experience with NetSuite or Sage Intacct would also be acceptable
- Ability to work with large accounting data sets (data dumps into Excel for reporting)
- Ability to make recommendations to accounting processes and standards to help improve department
- Strong MS Excel experience (vlookup / pivottables)
- Strong communication skills both written and verbal
- “Can do” attitude
