Assistant Controller

Job Description

Position: Assistant Controller

Pay Range: $130,000 to $150,000 Per Year

Work Type: Remote

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Assistant Controller supports the Controller in leading the organization’s multi-entity accounting function and serves as the primary reviewer for the monthly close. The role is responsible for the accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of general ledger activity, account reconciliations, financial reporting, and supporting schedules. The Assistant Controller supervises and develops accounting staff, strengthens internal controls.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a closely related field required.
• Seven or more years of progressive accounting experience, including multi-entity close and financial-statement preparation; supervisory or review experience required.
• Strong working knowledge of U.S. GAAP, balance-sheet reconciliation standards, internal controls, and financial-reporting practices.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel; experience with Oracle NetSuite or a comparable ERP system strongly preferred.
• Experience with healthcare, home-care, multi-location, or complex revenue environments preferred.
• CPA or CMA designation preferred but not required.
• Demonstrated ability to manage competing deadlines, exercise professional skepticism, and communicate accounting issues clearly to both financial and nonfinancial stakeholders.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES :

The following is a representation of the major duties and responsibilities of this position. The agency will make reasonable accommodations to allow otherwise qualified applicants with disabilities to perform essential functions.

• Coordinate and monitor the monthly, quarterly, and annual close calendar across assigned entities, ensuring deadlines, dependencies, and review requirements are clearly assigned and completed.
• Review journal entries, posting activity, bank and credit-card reconciliations, payroll-related entries, accruals, prepaid expenses, fixed assets, intercompany activity, and other balance-sheet reconciliations prepared by Staff and Senior Accountants.
• Review entity-level financial statements, departmental income statements, balance-sheet fluctuations, and supporting analytics; investigate unusual or material variances before reporting is finalized.
• Oversee revenue and accounts receivable accounting across source systems, including reconciliation of billing activity, cash receipts, contractual adjustments, and general-ledger balances.
• Ensure reconciliation schedules clearly support ending balances, include appropriate evidence, and are retained in accordance with the company’s close and audit documentation standards.
• Supervise Senior and Staff Accountants, assign work based on capacity and skill level, provide timely review notes, and follow up through resolution.
• Maintain and improve accounting policies, close checklists, standard operating procedures, review controls, and documentation standards.
• Coordinate preparation of audit schedules, respond to auditor requests, and review supporting documentation for accuracy and completeness before submission.
• Partner with operational, payroll, billing, accounts payable, human resources, and information-technology teams to resolve accounting issues and improve data flow between systems.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Stand, sit, talk, hear, reach, stoop, kneel and use of hands and fingers to operate computer, telephone, and keyboard on a frequent basis (up to 75% of the time).
• Close vision requirements due to computer work.
• Light to moderate lifting may be required.