Assistant Controller

The Marmon Group LLC

Come join a team where People make the difference!  As a part of Marmon Holdings, Inc., a highly decentralized organization, we rely heavily on people with the aptitude, attitude, and entrepreneurial spirit to drive our success, and we're committed to attracting and retaining top talent.

Marmon Retail Solutions is part of Marmon Holdings owned by Berkshire Hathaway.  We have a portfolio of 9 businesses in North America, UK and Europe that work with our retail customers to provide products and services to improve their shoppers’ experiences.  We cover a wide range of retail channels including grocery, mass, c-store, drug stores, and specialty retail.

What We Do

Our work is focused on helping ensure that the retail industry continues to thrive. We apply decades of industry expertise to help our partners make progress, employ more enlightened ideas, new or experimental methods, and focus on continuous improvement.  We embrace their vision and work together with common purpose and shared goals. Our solutions support every aspect of the retail store setting from the warehouse to the customer’s house, and everything in between.  Our portfolio of brands works together to handle every aspect of the retail experience.

How We Do It

• We challenge ourselves.
• We challenge the status quo.
• We look ahead, studying the ever-changing needs and growing demands of consumers.
• Generously, we share our knowledge and experience to solve complex challenges.
• We commit, every day, to helping our retail partners secure their place in the future of retail.                                      

POSITION OBJECTIVE: 

The Group Assistant Controller at Marmon's Retail Group plays a pivotal role in the financial management of the organization, with a primary focus on performing reporting/analysis, forecasting/budgeting, internal control testing, and managing special projects. With revenues of approximately $500 million, this position is key to ensuring financial accuracy, compliance, and strategic decision-making.

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES: 

Monthly Activities:

• Consolidate, review, and analyze business unit financials and related schedules to identify trends, issues, and opportunities, including month-end close, as well as monthly forecasts and the annual budget.
• Distribute final consolidated financial statements, forecasts, and budgets to management team.
• Assist in the creation of monthly commentary and schedules for month-end close, forecasts and annual budget submissions.
• Book any required General Ledger entries for the Group level (e.g., profit in inventory elimination entries)
• Distribute and ensure adherence to reporting deadlines by the business units and work closely with Marmon’s Corporate Accounting team to resolve any outstanding questions or items.

Quarterly Activities:

• Review quarterly analytics provided by business units and work closely with the business units to revise as needed.
• Prepare & validate financial statement certifications for the Group and review and analyze business unit submissions.
• Assist in preparing group presentations for Quarterly Business Reviews with Marmon Management
• Assist with review and analysis of Benchmarking report prepared by Marmon Corporate

Annual Activities:

• Coordinate, review, and consolidate the Annual Budget process.
• Coordinate, review, and ensure Annual Equity Pickup Entries are booked correctly by business units during January month-end close.
• Ensure annual forms and quarterly/ad-hoc requests from Marmon Corporate/Legal/Risk Management are completed by all member companies.

Ongoing Activities Conducted All Year:

• Assist with periodically testing SOX and Marmon SPI (Standard Practice Instruction) business unit compliance, assist in reviewing effectiveness of remediation / closure actions as reported by company controllers.
• Operate as a liaison with Marmon Internal Audit regarding internal audits and peer audits at member companies.
• Assist management in development of financial reporting and analysis.
• Review Internal Control Questionnaire, Segregation of Duties and Information Technology SOX assessments from business units and recommend revisions as appropriate.
• Perform onsite balance sheet and reserve reviews.
• Assist in the review of capital expenditures.
• Perform post audits of significant capital projects.
• Assist in the planning of group financial meetings.
• Assist in evaluation and due diligence of potential acquisitions.
• Be a power user and member company resource for OneStream.
• Respond to various special analysis requests from Group management and Marmon.

Position requires travel.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:

• 7+ years of experience in a progression of accounting/financial analysis positions
• Strong interpersonal skills with a customer-service mindset a must
• Audit experience strongly preferred.
• CPA preferred but not required.

A successful candidate can demonstrate:

• Ability to operate independently and multi-task.
• A successful candidate will demonstrate a high degree of ownership, accountability, commitment, flexibility, self-motivation, self-confidence, and assertiveness.
• Leadership and people skills to lead, direct, influence, and motivate team members, peers, and executives.Ability to lead others in solving problems through a structured approach, emphasizing root cause analysis, corrective action, and decisive implementation.

Following receipt of a conditional offer of employment, candidates will be required to complete additional job-related screening processes as permitted or required by applicable law.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and all applicants will be considered for employment without attention to their membership in any protected class. If you require any reasonable accommodation to complete your application or any part of the recruiting process, please email your request to [email protected], and please be sure to include the title and the location of the position for which you are applying.