Assistant Controller

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Westminster, CO, USA
Hybrid
100K-130K Annually
Senior level
Automotive • Greentech • HR Tech • Sales • Software
KPA helps organizations keep people safe, protect their business, and elevate compliance.
The Role
Lead accounting and reporting operations including month-end close, GL oversight, AR/AP/cash management, internal controls, audit readiness, policy development, process improvements, and team leadership to ensure accurate GAAP-compliant financial statements.
Summary Generated by Built In
Founded in 1986, KPA is a leading provider of Workforce Compliance software and consulting services. We succeed if our clients can send their employees home at night, having not experienced a workplace accident or injury. The combination of software, consulting, and training helps clients identify, remedy, and prevent workplace safety and compliance problems so they can focus on what’s important – their core business. 
 
Help us help keep people safe and businesses working efficiently. Named as one of Built In Colorado’s Best Places to Work for seven years in a row, KPA is made up of talented individuals working together for the greater good. We’re here to help our clients build safe, thriving organizations, and we’re looking for people with a common goal to help us do it. 

Position Description:

The Assistant Controller plays a critical leadership role within the Finance organization, responsible for ensuring the integrity, accuracy, and timeliness of the company’s financial reporting and accounting operations. This role serves as a key partner to the Controller, with expanded responsibility for oversight of the general ledger, financial close, internal controls, and complex accounting areas, while also supporting strategic initiatives, audit readiness, and continuous improvement.

In addition to managing core accounting functions, the Assistant Controller provides leadership across multiple accounting teams, supports policy development and GAAP interpretation, and acts as a delegate for the Controller as needed. This role is designed to support succession planning and scalability as the company continues to grow.

The ideal candidate is a technically strong accounting leader who can balance hands-on execution with high-level oversight, cross-functional collaboration, and people development.

Key Responsibilities:

General Ledger & Financial Reporting

  • Oversee and manage the monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes, ensuring completeness, accuracy, and compliance with GAAP.
  • Prepare and/or review and approve journal entries, account reconciliations, and balance sheet analyses, including complex areas such as capitalized internally developed software, reserves, self-insurance employee benefits, debt, and derivatives.
  • Ensure timely and accurate preparation of internal and external financial statements and management reporting.
  • Partner closely with FP&A to support forecasting, variance analysis, and executive-level reporting.
  • Support the Controller with preparation of financial analysis, balance sheet reviews, and variance explanations.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with FP&A, Operations, and other departments to support financial transparency and accuracy.

Accounting Operations & Team Leadership

  • Provide leadership and oversight for the General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Cash, Accounts Receivable, and Collections functions.
  • Develop, coach, and mentor accounting managers and team members, fostering a culture of accountability, accuracy, and continuous improvement.
  • Establish clear performance expectations, and development plans for direct and indirect reports.
  • Ensure appropriate segregation of duties and workload balance across the accounting organization.

Accounts Receivable & Collections Leadership

  • Oversee AR, cash application, and collections activities to ensure timely invoicing, accurate customer balances, and effective cash flow management.
  • Monitor aging, credit risk, and bad debt exposure; escalate and resolve high-risk or complex customer issues.
  • Partner with Sales and Customer Success and Operations to resolve billing disputes and improve customer payment behavior.
  • Implement and maintain best practices to improve DSO and minimize bad debt exposure.

Internal Controls, Policies & Compliance

  • Maintain and enhance a strong internal control environment, ensuring compliance with company policies, GAAP, and applicable regulatory requirements.
  • Lead the documentation, implementation, and ongoing maintenance of accounting policies and procedures.
  • Identify and mitigate accounting and financial reporting risks.

Audit & External Relationships

  • Serve as a key point of contact for external auditors, managing audit planning, PBC requests, and issue resolution.
  • Coordinate with external advisors on technical accounting matters as needed.
  • Support the Controller in responding to audit findings and implementing corrective action

Process Improvement & Controls

  • Identify and implement process improvements to streamline the monthly close, reconciliation, and AR processes.
  • Maintain strong internal controls and ensure compliance with company policies and GAAP.
  • Participate in or lead accounting system enhancements or integrations as the company grows.

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or equivalent combination of education and experience
  • 7-10 years of relevant experience, public accounting experience preferred
  • Two or more years of leadership/management experience include
  • Preferred:
  • CPA Certified
  • NetSuite experience desired
  • Technology industry experience is desirable

Success Criteria:

  • Demonstrated ability to manage complex accounting operations with a high degree of accuracy and timeliness.
  • Strong technical accounting knowledge with the ability to research, interpret, and apply GAAP.
  • Proven leadership skills with the ability to develop teams and influence cross-functional partners.
  • Advanced Excel and financial systems proficiency.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate complex topics to non-financial stakeholders.
  • Strong organizational skills with the ability to prioritize, multitask, and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
  • High level of integrity, ownership, and accountability.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Self-motivated, time efficient and proactive with ability to work under minimum supervision.
  • Confident in dealing with customers and senior management.

Compensation:

  • Annual base salary range between $100-130k
  • Bonus potential of 15% annually

Physical Requirements:

    Physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
  • Working at a computer typing and view a screen - Constantly
  • Stationary sitting or standing - Constantly
  • Visual Recognition - Constantly
  • Hearing/Listening - Occasionally
  • Communicating verbally and/or in writing - Occasionally
  • Travel - Seldom

Don’t meet every job requirement? At KPA, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply unless they meet every requirement. If you’re excited about the role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification, we still encourage you to apply! You might just be the right candidate for this or other roles.

As a growing company KPA values its employees by supporting them with a full benefits package including Medical, Dental, Vision, Flexible Spending Accounts, PTO, Paid and Floating Holidays, 401k with Company match and immediate vesting, Company-funded Life Insurance, Employee Assistance Programs, and No-cost Mental Health Benefits.

About KPA

Founded in 1986, KPA is a leading provider of Environment, Health & Safety (EHS), and Workforce Compliance software and consulting services. KPA solutions help clients identify, remedy, and prevent workplace safety and compliance problems across their entire enterprise. The combination of KPA's software, consulting services, and award-winning training content helps organizations minimize risk so they can focus on what's important—their core business.  

We are passionate about what we do, how we do and why we do it. Our culture is driven by the KPA core values – Integrity, Helpful, Excellence, Agile, Respectful, and Teamwork. Success will be determined by the capabilities, energy and character of the people we bring into our organization and the performance they achieve.

KPA, with headquarters in Colorado and teammates throughout the United Sates, is recognized as one of Colorado's Best Places to Work to Work by Built In Colorado for 2025, making the list seven years running.  

KPA is committed to providing equal opportunity in all of our employment practices, including selection, hiring, promotion, transfer, and compensation, to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, religion, religious dress/grooming, color, ethnicity, sex (including sex stereotyping), sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, creed, uniform service member status, military or veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, breast-feeding and/or pregnancy-related conditions, age, protected medical condition, leave status, physical or mental disability, genetic characteristics, or any other legally-protected status in accordance with the requirements of all federal, state and local laws. In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification document form upon hire.

If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at [email protected].

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Skills Required

  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting or equivalent
  • 7-10 years of relevant accounting experience
  • Two or more years of leadership/management experience
  • Strong technical accounting knowledge and ability to research and apply GAAP
  • Advanced Excel and financial systems proficiency
  • Experience with audit readiness and serving as point of contact for external auditors
  • Public accounting experience
  • CPA certification
  • NetSuite experience
  • Technology industry experience

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KPA Compensation & Benefits Highlights

  • Retirement Support A 401(k) with company match is part of the package, with dollar‑for‑dollar up to 6% and immediate vesting cited in public listings. This supports long‑term savings and strengthens overall total rewards.
  • Leave & Time Off Breadth PTO, paid holidays, and paid volunteer days are included, alongside remote‑first flexibility and flexible schedules for many roles. This breadth of time‑off options supports work‑life balance.
  • Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits Coverage spans health, dental, vision, FSA/HSA, life and disability insurance, EAP/mental‑health resources, wellness programs, and pet insurance. Professional development funds and learning access add to the overall lifestyle support.

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The Company
HQ: Westminster, CO
405 Employees
Year Founded: 1986

What We Do

KPA solutions help clients identify, remedy, and prevent workplace safety and compliance problems across their entire enterprise. The combination of KPA’s easy-to-use software platforms, consulting services, and award-winning training content helps organizations minimize risk so they can focus on what’s important—their core business. For nearly 40 years, KPA has helped 10,000+ clients achieve regulatory compliance, protect their business, and keep people safe.

Why Work With Us

Since 1986 we have been refining the core values with which we work together as a team and with our clients. Do you align with our core values of Integrity, Helpfulness, Excellence, Agility, Respectfulness, and Teamwork? It is these core values that promote our success through both organic growth and integrating acquisitions.

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KPA Offices

Hybrid Workspace

Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.

KPA operates in a hybrid, remote-first work environment where daily office attendance is optional and teams get together in-person for collaboration.

Typical time on-site: Flexible
HQWestminster, CO
Our headquarters is located in the CirclePoint Corporate Center in Westminster, right off US 36 between 104th and 112th. Minutes from the Westminster Promenade, a major entertainment and food hub.

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