Assistant Controller

| Seattle, WA
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Convoy is transforming the $800 billion trucking industry, where even 10 years ago, most truck drivers did not have smartphones and paper driver logs were common. In 2015, Convoy launched the digital freight movement with an open and fully connected marketplace for brands and manufacturers to work directly with freight carriers who move truckload shipments throughout the country. This ‘Digital Freight Network’ is powered by machine learning and automation, and supported by a broad, ever-growing set of features that benefit both sides of the marketplace.

 

We’ve been honored to work with some great companies, such as Unilever, The Home Depot, and Procter & Gamble. We’ve also been backed by world-class investors, including Google, YCombinator, Fidelity, Greylock, Generation IM, Lone Pine, T. Rowe Price, Baillie Gifford and the founders and CEOs of Amazon, Salesforce, eBay, LinkedIn, Expedia, Dropbox, Starbucks, and others. We are proud to have been named a CNBC Disruptor 50 Winner (3x), a Fast Company World Changing Idea, a LinkedIn Top Startup, a Forbes' Best Startup Employer, one of Fortune Magazine's 'Impact 20' list, a best place to work in Washington State, a BloombergNEF Pioneer winner, and more.

 

This is your opportunity to collaborate with an incredible group of people and help transform the freight industry. Join Convoy and help us transport the world with endless capacity and zero waste.

 

About You:  As a future Accounting team member at Convoy you are eager to get your foot in the door at a fast-paced, rapidly growing startup. You love what you do and care deeply about the quality of your work. You are continuously learning and are never satisfied with the status-quo. You thrive when coaching a team, resolving technical accounting challenges and driving process improvement.

We're looking for an Assistant Controller to join our Accounting team during a period of growth and acceleration at Convoy. This person will direct and grow our Accounting team, in addition to future technical accounting initiatives. The Assistant Controller will act as a change agent with a focus on financial systems, while leading a team with their strong technical skills in US GAAP and SOX compliance.

As the Assistant Controller and later-stage startup, you are passionate about driving growth and developing a team at a scaling company.  You’re comfortable working in a hands-on environment where everyday is different and no challenge is too big. You’ll utilize your previous experience in technical accounting and problem solving to further develop a best-in-class accounting function.

Management, Accounting Policies and Procedures

  • Establish, monitor, and enforce accounting policies and procedures in compliance with GAAP.
  • Document transactional accounting processes, ensuring appropriate accountabilities.
  • Ensure proper implementation and use of GL chart of account design, and cost center structure.
  • Ensure the integrity of financial results through the development, implementation and support of proper internal controls.
  • Recommend and actively pursue process improvements ensuring the integrity of consolidated financial statements. This may include participating in company-wide initiatives that improve processes and systems, as well as company-wide training in the understanding and application of accounting policies.
  • Review capitalized software for appropriate support, analysis and compliance with GAAP.

Month-End Close, Financial & Management Reporting

  • Aid in the preparation and review of financial statements for internal and external use, including performing detailed balance sheet analytics and verifying appropriateness of US GAAP adjustments.
  • Aid in the review of the month-end close process by ensuring that deadlines are met, by reviewing JE and ensuring that there is adequate support, and reconciliations are completed and reviewed timely
  • Responsible for month-end close and the preparation and review of financial statements for internal and external use 
  • Perform detailed balance sheet analytics and review JEs and reconciliations to ensure close is accurate and has adequate support
  • Identify and execute on opportunities to accelerate the month-end close process
  • Work closely with FP&A to understand and communicate month end results, and variances to plan. 

Accounting Transactional Processes

  • Direct overall company financial accounting activities, including accuracy and daily productivity of accounts payable, cash disbursements, invoicing/billing, customer credits and collections.
  • Manage and support existing and new accounting transaction processing such as purchase price accounting, or any other company initiatives that would have an accounting impact
  • Work closely with our external tax advisors as their primary  contact; this includes tax provision, excise, B&O taxes, Federal and State returns.

External and Internal Audits

  • Act as primary contact between external auditors and accounting department in managing all annual financial audits including company retirement plans.
  • Design, implement and monitor internal controls as it pertains to SOX compliance.

Financial Leadership

  • Build and direct an effective accounting team, including driving performance and coaching the team.
  • Assess company and departmental needs and priorities to evaluate, recommend and carry out staffing, resource, and reporting structure changes. 
  • Define, develop, and implement best in class processes leveraging the capabilities of existing systems and the supporting tools.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities

  • Able to lead, manage and mentor a diverse team of professional accounting and finance operation staff.
  • Strong critical thinking and analytical skills and ability.
  • Ability to research technical accounting issues, exercise professional judgment and document conclusions/recommendations.
  • Computer proficiency, including MS Office Suite and GSuite; Workday and reporting tools preferred.
  • Strong listening, problem solving and decision making skills.
  • Excellent written and oral communication and interpersonal skills. 
  • Strong ability to communicate well with all levels and personalities, including discussing business problems and presenting recommendations to managers and senior leaders. 
  • Knowledge of the transportation industry is preferred.
  • Ability to produce work with a high degree of precision.
  • Ability to organize, prioritize, and deliver on projects with competing deadlines in a fast-paced environment with very little guidance.
  • Self-directed and ability to work independently.
  • Ability to analyze and handle confidential and sensitive information. 

Minimum Qualifications:  This position requires a Bachelor’s degree in accounting, CPA or equivalent and 7 - 10 years’ progressively responsible experience for a large company or division of a large corporation.  Demonstrable experience as a change agent and experience in financial systems.  Demonstrated experience managing self, staff and building high performing teams.  Strong technical GAAP skills, and SOX compliance with public accounting experience preferred. 

Pay & Benefits: Compensation benchmarking in progress. 

 

Benefits:

Employees' wellbeing is top of mind for the Convoy Team. Employees may be eligible for following benefits:

  • 100% premium coverage for employee health insurance premiums and 85% premium coverage for dependents
  • Health Savings Account with a company match
  • Flexible Spending Account Options: Health Care, Limited Purpose and Dependent Care
  • Dental, Vision, Voluntary Life and AD&D insurance plans
  • 10 paid holidays per year plus additional Flexible PTO for exempt employees and accrued PTO for non-exempt employees
  • Paid Leave Benefits, including a paid Parental Leave program
  • Mental and emotional health benefits through Lyra for employees and their dependents
  • On demand primary care through 98.6
  • Family planning benefit through Progyny
  • Back up Child-care and adult/elder-care options through Bright Horizons
  • Participate in a 401K Retirement Plan
  • Public transportation and commuter benefits

Convoy is an equal-opportunity employer and we welcome applicants from all backgrounds. If you’re a passionate team player who wants to have an outsized impact on a diverse and dynamic team, we’d love to hear from you!

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