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EIS Legacy

Assistant Controller

EIS Legacy, Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30383

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Job Title:

Assistant Controller

Location:

Atlanta, GA (Battery area - 3 days in office (including Monday), 2 days remote)

Reports To:

Corporate Controller

Overview We are seeking a hands-on Assistant Controller who will play a pivotal role in general ledger and financial reporting leadership, close and process optimization, training and team development, information harvesting for smoothly integrating acquired business, and for supporting regulatory, lender compliance, and financial audit readiness.

The ideal candidate has a hands-on leadership style, enjoys strategizing and implementing process improvements, respects detail, departs best practices to develop others, has experience in manufacturing or distribution, and is comfortable leading through an unstructured environment.

Key Responsibilities

Maintaining an accurate and relevant chart of accounts, including adding new accounts, updating account descriptions, maintaining the financial statement hierarchy, and ensuring accurate mapping from source systems to OneStream

Assist in the preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements in compliance with U.S. GAAP

Thoroughly understanding programs to ensure accurate and timely booking of entries

Ensuring all balance sheet accounts are cleanly reconciled with standalone support

Supports the consolidation of financial results across multiple locations

Conducts ongoing variance analysis, provides insight into drivers, and leads necessary improvements

Oversees cost accounting processes, including standard costing and variance analysis

Manages inventory valuation and reconciliations, ensuring accurate reporting

Work with third party tax consultants to ensure federal, state and local tax requirements are met

Close and Process Optimization

Works with the local and field accountants to ensure the recording path is streamlined

Examining and implementing best practices to reduce the Close cycle while increasing accuracy

Training and Team Development

Willing to "roll up sleeves" to train and cross-train colleagues

Accepts the responsibility of positioning others for success

Provides review comments, follows to closure, and ensures the feedback loop is complete

Encourages a CPE commitment, even for colleagues who aren't licensed

Leads and mentors accounting staff of 4 - 6

Information Harvesting for Smoothly Integrating Acquired Businesses

Working with key personnel to support the advanced transition of responsibility

Anticipating data needs, examining the quality of records, and supporting legacy stakeholders during the transitional season

Work with M&A valuation and accounting firms to complete our acquisition integration and purchase price accounting

Supporting Regulatory, Lender Compliance, and Financial Audit Readiness

Implementing a reliable control environment

Assists with the preparation of audits and other regulatory reviews

Strives for complete workpapers in anticipation of audit requests that stand alone and are free from commentary

Working with third party tax consultants to ensure federal, state, and local tax and information filing requirements are satisfied

Ideal Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in accounting, with MBA or relevant master's degree

10-15 years of professional experience, to include general ledger, financial reporting, cost accounting, and integration leadership in a manufacturing environment (including due diligence, purchase accounting, various integration efforts, finalizing NWC true-ups, etc.)

CPA with auditing experience, strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP and reporting standards

Proficiency in SAP, OneStream, and Excel, with exposure to Sage and Epicor

Excellent organizational, analytical, and communication skills

Experience working in an organization that is PE backed, and with ownership of debt compliance reporting, various tax matters, insurance analysis and renewal, etc.

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