Salary: $80,000-$90,000

Position: Direct Hire

What is this?

Local Public Accounting Firm is looking for an Assistant Controller to join their team. The Assistant Controller must be proficient in day-to-day accounting tasks including AP/AR and has the ability to lead the accounting team. The Assistant Controller will be expected to be move into a Controller role so this person must be willing to continue to develop the team, communicate expectations, and foster a high level of accountability.

• Take on and maintain Accounts Receivable responsibilities.
• Check and process all invoices for payment, including obtaining approvals and coding to the appropriate cost center and GL account.
• Input invoices relating to purchase orders into the payables system, verifying vendor, product, quantity and dollars charged between purchase order information and invoice.
• Conduct necessary research to obtain invoice, receiver or other documentation to process payments in a timely manner.
• Reconcile vendor statements, researching and rectifying discrepancies.
• Process discount invoices in a timely manner to capture all available discounts.
• Prepare invoice deduction notices as necessary.
• Verify and apply, if necessary, sales/use tax.
• Answer/address vendor inquiries.
• Generate accounts payable reports and maintain spreadsheets relating to coding, pricing and accruals.
• Assist with monthly closing processes.
• Maintaining payroll information by collecting, calculating, and entering data weekly
• Timely and accurate processing of the hourly payroll
• Handle payroll discrepancies through information collection and analysis
• Protect confidential payroll operation information and maintain employee confidentiality
• Preparation and entry of expense reports and reimbursements
• Act as primary liaison with clients for invoicing, collections and general billing support
• Prepare and maintain Accounts Receivable Aging and other related and ad hoc reports
• Support Sales and Operations teams on billing related matters
• Distributes pay applications for internal approvals and submits to client for disbursement
• Understand financial policies and reporting procedures, contract billing types and billing terms
• Prepare and print invoices
• Track project budgets and related progress
• Coordinate billing activities with Operations Management
• Support project budget reconciliations
• Respond to customer inquiries related to invoices
• Participate in aging invoice reviews and account collection activities
• Assumes additional duties/projects as assigned and/or required

• Meticulous organizational skills and detail-oriented
• Strong customer service focus and communication skills
• Associates degree in Accounting or Business Administration or equivalent experience
• Accounts Receivable proficiency
• Two to five years accounts payable and payroll experience
• Experience with Quickbooks
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
• Ability to establish priorities, work independently, and proceed with objectives without supervision.
• Ability to handle and resolve challenging problems.

In the performance of their respective tasks and duties the employee hired will be expected to conform to the following:

1. Perform quality work within deadlines with or without supervision
2. Interact professionally with other employees, customers and suppliers.
3. Work effectively as a team contributor on all assignments.
4. Work independently while understanding the necessity for communicating and coordinating work efforts with other employees and organizations.

Physical requirements for positions include: arm and hand steadiness and finger dexterity enough to use a keyboard and telephone; occasional lifting up to 25 pounds; may be subject to walking, standing, sitting, and reaching; and vision, speech, and hearing sufficient to perform the essential tasks. Any physical restrictions should be discussed or noted within the interview process.

• Resumes must be in .doc format ? pdf and txt versions will not be accepted.
• The resume must clearly reflect your skills and be free of any spelling errors or punctuation errors.
• An Associate?s degree is required or you must have at least 3 years of professionally related work experience.
• Experience must be business professional experience ? we do not handle any industrial or general labor positions
• Your work history does not include a string of employment. A string is considered to be multiple consecutive employers where the tenure was for a year or less.