Assistant Controller

Irving Materials, Inc.

$80K — $95K *
Legal & Accounting
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • CPA or CMA required
  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting or MBA preferred
  • 5+ years of accounting experience, construction industry experience preferred
  • Strong organizational and interpersonal skills
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Familiarity with IFS ERP or similar and advanced Excel proficiency
  • Positive attitude and eagerness to exceed expectations

Responsibilities

  • Assist with financial statement preparation and audit support
  • Conduct month-end and year-end closing processes and account reconciliations
  • Lead ERP implementation and data migration efforts
  • Continuously optimize existing workflows for efficiency
  • Meet critical deadlines for audits and financial close
  • Communicate project status and scheduling priorities effectively
  • Manage month-end close checklist and maintain audit schedules
  • Perform monthly analysis of balance sheet, income statement, and cash flow
  • Guide and train junior staff on accounting procedures
  • Prepare annual tax returns and regulatory reports as needed
  • Complete other duties or special projects as assigned

Benefits

  • Support for continuous improvement initiatives
  • Opportunities for professional development
  • Experience in a collaborative environment
  • Exposure to diverse accounting practices
  • Engagement with senior financial leadership
Full Job Description
Assist the Controller with the financial affairs of the organization including preparation of financial statements and audit support. Provide business management tools and reports for managers throughout the company. Demonstrate a relentless pursuit of continuous improvement for the company.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Resourcefulness: High comfort level with complex, non-routine tasks; willing to dig into documentation and solve ambiguous problems without needing step-by-step guidance or delegating around management.
  • Independent Discrepancy Resolution: Assist with month-end and year-end closing process,account analysis and reconciliations ensuring consistency with generally accepted accounting principles.
  • ERP Implementation: Direct experience with system implementations, data migration, or system testing highly preferred.
  • Process Optimization: Continuously reviews workflows to improve efficiency rather than passively repeating previous monthly routines.
  • Time-Sensitive Execution: Sense of urgency and reliability around critical deadlines, audits, insurance reviews, and close targets.
  • Schedule & Communication: Clear communication on project status, availability, and scheduling priorities to ensure key deliverables are completed without disruption.
  • Month-End Close Ownership: Responsible for managing a substantial portion of the month-end close checklist as well as prepares and maintains reconciled audit schedules month-to-month to ensure year-round audit readiness
  • Analysis: Perform balance sheet, income statement and cash flow account analysis each month
  • Guidance & Direction: While this role has no direct reports, the candidate must be able to guide, train, and provide task-level direction to junior staff on accounting procedures.
  • Regulatory filings: Prepare annual property tax returns, 1099s, sales tax returns, fuel taxes and other reports required by regulatory agencies.
  • Other duties or special projects as assigned by Controller


Requirements:

  • Compliance with ethical standards of accounting societies.
  • CPA or CMA required
  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Master's degree in Business Administration.
  • 5+ years of accounting experience, construction industry experience preferred
  • Possess strong organizational and interpersonal skills, as well as excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Familiarity with IFS ERP (or similar enterprise ERP environments) and advanced Excel proficiency (experience with all of these systems is not required to apply).
  • Positive attitude and an eagerness to exceed expectations.


Compensation
Competitive and commensurate with experience and qualifications.

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