Position DescriptionAt a GlanceLegrand has an exciting opportunity for an
Assistant Controller to join the
Electrical Wiring Systems Wiremold Team in
West Hartford, CT.What Will You Do?- Assist the Controller with driving and executing day-to-day accounting team responsibilities, tasks, and project related efforts.
- Provide oversight and direction to the fixed asset function including development of standard reports and projections related to Capex spend and depreciation projections.
- Provide oversight and direction in the Treasury area including reviews of weekly disbursement runs, wire payment releases, and monthly cash projection forecasts.
- Complete month end closing.
- Coordinate monthly accruals, schedules and reporting, such as commission accruals, incentive/sales bonus accruals and rebate accruals.
- Approve and post monthly journal entries.
- Approve and analyze monthly balance sheet reconciliations.
- Ensure timeliness, accuracy and integrity of general ledger data.
- Oversee daily operations of Accounts Payable: general ledger coding, OPOS administration, New account set up.
- Assist in the T&E and PCard Concur Audits and administration.
- Perform balance sheet reviews and review/approve monthly account reconciliations while ensuring reconciling items are properly labeled and dispositioned in subsequent months.
- Responsible for managing and coordinating execution of financial audits while assisting with development of a robust controls environment including ensuring proper controls documentation, ensuring adequate segregation of duties are in place, and assist the business with remediation of controls deficiencies.
- Interact with the internal/external audit teams to facilitate efficient execution of audits and participate in all issue remediation efforts.
- Work with staff and other departments to continually look for improvements and efficiencies.
- Provide reporting and analysis to help drive Mfg Productivity of the WH site: including but not limited to: weekly earned hours/mix reporting, monthly and qtrly operations reporting, inventory reporting, annual budgets.
- Document policies and procedure.
- Management staff including training and job development.
- Help team set annual goals based on strategic initiatives.
- Semi-annual review of goals with individual team members.
- Prepare annual performance evaluations of each team member.
- Lead and participate in various projects and job responsibilities, as directed by the Controller.
QualificationsRequired SkillsEducation:Experience:- 5-7 years of experience in accounting and/or finance.
Skills/Knowledge/Abilities:- Ability to prioritize responsibilities and multitask.
- Outstanding communication skills.
- Leadership skills to ensure training, motivation and development of staff.
- Excellent Microsoft Excel skills.
- Detail and results oriented.
Systems:- MS Office
- Manage 2000
- Proquis
- Happy Fox
- Sage Fixed Asset software
- Budget Maestro
- Concur Solutions
- SharePoint
- CitiDirect BE
Travel: 10 - 15%
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