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Robert Half Assistant Controller in Washington, District Of Columbia

Description

Our client, a quickly growing company in the renewable energy sector, is recruiting for their Assistant Controller to join their team. This is a ground floor opportunity for a talented Assistant Controller to take their career to the next level quickly as this company builds their finance team and overall infrastructure. This position will report to a tenured Controller and provide accounting leadership, mentorship and technical guidance for the corporate team and on their cutting edge new global level projects. Duties for this this exciting newly created Assistant Controller role will include the following:

  • Lead the corporate accounting team and while still being a key contributor to the month end and year end accounting close as well as financial reporting

  • Review and prepare journal entries including monthly accruals, adjusting entries and complex entries to support complex transactions.

  • Oversee and perform monthly balance sheet reconciliations for accounts assigned and related account schedules

  • Act as a key liaison to outside CPA firm regarding the external audit process and provide supporting schedules and requested information to support the year end external audit and quarterly reviews

  • Lead the constant review and development of key accounting processes as well as design of internal controls

  • As a part of a team, project manage system implementations and related technology projects

  • Effectively coordinate between project operations teams and the corporate accounting team to maintain information flow and hit reporting deadlines

  • Perform ad hoc projects for senior management as assigned.

Please submit your resume in confidence to Raj Khanna, Senior Vice President at Robert Half or directly via LinkedIn for immediate consideration for this or one of our other active career opportunities in the Washington Metro area.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in accounting/finance or related field

  • CPA preferred or active CPA candidate with parts passed

  • 5 or more years of progressive experience in accounting with demonstrated technical GAAP skills

  • Prior leadership of a team including responsibility for the month end close, management reporting and related analytics

  • Proven experience with ERP systems such as Oracle/SAP/JDE

  • Prior experience within the audit group of a public accounting firm preferred

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