Job Description

Job Description

The Assistant Corporate Controller reports to the Corporate Controller in a fast-paced, high growth and customer-centric environment. The role will be a key part of the finance team acting as a business partner to implement best practices across the current organization, as well as future acquisitions. This position is a hybrid position based out of our Madison Heights, Michigan headquarters.

Essential Job Functions:

• Lead corporate consolidation for month-end and year-end close process
• Prepare financial statements and reporting package including analysis of balance sheet, income statements, and cash flows
• Responsible for accounting policy & procedure updates and serve as a key resource for technical accounting questions/issues (revenue recognition, lease accounting, business combinations, etc.)
• Owns debt reporting including calculation of covenant ratios and quarterly submissions
• Responsible for cash flow forecast and respective working capital targets
• Act as a functional leader of the accounting and reporting areas of an SAP integration
  1. Ensure best in class controls and processes in future environment
• Assist in future M&A integrations by reviewing accounting controls and reporting of acquisitions
• Ensure existing controls in multiple environments are consolidated without gaps
• Calculate and post journal entries in connection with month-end process
• Maintain general ledger and related chart of accounts
• Work cross-functionally with (IT, Purchasing, Sales etc.) to implement system enhancements and to improve processes and create efficiencies
• Serve as main point of contact with external auditors providing documentation and schedules for year-end audit and interim reviews.
• Perform other special projects related to acquisitions and subsequent integration
• Identity opportunities to improve reporting and financial close processes
• Act as a functional leader of the accounting and reporting areas of an SAP integration
  1. Ensure best in class controls and processes in future environment
  2. Ensure existing controls in multiple environments are consolidated without gaps
• Ad Hoc reporting for Controller and Chief Financial Officer
• Communicate effective across the finance function and broader organization to effect change and ensure effective controls and financial analysis

Qualifications and Experience:

• CPA required
• MBA or Masters in Accounting/Finance preferred
• 7+ years of experience at preferably with mix of public accounting and manufacturing experience, experience in the CPG industry a plus
• SAP experience, ideally integration, preferred
• Proficient user of Microsoft office suite (PowerPoint, Word, Excel)
• Excellent communication (written/verbal) and interpersonal skills;
• Excellent organizational and time management skills
• Multi facility, manufacturing experience (food a plus)
• Ability to express concepts effectively, both verbally and in writing.
• Comfortable interacting with stakeholders at all levels throughout the business.
• Strong financial (analysis), forecasting and budgeting skills
• Experience in M&A, integration of acquisitions
• Operational/business mindset