Assistant Controller

Full-time - Mid Level

Hybrid - Bellevue, WA

Miscellaneous Manufacturing

About the position

The Assistant Controller is responsible for managing the global financial consolidation process, ensuring timely and accurate financial reporting, and supporting the overall integrity of the financial statements. This role will manage internal and external reporting processes and collaborate with various departments to ensure compliance with accounting policies and procedures. This is a key role as we continue to expand into LATAM. The ideal candidate is someone who possesses a solid knowledge of US GAAP principles, internal control principles, and financial operations. The candidate will also possess strong management and team leadership competencies gained through prior experience managing a corporate accounting department within a large, complex global organization to inspire a high-performing accounting team. You will play a critical role in ensuring we continue building a world-class accounting function while partnering across the business to ensure our systems and processes are running smoothly. Our goal is to be scalable as we push towards global best-in-class operations.

Responsibilities

• Oversee, support, and develop the corporate accounting team.
• Lead the monthly, quarterly, and annual global financial close and consolidation process across multiple entities.
• Ensure intercompany eliminations and foreign currency translations are accurately reflected in consolidated financial statements.
• Prepare and review consolidated financial statements.
• Develop and maintain processes for effective and efficient consolidation, ensuring compliance with accounting standards.
• Analyze, advise, and/or implement consistent accounting policies, practices, and procedures across all entities, adhering to national and local standards while remaining knowledgeable of proposed legislation.
• Develop, streamline, automate, maintain & improve processes, systems and internal controls.
• Develop and implement accounting policies and procedures to enhance internal controls and reporting accuracy.
• Work closely with finance teams, external auditors, and other internal stakeholders to ensure alignment on accounting and reporting practices.
• Provide technical accounting guidance and training to finance team members on consolidation processes, financial reporting, and compliance with accounting standards.
• Team leadership through managing talent including motivating, coaching, training and mentoring team members.
• Represent Accounting in cross-organizational working groups to guide accounting practices as we expand to other countries or businesses.
• Partner with IT and finance teams to drive improvements in the accounting systems.
• Streamline and automate reconciliations and financial reporting processes to improve efficiency and accuracy.

Requirements

• Ten (10) years, or more, of progressive accounting experience with at least three (3) years as a senior manager of an accounting department required.
• Bachelors degree in Accounting or Business Administration required.
• Certified Public Accountant designation preferred.
• Strong knowledge and leadership of accounting operations.
• Strong project management skills.
• Strong ERP systems experience, preferably in Oracle Fusion Cloud.
• Proven experience building, developing, mentoring, and inspiring a large, diverse, high performing professional accounting team.
• Excellent communicator, both written and verbal, able to communicate complex concepts and risk factors to stakeholders and influence decision making.
• Experienced business partner, skilled in building trust and inspiring others while ramping up in a new business and role in a complex environment.
• Excellent knowledge and proven track record in assessing, developing, and implementing internal controls.
• Excitement around navigating a hyper-growth, rapidly changing, and sometimes ambiguous environment.

Benefits

• Competitive cash-based compensation programs.
• 100% employer-paid healthcare premiums for you.
• Generous paid family leave.
• Employer-paid life insurance.
• Employer-paid long and short-term income protection insurance.
• US Employees: 401k Employer Matching.
• UK/IRE/MX Employees: Pension Employer Contributions.
• Fitness reimbursement.
• Commuter benefit.
• LinkedIn learning.
• Comprehensive relocation package for certain roles.
• Hybrid work environment.