Assistant Controller

Overview

This role owns key accounting processes across the month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close, with end-to-end responsibility for inventory accounting and close deliverables. The position also serves as a subject matter resource for revenue recognition under ASC 606 and supports external audit requests.

Responsibilities

Close Process & Operations

• Drive a disciplined, well-controlled monthly, quarterly, and annual close; identify and eliminate bottlenecks.
• Own inventory accounting end-to-end, including standard costing, valuation, reserves (excess & obsolete, shrink), and period-end reconciliations.
• Partner with Supply Chain, Operations, and FP&A on cycle counts, physical inventory, and inventory variance analysis.
• Coordinate close deliverables with the Shared Service Center (SSC), including review of SSC-prepared reconciliations and journal entries.
• Ensure consistent accounting treatment between corporate and SSC-managed processes.
• Review and approve inventory-related journal entries and account reconciliations, along with other key balance sheet reconciliations owned by the role.
• Monitor and analyze inventory trends, identifying risk areas (obsolescence, cost variances, slow-moving stock) and driving resolution.
• Standardize recurring reconciliations and reporting packages so they are repeatable rather than ad hoc.
• Identify and implement process and systems improvements (ERP configuration, automation, reconciliation tooling) to reduce manual, error-prone work.
• Serve as a subject matter resource on revenue recognition (ASC 606), including SSP methodology and deferred revenue, and on financial reporting matters under US GAAP; help work through complex or judgmental accounting questions.
• Draft or review technical accounting memos as needed.
• Support external audit requests related to inventory and, where relevant, other technical accounting areas.

People & Cross-Functional Leadership

• Manage, mentor, and develop accounting staff; build technical bench strength on the team.
• Partner cross-functionally with Supply Chain, FP&A, Revenue Operations, the SSC, and Internal Audit to embed good controls upstream.
• Act as a resource for external auditors on areas of ownership and technical accounting questions.

Required Qualifications

• CPA required (active license).
• Big 4 public accounting experience required.
• Minimum 7–10 years of progressive accounting experience, including significant time in a public company (SEC registrant) environment.
• Strong technical accounting knowledge across:
  • Inventory accounting (costing, valuation, reserves)
  • Revenue recognition (ASC 606), including SSP methodology and deferred revenue
  • General financial reporting under US GAAP
• Demonstrated ability to work at the transaction/data level, including reconciling GL to subledgers and source systems and identifying root causes of variances.
• Experience working with or overseeing a Shared Service Center (SSC) or similar outsourced/offshore accounting operation.
• Strong ERP systems experience (e.g., Microsoft Dynamics 365 F&O, Oracle, NetSuite, SAP, or similar).
• Comfort working with large datasets in Excel and ideally SQL or similar tools.
• Proven ability to operate independently, drive projects to closure, and communicate clearly with finance leadership, peers, and external auditors.
• Excellent written communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with an ERP or system migration (e.g., legacy system to D365, Oracle, or similar).
• Experience with revenue recognition tools (e.g., Zuora Revenue, RevPro, NetSuite ARM).
• Manufacturing, hardware, or distribution industry experience relevant to inventory accounting.
• Experience managing a team through a period of process change.