The Ashforth Company · 5 days ago
Assistant Corporate Controller
The Ashforth Company is seeking an Assistant Corporate Controller responsible for corporate accounting and financial reporting. The ACC supervises a staff accountant and assists the Corporate Controller in all companywide accounting functions.
Responsibilities
Handles all aspects of the preparation and issuance of the year-end financial audits with outside accountants, including assisting with the footnote disclosures
Responsible for closing the books each month for all corporate companies along with the preparation of the quarterly consolidated financial reports and variances explanations; interfaces with accounting staff of each department during the closing and review process
Updates fixed asset accounting (depreciation schedules and reports) for all buildings and companies
Prepares individual corporate entity and consolidated budgets and projections
Assist the CC and outside tax accountants with corporate and partnership tax compliance
Responsible for the timely filing of monthly, quarterly, and annual sales tax returns
Prepares and files the city/town personal property tax reports
Prepares quarterly taxable income projections for the purpose of determining quarterly shareholder distributions
Reviews, updates and implements, as needed, internal financial controls with the CC
Assists CC in preparation of CFO presentations for Board of Director’s and Shareholder’s meetings
Special projects as needed
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in accounting plus 7+ years of professional accounting experience required
Must have excellent supervisory, communication, and analytical skills
Must be a strong general ledger accountant with strong computer skills, especially excel
Must be a motivating team player with an exemplary work ethic and hands-on work style
Preferred
Certified Public Accountant preferred
Tax compliance background preferred but not required
Real Estate experience a plus but not required
Knowledge of Sage and Yardi accounting software and Sage FAS preferred but not required