Assistant Controller

EIS Legacy, LLC

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, marital status, pregnancy, genetic information, or other legally protected status.

Assistant Controller

Atlanta, GA (Battery area - 3 days in office (including Monday), 2 days remote)

Corporate Controller

We are seeking a hands-on Assistant Controller who will play a pivotal role in general ledger and financial reporting leadership, Close and process optimization, training and team development, information harvesting for smoothly integrating acquired business, and for supporting regulatory, lender compliance, and financial audit readiness.

The ideal candidate has a hands-on leadership style, enjoys strategizing and implementing process improvements, respects detail, departs best practices to develop others, has experience in manufacturing or distribution, and is comfortable leading through an unstructured environment.

• Maintaining an accurate and relevant chart of accounts, including adding new accounts, updating account descriptions, maintaining the financial statement hierarchy, and ensuring accurate mapping from source systems to One Stream
• Assist in the preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements in compliance with U.S. GAAP
• Thoroughly understanding programs to ensure accurate and timely booking of entries
• Ensuring all balance sheet accounts are cleanly reconciled with standalone support
• Supports the consolidation of financial results across multiple locations
• Conducts ongoing variance analysis, provides insight into drivers, and leads necessary improvements
• Oversees cost accounting processes, including standard costing and variance analysis
• Manages inventory valuation and reconciliations, ensuring accurate reporting
• Work with third party tax consultants to ensure federal, state and local tax requirements are met

• Works with the local and field accountants to ensure the recording path is streamlined
• Examining and implementing best practices to reduce the Close cycle while increasing accuracy

• Willing to roll up sleeves to train and cross-train colleagues
• Accepts the responsibility of positioning others for success
• Provides review comments, follows to closure, and ensures the feedback loop is complete
• Encourages a CPE commitment, even for colleagues who aren't licensed
• Leads and mentors accounting staff of 4 - 6

• Working with key personnel to support the advanced transition of responsibility
  
  Anticipating data needs, examining the quality of records, and supporting legacy stakeholders during the transitional season
  
  Work with M&A valuation and accounting firms to complete our acquisition integration and purchase price accounting Supporting Regulatory, Lender Compliance, and Financial Audit Readiness
  • Implementing a reliable control environment
  • Assists with the preparation of audits and other regulatory reviews
  • Strives for complete work papers in anticipation of audit requests that stand alone and are free from commentary
  • Working with third party tax consultants to ensure federal, state, and local tax and information filing requirements are satisfied
  Ideal Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in accounting, with MBA or relevant master's degree
  • 10 15 years of professional experience, to include general ledger, financial reporting, cost accounting, and integration (including due diligence, purchase accounting, various integration efforts, finalizing NWC true-ups, etc.) leadership in a manufacturing environment
  • CPA with auditing experience, strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP and reporting standards
  • Proficiency in SAP, One Stream, and Excel, with exposure to Sage and Epicor
  • Excellent organizational, analytical, and communication skills
  • Experience working in an organization that is PE backed, and with ownership of debt compliance reporting, various tax matters, insurance analysis and renewal, etc.