Assistant Controller

Are you a highly experienced and detail-oriented CPA or accounting professional ready to take the next step in your career? Join Finger Lakes Chemicals, Inc., where we are seeking a dedicated professional to fill a pivotal role that will eventually grow into the Controller position. This is an incredible opportunity to take over the responsibilities of a long-time controller who is retiring, allowing you to manage the full financial lifecycle of the company, ensure compliance, and lead our financial reporting.

• Education:
  
  An Accounting Degree is required.
• Experience:
  
  Extensive Accounting experience is mandatory.
• Technical
  
  Skills:
  
  Strong spreadsheet and overall computer skills are essential.
• Core Competencies:
  
  You must be highly detail-oriented, possess accuracy with numbers, and excel at critical thinking, research, analysis, and problem-solving.
• Physical:
  Ability to possibly assist with physical Company inventory counts and general file archiving.

• You will manage the Company’s overall financial health, ensuring precision in accounts, compliance, and monthly reporting, while supporting the CFO.
• Compiles and summarizes the Company’s monthly financial statements.
• Reviews balances in all Company checking and credit card accounts and records them.
• Transfers money between accounts as needed and maintains deposit logs.
• Manages and reconciles the monthly corporate credit card statements, reporting spending by department.
• Maintains Depreciation Lapse Schedules for all Fixed Assets.
• Analytics, working on cost analysis of departments.
• Budgeting for plans, projects, and trips.
• Margin analytics.
• Accounts Payable & Receivable:
  Reviews and processes Accounts Payables and Accounts Receivables. To monitor daily cash flow.
• Approves and enters payable invoices into the system.
• Processes Company check runs and ACH payments, selects invoices for payment, signs, and mails checks.
• Trained on accounts receivable for back up and assisting purposes.
• Tax & Compliance:
  Prepares info needed to file the Company’s corporate income tax returns and to make estimated tax payments.
• Files biannual fees for NY State and annual reports for various states.
• Does annual 401(k) Plan filings and maintains participant balances.
• Issues 1099s and maintains annual spreadsheet.
• Maintains Company insurance policies.
• Calculates and prepares local cash sales paperwork.

• Prepares and posts daily system journal entries and reconciles monthly bank account statements.
• Prepares for and leads the month-end close process.
• Reimburses, reconciles, and replenishes petty cash accounts.
• Provides direct support to the Controller.