Assistant Controller

About You: As a future Accounting team member at Convoy you are eager to get your foot in the door at a fast-paced, rapidly growing startup. You love what you do and care deeply about the quality of your work. You are continuously learning and are never satisfied with the status-quo. You thrive when coaching a team, resolving technical accounting challenges and driving process improvement.

We're looking for an Assistant Controller to join our Accounting team during a period of growth and acceleration at Convoy. This person will direct and grow our Accounting team, in addition to future technical accounting initiatives. The Assistant Controller will act as a change agent with a focus on financial systems, while leading a team with their strong technical skills in US GAAP and SOX compliance.

As the Assistant Controller and later-stage startup, you are passionate about driving growth and developing a team at a scaling company. You’re comfortable working in a hands-on environment where everyday is different and no challenge is too big. You’ll utilize your previous experience in technical accounting and problem solving to further develop a best-in-class accounting function.

Management, Accounting Policies and Procedures

• Establish, monitor, and enforce accounting policies and procedures in compliance with GAAP.
• Document transactional accounting processes, ensuring appropriate accountabilities.
• Ensure proper implementation and use of GL chart of account design, and cost center structure.
• Ensure the integrity of financial results through the development, implementation and support of proper internal controls.
• Recommend and actively pursue process improvements ensuring the integrity of consolidated financial statements. This may include participating in company-wide initiatives that improve processes and systems, as well as company-wide training in the understanding and application of accounting policies.
• Review capitalized software for appropriate support, analysis and compliance with GAAP.

Month-End Close, Financial & Management Reporting

• Aid in the preparation and review of financial statements for internal and external use, including performing detailed balance sheet analytics and verifying appropriateness of US GAAP adjustments.
• Aid in the review of the month-end close process by ensuring that deadlines are met, by reviewing JE and ensuring that there is adequate support, and reconciliations are completed and reviewed timely
• Responsible for month-end close and the preparation and review of financial statements for internal and external use
• Perform detailed balance sheet analytics and review JEs and reconciliations to ensure close is accurate and has adequate support
• Identify and execute on opportunities to accelerate the month-end close process
• Work closely with FP&A to understand and communicate month end results, and variances to plan.

Accounting Transactional Processes

• Direct overall company financial accounting activities, including accuracy and daily productivity of accounts payable, cash disbursements, invoicing/billing, customer credits and collections.
• Manage and support existing and new accounting transaction processing such as purchase price accounting, or any other company initiatives that would have an accounting impact
• Work closely with our external tax advisors as their primary contact; this includes tax provision, excise, B&O taxes, Federal and State returns.

External and Internal Audits

• Act as primary contact between external auditors and accounting department in managing all annual financial audits including company retirement plans.
• Design, implement and monitor internal controls as it pertains to SOX compliance.

Financial Leadership

• Build and direct an effective accounting team, including driving performance and coaching the team.
• Assess company and departmental needs and priorities to evaluate, recommend and carry out staffing, resource, and reporting structure changes.
• Define, develop, and implement best in class processes leveraging the capabilities of existing systems and the supporting tools.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities

• Able to lead, manage and mentor a diverse team of professional accounting and finance operation staff.
• Strong critical thinking and analytical skills and ability.
• Ability to research technical accounting issues, exercise professional judgment and document conclusions/recommendations.
• Computer proficiency, including MS Office Suite and GSuite; Workday and reporting tools preferred.
• Strong listening, problem solving and decision making skills.
• Excellent written and oral communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong ability to communicate well with all levels and personalities, including discussing business problems and presenting recommendations to managers and senior leaders.
• Knowledge of the transportation industry is preferred.
• Ability to produce work with a high degree of precision.
• Ability to organize, prioritize, and deliver on projects with competing deadlines in a fast-paced environment with very little guidance.
• Self-directed and ability to work independently.
• Ability to analyze and handle confidential and sensitive information.

Minimum Qualifications: This position requires a Bachelor’s degree in accounting, CPA or equivalent and 7 - 10 years’ progressively responsible experience for a large company or division of a large corporation. Demonstrable experience as a change agent and experience in financial systems. Demonstrated experience managing self, staff and building high performing teams. Strong technical GAAP skills, and SOX compliance with public accounting experience preferred.