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4 results for Assistant Controller in Lexington, KY

Controller
  • Lousiville, KY
  • onsite
  • Permanent / Full Time
  • 120000.00 - 140000.00 USD / Yearly
  • <p>We are looking for an experienced Controller to lead core accounting operations and provide dependable financial insight for our client located in Louisville, Kentucky. This position plays a key role in overseeing close activities, maintaining compliance, supporting payroll accuracy, and delivering reporting that helps leadership evaluate performance. The ideal candidate brings strong construction accounting knowledge, sound judgment, and the ability to manage both day-to-day financial processes and team development.</p><p><br></p><p>Responsibilities:</p><p>• Lead the monthly close cycle by coordinating timelines, reviewing financial activity, and producing accurate financial statements.</p><p>• Maintain the integrity of the general ledger through oversight of journal entries, reconciliations, receivables tracking, and timely disbursement of vendor payments.</p><p>• Build and update work-in-progress schedules while partnering with operations to ensure project financial data is reflected correctly at period end.</p><p>• Ensure accounting practices align with GAAP, internal controls, and company policies across all reported results.</p><p>• Prepare, review, and submit quarterly tax filings and manage ongoing state license renewals and related registrations.</p><p>• Support internal and external audit activity by organizing requested documentation and responding to financial inquiries in a timely manner.</p><p>• Oversee payroll processing and associated reporting to ensure accuracy, compliance, and proper recordkeeping.</p><p>• Create forecasts, investigate budget-to-actual variances, and present financial trends and performance insights to management.</p><p>• Coach, develop, and evaluate accounting staff to strengthen team capability and performance.</p>
  • 2026-04-20T18:13:58Z
Operations Finance Manager
  • Shelbyville, KY
  • onsite
  • Permanent / Full Time
  • 120000.00 - 140000.00 USD / Yearly
  • We are looking for an experienced Operations Finance Manager to lead cost accounting activities for a growing manufacturing business in Shelbyville, Kentucky. This position plays a key role in supporting financial performance, guiding a small team, and partnering closely with operations to improve cost visibility and decision-making. The role is well suited for a finance leader with a strong accounting foundation who can balance hands-on analysis with people leadership in a dynamic production environment.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Lead the cost accounting function for manufacturing operations, with a strong focus on product costing, cost of goods sold, and standard cost accuracy.<br>• Manage and develop a team of finance professionals, providing direction, coaching, and support as the organization continues to expand.<br>• Partner closely with plant and operations leaders to evaluate spending, identify savings opportunities, and improve overall cost performance.<br>• Deliver financial analysis that supports operational efficiency initiatives and helps leadership understand manufacturing results.<br>• Oversee standard costing processes, cost analysis, and reporting to ensure reliable financial insight for business decisions.<br>• Build strong working relationships across finance and operations through regular communication and collaborative problem-solving.<br>• Support a multi-site manufacturing environment, including occasional travel to other facilities as needed.<br>• Contribute to ongoing finance and business process improvements, including future system-related changes when applicable.<br>• Establish an effective on-site presence, with full onsite engagement during the initial onboarding period and a regular three-day onsite schedule thereafter.
  • 2026-04-28T15:08:42Z
VP/Director of Finance
  • Louisville, KY
  • onsite
  • Permanent / Full Time
  • 170000.00 - 180000.00 USD / Yearly
  • We are looking for an accomplished finance leader to guide accounting and financial strategy for a regional operation in Louisville, Kentucky. This role works closely with senior leadership to strengthen financial performance, support operational decision-making, and maintain a high standard of compliance and reporting accuracy. The ideal candidate brings deep experience across budgeting, forecasting, financial analysis, and team leadership within a complex business environment.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Direct regional finance and accounting activities to align financial performance with business goals and operational priorities.<br>• Collaborate with executive stakeholders to shape financial plans, evaluate results, and support long-term growth strategies.<br>• Lead the preparation of budgets, forecasts, profit plans, and cash flow projections while monitoring spending and resource allocation.<br>• Manage core accounting processes, including general ledger activity, journal entries, account reconciliations, and period-end close procedures.<br>• Oversee financial analysis, modeling, and reporting to identify trends, highlight risks, and recommend actions that improve margins.<br>• Supervise key transactional and administrative functions such as accounts payable, accounts receivable, billing, order support, and sales administration.<br>• Maintain strong internal controls and ensure adherence to accounting standards, revenue recognition requirements, and audit expectations.<br>• Coordinate annual audit activities and serve as a primary finance contact for external auditors and compliance-related reviews.<br>• Enhance financial systems, reporting tools, and operational processes to improve efficiency, accuracy, and business insight.
  • 2026-04-21T17:08:43Z
Manager of Financial Reporting
  • Louisville, KY
  • onsite
  • Permanent / Full Time
  • 80000.00 - 100000.00 USD / Yearly
  • We are looking for an experienced financial reporting leader to oversee consolidated reporting activities and support accurate, compliant financial statements for the organization. This role is based in Louisville, Kentucky, and plays a key part in monthly close, annual reporting, technical accounting matters, and acquisition-related analysis. The ideal candidate brings strong U.S. GAAP knowledge, sound judgment, and the ability to guide complex accounting processes while managing critical deliverables and team performance.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Oversee the monthly creation and review of consolidated financial results, ensuring reporting is complete, accurate, and aligned with U.S. GAAP requirements.<br>• Research complex accounting topics and lead the adoption of newly issued or updated accounting guidance across the organization.<br>• Manage the annual financial reporting cycle, including audit coordination, preparation of financial statements, and development of note disclosures.<br>• Assess purchase agreements for newly completed transactions and determine the related accounting treatment, including supervision of opening and post-acquisition balance sheet activity.<br>• Provide leadership and direction to a Senior Corporate Accountant handling equity-related transactions such as redemptions, capital contributions, and distributions involving minority interests.<br>• Monitor the calculation and reconciliation of net income allocations among legal entities to maintain consistency and accuracy in financial records.<br>• Ensure acquisition holdbacks and contingent payout obligations are reviewed and processed correctly within required timelines.<br>• Partner with internal stakeholders to strengthen reporting controls, resolve accounting issues, and improve the quality of financial information delivered to leadership.
  • 2026-05-05T14:04:23Z