We are looking for an Assistant Controller to join a growing finance team in a contract-to-permanent capacity. This role is ideal for a hands-on accounting leader who can balance month-end responsibilities with process-focused project work across multiple business entities. The position will play a key part in creating more consistent accounting operations, strengthening controls, and supporting long-term improvements that help the organization scale effectively.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Oversee core month-end close activities, ensuring entries, reconciliations, and supporting schedules are completed accurately and on time.<br>• Examine balance sheet reconciliations in detail, identify gaps or inconsistencies, and recommend corrective actions to improve reliability.<br>• Partner with finance leadership to standardize accounting workflows across multiple entities, including accounts payable, accounts receivable, and inventory-related processes.<br>• Evaluate existing accounts payable procedures, uncover root causes of payment timing issues, and help design a more controlled and efficient process.<br>• Support initiatives to document accounting procedures and establish consistent practices that improve visibility, accountability, and execution across the organization.<br>• Contribute to process improvement and implementation projects, adapting priorities as new findings emerge and business needs evolve.<br>• Assist with consolidation-related accounting activities and help ensure financial information is aligned across separate operating businesses.<br>• Work through recommendations from prior advisory assessments, helping determine which improvements are practical, valuable, and ready for execution.<br>• Participate in finance technology and automation efforts, including projects related to streamlining payable workflows and supporting broader software implementation needs.