| Assistant Controller | ||
| Houston, TX | ||
| Directs financial accounting activities by performing the following: • Establishes, reviews, implements, and ensures execution of accounting best practices for policies, procedures and controls necessary to mitigate risks, protect company assets, and properly report financial activities. • Utilizes Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) best practice methodologies to implement same in the Accounting department. Establishes a roadmap to rollout pertinent parts to other departments based on • Risk analysis. • Utilizes proven experience in managing projects and related project management skills to interact with the special projects team, Accounts Payable, Tax, other department personnel, and other departments to complete projects as needed. • Provides guidance from a GAAP and General Ledger accounting perspective on tax related matters. • Assists Controller and CFO with various tasks and projects. • Delegates tasks to appropriate staff. • Supervises General Accounting operations and teams (General Ledger, Cash Accounting, Sales Audit, Fixed Assets, Projects, Inventory, and Accounts Payable) of the Accounting Department. This includes, but is not limited to hiring, evaluating, delivering correctives, and terminating associates. • Ensures integrity, accuracy, completeness and accuracy of records and transactions recorded in the books. • Ensures proper procedures are identified, implemented and executed to record transactions; reconcile accounts; and reconcile sub-ledgers and interfaces. • Supervises preparation and publication of historical financial reports and presents findings and recommendations to Corporate Controller (monthly, quarterly, annually, and any special reports requested). • Assists in identification and implementation of accounting software packages and systems integration, as necessary. • Ensures that Academy is in compliance with federal, state, and local financial legal and generally accepted accounting principles and requirements by studying existing and new legislation. Advises management of needed actions. • Coordinates close of books monthly and annually. • Coordinates year-end audit preparation with timely and accurate completion. • Establishes productive relationships with Accounting personnel, CFO departments and other company departments. • Coordinates development of staff for personal and technical skills, including establishing, monitoring and driving to completion goals and career paths. • Exhibits working knowledge of theory and execution of core accounting functions, processes and systems, and the proper interfaces with other departments and systems. • Exhibits expertise in regulatory and compliance areas pertaining to US GAAP, Risk assessment and mitigation through proper Internal Controls, and Financial Reporting. • Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies. SKILLS Bachelor’s degree in Accounting and CPA required.
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