Assistant Controller Jobs

Job Title: Assistant Controller

Location: San Fernando, CA (Onsite)

Company Overview:

Our client is a rapidly growing food and restaurant company known for their delicious cuisines and exceptional service. They are looking for a dynamic Assistant Controller to join their expanding team. The Assistant Controller will be responsible for managing the day-to-day accounting operations of the company, ensuring the accuracy and completeness of financial statements, and maintaining the integrity of the company's accounting systems. The ideal candidate must have relevant experience in the food and restaurant industry.

Responsibilities:

• Perform other duties assigned by the Finance Director.
• Monitor the company’s financial performance and closely watch the budget to ensure expenses are within budget, identify areas for cost-saving measures.
• Oversee daily accounting activities, including accounts payable, accounts receivable, cashflow, and GL.
• Coordinate with external parties such as banks, insurance, legal, and others to fulfill their requests.
• Develop accounting policies, checklists, controls, and procedures to ensure accuracy and efficiency in financial reporting.
• Collaborate with CPAs to ensure compliance with regulations and tax laws, including knowledge of sales tax, year-end tax, issuing 1099, and others.
• Prepare monthly and annual financial statements, performing all accounting processes such as entering journal entries, bank and credit card reconciliation, payroll and inventory recording, balance sheet account reconciliation, accruals and expenses recording, and overhead allocation.
• Work with third-party accounting teams
• Assist in managing weekly sales and monthly store performance reports.
• Own and maintain timely and accurate financial statements and reports in accordance with US GAAP.
• Assist in developing financial forecasts, budgets, and strategic plans.
• Conduct Actual vs Budget and Actual vs Prior Year variance analysis.

Qualifications:

• Preferred CPA license
• Proficiency in accounting software such as Bill.com, QuickBooks or Restaurant365
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel (Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP, SUMIFS, etc.)
• Legally authorized to be employed in the U.S
• Basic understanding of GAAP necessary.
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance
• 5 - 7+ years of experience in accounting, with a preference for restaurant industry experience.
• Strong experience with month-end close, financial reporting, and analysis.
• Big 4 or top accounting firm experience is a plus.