Assistant Controller

AKRE & Associates; Chandler (AZ); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

AKRE & Associates seeks an Assistant Controller to partner with the Corporate Controller and strengthen accounting operations while the business scales. This hands-on role emphasizes solving complex problems, managing large data sets, and building scalable, GAAP-compliant processes across finance functions.

You will work closely with operations and field teams, reconcile data in Excel, and help improve general ledger activity, reporting, and controls as the organization grows.

Qualifications

• Approximately 5–7 years of operational accounting experience.
• Strong working knowledge of U.S. GAAP.
• Demonstrated experience reconciling large, complex datasets and identifying discrepancies.
• Advanced Excel skills with the ability to confidently navigate large and sophisticated workbooks.
• Highly organized and able to break complex accounting challenges into manageable, well-documented processes.
• Strong communication skills and the confidence to work directly with accounting, operations, and field teams.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the Controller’s right hand, with a strong focus on accounting operations, financial accuracy, and scalable processes.
• Reconcile large and complex datasets across a high-volume asset base.
• Translate operational and system activity into accurate, GAAP-compliant accounting.
• Partner closely with operations and field teams to understand business processes and determine the appropriate accounting treatment.
• Investigate discrepancies, identify root causes, and drive issues through resolution.
• Work extensively in Excel to analyze, organize, and reconcile large volumes of financial and operational data.
• Develop clear, repeatable accounting procedures and documentation that can scale with continued company growth.
• Support general ledger activity, reconciliations, financial reporting, and other accounting operations.
• Help improve accounting workflows, controls, systems, and processes as the organization evolves.
• Collaborate across departments to ensure accounting accurately reflects what is happening operationally in the business.

Skills

Operational accounting

GAAP knowledge

Advanced Excel

Data reconciliation

Process documentation

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Sage Intacct

Ramp

Job description

A high-growth organization is partnering with our recruiting firm to hire an Assistant Controller who will serve as a key partner to the Corporate Controller and play an important role in strengthening accounting operations as the business continues to scale.

This is an excellent opportunity for a hands-on accounting professional who enjoys solving complex problems, working with large volumes of data, and building processes that make an organization better. You’ll join a fun, energetic, collaborative team where accounting works closely with operations and field employees to understand the business and ensure financial activity is accurately reflected under GAAP.

What You’ll Do

• Serve as the Controller’s right hand, with a strong focus on accounting operations, financial accuracy, and scalable processes.
• Reconcile large and complex datasets across a high-volume asset base
• Translate operational and system activity into accurate, GAAP-compliant accounting.
• Partner closely with operations and field teams to understand business processes and determine the appropriate accounting treatment.
• Investigate discrepancies, identify root causes, and drive issues through resolution.
• Work extensively in Excel to analyze, organize, and reconcile large volumes of financial and operational data.
• Develop clear, repeatable accounting procedures and documentation that can scale with continued company growth.
• Support general ledger activity, reconciliations, financial reporting, and other accounting operations.
• Help improve accounting workflows, controls, systems, and processes as the organization evolves.
• Collaborate across departments to ensure accounting accurately reflects what is happening operationally in the business.

What We’re Looking For

• Approximately 5–7 years of operational accounting experience.
• Strong working knowledge of U.S. GAAP.
• Demonstrated experience reconciling large, complex datasets and identifying discrepancies.
• Advanced Excel skills with the ability to confidently navigate large and sophisticated workbooks.
• Strong accounting fundamentals and the ability to understand how operational activity flows through the general ledger.
• Highly organized and able to break complex accounting challenges into manageable, well-documented processes.
• Strong communication skills and the confidence to work directly with accounting, operations, and field teams.
• Adaptable and comfortable working in an environment where processes, systems, and accounting requirements continue to evolve.
• Collaborative, team-oriented, and willing to jump in wherever needed.
• Personable, engaged, and energized by working with a fun, fast-moving team.

Technology

Experience with any of the following is a plus:

• Sage Intacct
• Ramp

Why This Role Stands Out

This is more than a traditional Assistant Controller position. You’ll have the opportunity to work alongside the Controller, solve meaningful accounting challenges, and help build the infrastructure needed to support a rapidly expanding business.

If you enjoy getting into the details, working through complex reconciliations, improving processes, and partnering with people across an organization, this could be an exciting next step in your accounting career.