Assistant Controller

PopStroke Entertainment Group; Florida; Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

PopStroke Entertainment Group in Jupiter, FL, is seeking an experienced Assistant Controller to maintain accurate financial records and improve accounting processes for a growing multi-location business. This hands-on role reports to the Controller and collaborates with Finance, Operations, executives, and auditors.

Responsibilities include month-end close, reconciliations, inventory, fixed assets, payroll accruals, and cross-venue analysis.

Qualifications

• Progressive accounting experience in multi-location businesses.
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• Strong GAAP knowledge and corporate accounting principles.
• Experience with financial reporting, general ledger, reconciliations, and month-end close.
• Experience supporting internal or external audits.
• Strong Excel skills and ERP systems experience.
• Detail-oriented with ability to balance complex records.
• Ability to work from PopStroke's Jupiter office, with one day a week in Stuart.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, review, and analyze financial reports to ensure accuracy and provide insights into performance.
• Support monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes including journal entries and reconciliations.
• Maintain general ledger and chart of accounts, including prepaid expenses and accruals.
• Track and analyze revenue and expenses across multiple venues and corporate operations.
• Ensure accounting practices align with GAAP and company policies.
• Oversee bank reconciliation process and resolve discrepancies.
• Maintain inventory accounting records and support reconciliations and controls across locations.
• Manage fixed asset accounting, including additions, disposals, depreciation, and schedules.
• Assist with payroll accruals and ensure integration into the general ledger.
• Identify opportunities to improve accounting processes and internal controls.

Skills

Attention to detail

Analytical thinking

Communication to non-finance

Multitasking

Excel proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field

Tools

ERP systems

Job description

PopStroke is a founder-led brand built by people who believe energy creates results and culture creates momentum. We aren't here to simply run venues - we're here to build something special together.

At PopStroke, every team member has limitless potential to become who they want to be. We encourage bold ideas, celebrate growth, and believe that when you're supported, challenged, and trusted, you rise.

We solve problems together, jump in, and move the needle every day because we care. We lead with ownership, back each other up, and never lose sight of the fun along the way.

This mindset; the drive, the heart, the teamwork is what we call The PopStroke Way.

Our Core Values

Make It Fun

If it's not fun, rethink how we're doing it.

We bring creativity, positivity, and joy into everything we do, from guest interactions, doing hard things, and how we support one another.

Bring the Energy

Your vibe sets the tone.

Every leader and team member influences the experience. Show up with enthusiasm, optimism, and presence.

Own It

Live your role with an owner's mindset.

We take pride in our work, hold ourselves accountable, and treat the business like it's our own.

Get Off the Hamster Wheel

Don't repeat yesterday - rethink, improve, grow.

We challenge 'the way it's always been done' and are always looking for better ways to serve our guests and each other.

We are hands-on, problem solvers that jump in and become part of the solution. We leave things better than we found them.

Position Summary

The Assistant Controller is responsible for maintaining accurate financial records, strengthening accounting processes, and supporting the financial operations of PopStroke's growing, multilocation business. This is a hands-on role for a detail-oriented accounting professional who enjoys digging into the details, solving problems, and finding better ways to get things done. Reporting directly to the Controller, the Assistant Controller will work across financial reporting, reconciliations, inventory, fixed assets, payroll accruals, and month-end close, partnering closely with the Finance team, Operations, executives, and auditors. The right candidate thrives in a fast-paced environment, takes pride in getting the numbers right, and can explain financial information clearly to people outside of Finance. This isn't a role where you'll simply maintain existing processes. It's an opportunity to improve how we work and help build a scalable accounting foundation as PopStroke continues to grow.

Position Status: Exempt

Department: Finance

Reports To: Controller

Employment Type: Full-time

Location: Jupiter, Florida, with one day a week in Stuart, Florida

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare, review, and analyze financial reports to ensure accuracy and provide meaningful insights into business performance.
• Support the monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes, including journal entries, accruals, reconciliations, and financial statement preparation.
• Maintain the general ledger and chart of accounts, including prepaid expenses, accruals, and other balance sheet accounts.
• Track and analyze revenue and expenses across multiple venues and corporate operations.
• Ensure accounting practices align with GAAP and company policies.

Accounting Operations & Controls

• Oversee the bank reconciliation process, ensuring timely and accurate completion and resolution of discrepancies.
• Maintain inventory accounting records and support inventory reconciliations and controls across locations.
• Manage fixed asset accounting, including additions, disposals, depreciation calculations, and supporting schedules.
• Assist with payroll accruals and ensure accurate integration of payroll activity into thegeneral ledger.
• Identify opportunities to improve accounting processes, strengthen internal controls, and create efficiencies as the company grows.

Financial Planning & Business Support

• Partner with the Controller and Finance team on budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis.
• Help identify trends, investigate variances, and provide financial information that supports business decisions.
• Communicate financial information clearly to executives, auditors, and business leaders who may not have an accounting background.
• Collaborate with Operations and other departments to ensure accurate reporting and resolve accounting questions.

Compliance & Audit Support

• Support internal and external audits by preparing schedules, reconciliations, and supporting documentation.
• Assist with compliance related to applicable tax regulations and reporting requirements.
• Help maintain organized financial records and documentation to support audit readiness and financial accuracy.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of progressive accounting experience, ideally in a multi-location or multiunit business.
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• Strong understanding of GAAP and corporate accounting principles.
• Experience with financial reporting, general ledger accounting, reconciliations, and month-end close.
• Experience supporting internal or external audits.
• Strong Excel skills and experience working with accounting or ERP systems.
• Strong attention to detail and the persistence to understand why something doesn't balance.
• Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities, meet deadlines, and adapt as the business changes.
• Ability to explain financial information in a way that makes sense to people outside of Finance.
• Ability to work from PopStroke's Jupiter office, with one day a week in Stuart.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in hospitality, restaurants, entertainment, retail, or another multi-unit environment.
• Experience building or improving accounting processes and internal controls in a growing company.

What Success Looks Like

• The monthly, quarterly, and annual close is completed accurately and on schedule.
• Bank, balance sheet, and inventory reconciliations are timely, accurate, and fully supported.
• Fixed asset, inventory, and payroll activity is recorded accurately across every venue.
• Variances are identified, investigated, and explained clearly to the Controller and business leaders.
• Audits run smoothly, with well-organized schedules and documentation ready when needed.
• Accounting processes and internal controls become stronger, simpler, and more scalable as PopStroke grows.
• Operations and leadership see Finance as a responsive, trusted partner.

PopStroke is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

PopStroke participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.