Assistant Controller

Vaco; Salt Lake City (UT); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Rapidly growing company with immense成长

Flexible hybrid schedule

Supportive, team-oriented culture

Job summary

Vaco is partnering with a growing construction company to hire an Assistant Controller at the Greater Salt Lake City, UT area. Hybrid work arrangement with three days on-site, reporting to the Controller to support financial operations, reporting, and process improvements.

The role focuses on leading the accounting team, strengthening controls, and scaling the finance function as the organization grows. The candidate will oversee month-end, quarter-end, and year-end closes, review entries and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's in accounting or finance required.
• Construction experience preferred.
• PE-backed experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes, ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting.
• Review journal entries, account reconciliations, and financial statements to maintain reporting accuracy and compliance.
• Supervise, mentor, and develop accounting staff while providing leadership and technical guidance.
• Support budgeting, forecasting, cash flow management, and key financial analysis initiatives.
• Strengthen internal controls, support audits and lender reporting, and serve as a key partner to the Controller.

Skills

Construction experience

PE Backed experience

Education

Bachelor's in accounting or finance

Job description

Assistant Controller

$110,000-$130,000 base salary (depending on experience)

Greater Salt Lake City, UT (Hybrid - 3 Days On-site)

Vaco has partnered with an exciting construction company to hire an Assistant Controller. This role offers the opportunity to take on a key leadership position within a growing organization, partnering closely with the Controller to support financial operations, reporting, and process improvement initiatives. You'll play an important role in developing the accounting team, strengthening controls, and helping scale the finance function as the company continues to grow.

Perks and Opportunities:

• Rapidly growing company with immense growth opportunity
• Flexible hybrid schedule
• Supportive, team-oriented culture

Responsibilities include:

• Lead month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes, ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting.
• Review journal entries, account reconciliations, and financial statements to maintain reporting accuracy and compliance.
• Supervise, mentor, and develop accounting staff while providing leadership and technical guidance.
• Support budgeting, forecasting, cash flow management, and key financial analysis initiatives.
• Strengthen internal controls, support audits and lender reporting, and serve as a key partner to the Controller.

Requirements:

• Bachelors in accounting or finance required
• Construction experience preferred
• PE Backed experience preferred

Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco/Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to the individual's skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, office location and other geographic considerations, as well as other business and organizational needs. With that said, as required by local law in geographies that require salary range disclosure, Vaco/Highspring notes the salary range for the role is noted in this job posting. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses, and can participate in medical, dental, and vision benefits as well as the company's 401(k) retirement plan. Additional disclaimer: Unless otherwise noted in the job description, the position Vaco/Highspring is filing for is occupied. Please note, however, that Vaco/Highspring is regularly asked to provide talent to other organizations. By submitting to this position, you are agreeing to be included in our talent pool for future hiring for similarly qualified positions. Submissions to this position are subject to the use of AI to perform preliminary candidate screenings, focused on ensuring minimum job requirements noted in the position are satisfied. Further assessment of candidates beyond this initial phase within Vaco/Highspring will be otherwise assessed by recruiters and hiring managers. Vaco/Highspring does not have knowledge of the tools used by its clients in making final hiring decisions and cannot opine on their use of AI products.

EEO Notice

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Vaco by Highspring and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Vaco by Highspring and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact [e-mail].

Vaco by Highspring also wants all applicants to know their rights that workplace discrimination is illegal.

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By submitting to this position, you agree that you will be giving Vaco by Highspring the exclusive right to present your as a candidate for the foregoing employment opportunity. You further agree that you have represented information about yourself accurately and have not affirmatively misrepresented your qualifications. You also agree to maintain as confidential, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any information you learn from Vaco by Highspring about the position and you will limit disclosure of information about the position only to the extent necessary to perform any obligations in furtherance of your application. In exchange, Vaco by Highspring agrees to exercise reasonable efforts to represent you through all solicitation, job screening and resume dispersal.

For residents of Ontario, Canada: Based on Highspring's discussions with its Client, Highspring's understanding is that this position for employment is a current vacancy (either through Highspring as a contractor or with the client directly).

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Additionally, submissions to this position are subject to the use of AI to perform preliminary candidate screenings, focused on ensuring minimum job requirements noted in the position are satisfied. More details about Vaco by Highspring's use of AI can be found here (https://www.highspring.com/ai-use-notices/). Further assessment of candidates beyond this initial phase will be conducted by recruiters and hiring managers. Vaco by Highspring does not know and cannot opine on if its client's use of AI products in hiring.

Pay Transparency Notice

Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco by Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to:

• the individual's skill sets, experience and training;
• licensure and certification requirements;
• office location and other geographic considerations;
• other business and organizational needs.

With that said, as required by local law, Vaco by Highspring believes that the following salary range referenced above reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses.