Assistant Controller - Full Time - Days - Wixom

Kerry Brothers Truck Repair; Wixom (MI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Kerry Brothers Truck Repair in Metro Detroit, MI is seeking an Assistant Controller to own the month-end close, multi-entity consolidation, and consolidated financial reporting across a growing family of operating companies. This is a hands-on role that builds controllership processes and takes ownership of the numbers from close through reporting.

The ideal candidate thrives in a fast-paced, acquisitive environment, proactively strengthens internal controls, and mentors staff accounting.

Responsibilities

• Own the month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close calendar for all entities, coordinating owners and delivering consolidated close on schedule.
• Prepare, review, and approve journal entries across multiple legal entities in GAAP compliance.
• Own multi-entity consolidation including intercompany eliminations and intercompany billing across expanding entities.
• Design and refine cost and overhead allocation methodologies across entities and locations.
• Oversee balance sheet reconciliations, drive resolution of variances, and sign off reconciliations prepared by others.
• Lead integration accounting for newly acquired businesses, including opening balance sheets and purchase price accounting.
• Prepare and own consolidated financial statements and management reporting with variance commentary to leadership.
• Strengthen internal controls and close documentation as the company scales across locations.
• Document technical accounting positions (revenue recognition, leases, business combinations) in written memos.
• Own cash flow forecasting, daily cash reporting, fixed assets, lease accounting, and sales/use tax compliance across entities.
• Support annual budgeting and reforecast process with entity- and location-level budgets.
• Serve as the primary contact for external audit and tax preparation, and manage lender reporting and debt covenants.
• Provide day-to-day mentorship to staff accounting and AP/AR, with growth potential into direct supervision.
• Identify and drive process improvements and automation opportunities as volume and locations grow.
• Serve as ERP accounting owner to ensure effective control and data integrity across the platform.

Job description

Assistant Controller - Full Time - Days - Wixom

KERRY BROTHERS TRUCK REPAIR

Job Description — Assistant Controller

Location: Metro Detroit, MI (Corporate Office) Department: Finance & Accounting Reports To: CFO

Kerry Brothers Truck Repair is Southeast Michigan's fast-growing commercial vehicle service provider, offering heavy- and light-duty truck, trailer, bus, and fleet maintenance across a rapidly expanding network of facilities. Through a combination of organic growth and strategic acquisitions — including recent additions such as Kustom Truck & Trailer, Vehicle Clinic, and Downriver Truck and Bus, alongside new builds like the Wixom facility — Kerry Brothers now operates as a multi-entity organization spanning the Detroit metro area. As the company continues to acquire and integrate new businesses, the Finance & Accounting team plays a critical role in maintaining clean, consolidated financials across every entity.

Position Summary

Kerry Brothers is seeking an Assistant Controller to own the month-end close calendar, multi-entity consolidation, and consolidated financial reporting across a growing family of operating companies. This is a hands-on, high-ownership role for an accountant who wants to build a controllership skill set in real time — not just prepare the work, but review it, stand up the processes behind it, and answer for the numbers.

The role carries genuine scope from day one: close ownership, review authority over staff-prepared entries and reconciliations, technical accounting positions, audit and tax coordination, lender reporting, and the accounting build-out for each newly acquired location. As Kerry Brothers continues to acquire and integrate businesses, the Finance & Accounting function will grow with it — and this position is deliberately structured as the senior technical accounting seat with a defined path to expanded scope and title as the platform expands.

The ideal candidate thrives in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial, acquisitive environment, is energized rather than overwhelmed by change, and is actively looking for the role where they stop being a preparer and start being an owner.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close calendar across all entities — sequence tasks, assign owners, enforce deadlines, and deliver the consolidated close on schedule.
• Prepare, review, and approve journal entries for multiple legal entities, ensuring accuracy, proper support, and compliance with GAAP and internal policy.
• Own the multi-entity consolidation process, including intercompany eliminations, intercompany billing, and elimination entries across an expanding portfolio of operating companies.
• Design, maintain, and continuously refine cost and overhead allocation methodologies (labor, shared services, corporate overhead) across entities and locations.
• Own the balance sheet reconciliation process for all entities — prepare the complex reconciliations, review and sign off on those prepared by others, and drive resolution of variances and aged/open items.
• Lead integration accounting for newly acquired businesses — opening balance sheets, purchase price accounting, chart-of-accounts mapping, and onboarding each new entity into the ERP and close calendar.
• Prepare and own the consolidated monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements and management reporting packages, presenting results and variance commentary to ownership and the leadership team.
• Own and continuously strengthen internal controls, accounting policies, and close documentation as the company scales and adds locations.
• Research and document technical accounting positions (revenue recognition, leases, business combinations, capitalization) in written memos supporting the treatment applied.
• Own cash flow forecasting and daily cash reporting, fixed asset and lease accounting, and sales/use tax compliance across all entities.
• Support the annual budget and periodic reforecast process, building entity- and location-level budgets and reporting actual-to-budget variances by shop.
• Serve as the primary day-to-day contact for external audit and tax preparation, and own lender/banking compliance reporting, borrowing base submissions, and debt covenant calculations.
• Provide day-to-day direction, review, and mentorship to staff accounting and AP/AR personnel, with scope to grow into direct supervision as the team expands.
• Identify and drive process improvements and automation opportunities as transaction volume and entity count grow.
• Serve as functional owner of the ERP for accounting —