Assistant Controller - GAAP, Reconciliations & Ops Partner

AKRE & Associates; Chandler (AZ); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

AKRE & Associates is seeking an Assistant Controller to partner with the Corporate Controller and strengthen accounting operations as the business scales, ensuring GAAP-compliant financial activity.

You’ll reconcile large datasets, develop scalable processes, and collaborate with operations and field teams to translate activity into accurate general ledger entries, controls, and reporting. This is a hands-on, fast-moving role in a growth-focused team.

Qualifications

• 5–7 years of operational accounting experience.
• Strong working knowledge of U.S. GAAP.
• Advanced Excel skills and experience with large, complex workbooks.
• Ability to reconcile large datasets and identify discrepancies.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the Controller’s right hand, focusing on accounting operations and scalable processes.
• Reconcile large and complex datasets across a high-volume asset base.
• Translate operational activity into GAAP-compliant accounting entries.
• Partner with operations and field teams to understand business processes.
• Investigate discrepancies and drive issues through resolution.
• Work extensively in Excel to analyze and reconcile financial data.
• Develop clear, repeatable accounting procedures and documentation.
• Support general ledger activity, reconciliations, and financial reporting.
• Improve accounting workflows, controls, systems, and processes as the organization grows.
• Collaborate across departments to reflect operational activity in financials.

Skills

Operational accounting

GAAP

Excel

Data analysis

Process documentation

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Tools

Sage Intacct

Ramp

Job description

AKRE & Associates is seeking an Assistant Controller to partner with the Corporate Controller and strengthen accounting operations as the business scales, ensuring GAAP-compliant financial activity.

You’ll reconcile large datasets, develop scalable processes, and collaborate with operations and field teams to translate activity into accurate general ledger entries, controls, and reporting. This is a hands-on, fast-moving role in a growth-focused team.