Assistant Controller | Multi-Entity Close & AI-Driven Finance

Rob Levine & Associates LTD; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Kids for the Future seeks an Assistant Controller to lead the monthly close for all entities, manage the accounting team, and ensure accurate financial reporting and forecasts. You will oversee intercompany consolidation, internal controls, audits, and tax filings, while driving automation and AI-assisted analysis using tools like Copilot and Excel.

This role reports to the Controller, partners with the CFO, and requires strong leadership, CPA preferred, and deep expertise in multi-entity

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or a closely related field; CPA strongly preferred.
• Eight or more years of progressive accounting experience, including at least two years in a supervisory or review role.
• Deep experience with multi-entity consolidation and intercompany accounting; experience with related-party service companies is preferred.
• Strong knowledge of payroll accounting and payroll tax compliance.
• Expert proficiency in QuickBooks/Intuit and advanced Excel, with a track record of improving close processes through automation.
• Clear written and verbal communication in English, including presenting to senior leadership;
• Proven ability to lead a team, manage competing deadlines, and hold others accountable to a fixed close calendar.

Responsibilities

• Own the monthly close calendar for all managed entities, assign close tasks, track progress, and ensure deliverables are completed on schedule.
• Review and approve month-end journal entries, account reconciliations, and close workbooks prepared by the Senior Accountant and staff.
• Deliver monthly and annual financial statements and departmental reports to the Controller and CFO, and lead the preparation of forecasts and budgets.
• Review the monthly cost analysis and variance explanations and present material findings and recommendations to Finance leadership.
• Oversee intercompany accounting and consolidation across entities, including elimination entries and resolution of intercompany differences.
• Develop, document, and enforce accounting policies and month-end close procedures, and recommend improvements to the close process.
• Design, maintain, and monitor internal controls over financial reporting, including segregation of duties, approval workflows, and system access.
• Oversee compliance calendars for federal, state, Puerto Rico, and municipal filings and ensure deadlines are met across entities.
• Review prepaid tax and other prepaid accounts and approve their expense treatment.
• Lead the finance team’s use of AI tools across close, reconciliations, reporting, and audit support.
• Establish review and validation standards for AI-assisted work so that outputs are checked against source data before distribution.
• Partner with the Controller and CFO to set priorities for automation within financial systems, and oversee implementation.

Skills

Team leadership

Financial reporting

Internal controls

AI tools usage

Multi-entity consolidation

Intercompany accounting

Payroll accounting

Education

Bachelor’s degree in accounting or related field

CPA preferred

Tools

QuickBooks/Intuit

Advanced Excel

Job description

Kids for the Future seeks an Assistant Controller to lead the monthly close for all entities, manage the accounting team, and ensure accurate financial reporting and forecasts. You will oversee intercompany consolidation, internal controls, audits, and tax filings, while driving automation and AI-assisted analysis using tools like Copilot and Excel.

This role reports to the Controller, partners with the CFO, and requires strong leadership, CPA preferred, and deep expertise in multi-entity