Assistant Corporate Controller

AVITA Medical Americas, LLC; Santa Clarita (CA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

AVITA Medical seeks an Assistant Controller who will play a crucial role in financial reporting and establishing control systems to support the VP of Finance. The ideal candidate will have expertise in GAAP and strong organizational skills, enhancing the company’s financial processes and accuracy in reporting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance is required.
• Strong knowledge of GAAP is essential.
• Experience in a manufacturing or medical device industry preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide oversight over monthly, quarterly, and year-end close processes.
• Lead and manage the accounting team.
• Prepare schedules for year-end audits and SEC reporting.

Skills

GAAP knowledge

Strong communication skills

Organizational skills

Time management abilities

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or similar

CPA

Tools

ERP system

Microsoft D365

Job description

Description

AVITA Medical is a leading therapeutic acute wound care company delivering transformative solutions. Our technologies optimize wound healing, effectively accelerating the time to patient recovery.

We believe that patients are at the heart of everything we do, our employees are the lifeblood of AVITA Medical, passion is key to making a difference, quality impacts everything we do, and integrity is essential to our success.

Position Summary:

We are seeking a reliable and detail-oriented Assistant Controller to support the preparation of financial statements that adhere to regulatory and accounting guidelines. Working under the guidance of the VP, Finance & Corporate Controller, you will play a crucial role in identifying and rectifying discrepancies while assisting in the establishment of effective control systems. To excel in this role, you must possess a strong understanding of accounting principles which include GAAP and experience in Public Company accounting. As an organized professional with keen attention to detail, you should be dependable and capable of working independently and collaboratively. Your primary objective will be to ensure that the company’s accounting and financial processes meet established standards, promoting accurate financial reporting and effective control.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide leadership, controls, and oversight over the month, quarter, and year-end company close.
• Leading, guiding, and managing reviews and supervising the accounting team this includes AP team, Fixed Assets, Inventory, and Payroll, Equity accounting.
• Understand and maintain ERP system operations, identifying and enhancing the system for scalability and efficiency.
• Identify, create and improve processes and procedures including documentation and support.
• Prepare schedules and information related to year-end audits and support the Qtrly and Y/E SEC reporting requirements.
• Lead the SOX controls narrative process, review/identify and updates to controls.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or a similar field/ CPA a plus
• Strong GAAP knowledge /at Corporate or divisional controller for public company.
• Cost Accounting exposure is a plus!
• Public Accounting experience – Big 10 is ok.
• Excellent communications and interpersonal skills
• Experience in manufacturing/medical device industry.
• Experience in Microsoft D365 is a plus!
• Previous experience in SOX 404
• Extensive experience in corporate finances, auditing, and performance management.
• Superb organizational and time management abilities.

EEOC: AVITA Medical is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit, and business needs.

Your Physical Work Environment Will Require: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an individual to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, talk, and hear, stand, walk and/or balance, use hands and fingers to type, handle, feel, grasp, push, and pull.Hand-eye coordination is necessary to operate computers and various pieces of office equipment. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus. The individual is frequently required to reach with hands and arms, and repetitive motion, The individual is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, or crouch. The individual may occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

AVITA Medical is an E-Verify participant.

AVITA Medical recognizes the role of information security in ensuring that users have access to the information they require to carry out their work in a secure manner. AVITA Medical is committed to protecting the security of its information and information systems. As such, each role within AVITA Medical must demonstrate the same commitment to information security.