Director, Assistant Corporate Controller

KBW Financial Staffing & Recruiting; Burlington (MA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

KBW Financial Staffing & Recruiting partners with a global public life sciences company to identify an Assistant Corporate Controller. You will oversee the corporate accounting function, manage the global close, consolidations, and multi-entity/ multi-currency reporting, and ensure US GAAP compliance and SOX controls.

The role requires 10+ years of leadership in accounting/finance, CPA, and experience in public accounting.

Qualifications

• 10+ years accounting/finance leadership in a public company or public accounting
• CPA required; public accounting experience required

Responsibilities

• Oversee global monthly close, consolidations, GL accounting, and shared services
• Support financial reporting for global business units
• Ensure compliance with US GAAP, policies, and SEC requirements
• Provide financial oversight to BU accounting teams
• Interact with external auditors on significant judgments
• Partner with finance, tax, treasury, legal, IT, and business teams on cross-functional initiatives
• M&A diligence and integration support
• Prepare materials for Audit Committee presentations
• Maintain internal controls and policies

Skills

Accounting leadership

US GAAP knowledge

SOX knowledge

Communication skills

Strategic thinking

Leadership

CPA

Education

Certified Public Accountant (CPA)

Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance

Tools

Large-scale ERP system

Job description

KBW Financial has partnered with a global public life science compamny to identify an Assistant Corporate Controller. This role will oversee corporate accounting and support global business units.

• Manage the global monthly close, consolidations, GL accounting, shared services and support financial reporting
• Manage the accounting for a complex multi-entity, multi-currency global company
• Ensure compliance with US GAAP, internal policies and SEC requirements
• Provide financial oversight to BU accounting teams
• Support internal stakeholders across business units and functions
• Enhance financial policies, procedures, internal controls, and systems to align with best practices and business needs
• Liason with external auditors on significant judgments and accounting matters.
• Partner with finance, tax, treasury, legal, information technology, and business teams on cross-functional initiatives affecting accounting and reporting
• M&A diligence and integration support
• Support preparation for presentation to executive management or the Audit Committee
• Ensure compliance of key internal controls

Requirements

• 10+ years accounting / finance leadership exp in a publicly traded company or public accounting firm
• CPA is required; public accounting experience is required
• Experience leading a corporate accounting function for a US based publicly traded company with global entites
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, i
• Demonstrates strategic thinking and leadership capabilities.
• Extensive knowledge of US GAAP and strong understanding of financial and IT controls and SOX requirements
• Experience with large-scale ERP System

COMP: $180 - 210k base + 20% bonus + equity