Assistant Controller
Brilliant Corners
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Los Angeles • California • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $125,000 - $140,000 per year
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
Tech Stack
ERP
About the role
- Review a high volume of journal entries and reclasses while identifying opportunities to streamline and enhance accounting processes.
- Serve as a strong, detail-oriented reviewer for frequent outgoing payments and contribute to improving the payment workflow.
- Prepare and approve bank transfers; review reconciliations across multiple bank accounts used for various business purposes.
- Lead efforts to strengthen and accelerate the month-end closing process.
- Provide technical accounting guidance and mentorship to junior and less-experienced team members.
- Support internal financial reporting, ensuring improved quality, consistency, reliability, and ownership of deliverables.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field
- 5+ years of progressive accounting experience, including hands-on general ledger accounting, month-end close, bank reconciliations, and payment processing controls.
- Prior experience reviewing work / leading small teams
- Multiple years of experience with non-profit and/or affordable housing
- Strong technical accounting experience, including auditing, revenue recognition, and accounting for both conditional and unconditional grants.
- Experience improving accounting processes through automation, workflow optimization, and the redesign of close processes
- Experience working with ERP systems such as Sage Intacct, NetSuite, or similar platforms.
- Strong understanding of GAAP and experience with internal controls, audits, and technical accounting requirements.
- Proficiency in Excel, including pivot tables, lookup functions, and reconciliations.
- Ability to prepare, analyze, and review internal financial reports in high-volume, multi-entity, or multi-bank-account environments.
- Strong attention to detail with a quality-control mindset, combined with analytical skills to identify inefficiencies and propose solutions.
- Clear and effective communicator with a collaborative leadership style, capable of mentoring junior staff.
- Experience improving and standardizing accounting and financial reporting processes, including automation and workflow optimization; familiarity with tools such as FloQast or Blackline is a plus.
Benefits
- Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental, & Vision)
- Retirement Plan (With 5% Match)
- Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary and AD&D)
- Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
- Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)
- Short Term & Long-Term Disability
- Training & Development
- Wellness Resources
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
general ledger accountingmonth-end closebank reconciliationspayment processing controlsauditingrevenue recognitionaccounting for conditional grantsaccounting for unconditional grantsfinancial reportingautomation
Soft skills
attention to detailanalytical skillscollaborative leadershipmentorshipquality-control mindsetcommunication