Assistant Controller

***This is in-office 5 days a week in either Edison, NJ or NYC with 1 day in the other office*** * There is a 30-minute bus between Edison and Midtown* A well-established New Jersey-based contractor is hiring for a newly created Assistant Controller role — and the story behind it is worth reading. The path to Controller here is real, near-term, and explicit — not a maybe, and not a maybe in five years. What Makes This Opportunity Compelling Institutional backing 90% repeat business A CFO who will personally mentor this hire A fast-growing NJ data center book puts this business on a compelling upward trajectory What the Role Involves Driving key components of the monthly close process Owning account reconciliation for critical accounts and escalating exceptions with clear documentation Managing banking activity, including payment file preparation and release Supporting internal audit and external reporting requirements Identifying opportunities to improve reporting visibility across workpapers and system outputs Partnering with the Accounting team and Project Operations on day-to-day accounting issues Taking on special projects from senior finance leadership as the business grows 5+ years of accounting experience with strong analytical capability Public accounting audit/assurance experience from a Big 4 or Top 10 firm Experience at a public company or highly controlled environment that requred GAAP compliance, SOX awareness, reporting to parent company, etc. Experience with job costing and WIP reporting a plus Ability to travel between NJ and NYC offices as needed ***This is in-office 5 days a week in either Edison, NJ or NYC with 1 day in the other office*** * There is a 30-minute bus between Edison and Midtown* If this sounds like the kind of work that excites you, we'd love to hear from you. Please apply! #J-18808-Ljbffr