Assistant Controller
$145k - $195kRobert Half
Assistant Controller | Path to Controller | Seattle, WA
Job title: Assistant Controller
Location: Seattle, WA (Hybrid, 4 days onsite)
The information below covers the role requirements, expected candidate experience, and accompanying qualifications.
Are you a CPA ready for a clear path to Controller? Our client, a large, growing construction and engineering services company in Seattle, is hiring an Assistant Controller to serve as the Controller's right hand and future successor.
This is a succession role. You will partner closely with the Controller, support close and audit, and lead the accounting operations team through a significant transformation.
Why this role stands out
- Defined path to Controller, with direct mentorship
- Lead a modernization of transactional accounting, including an outsourcing model and a new ERP
- Build and develop a team of strong, technical managers
- High visibility with senior finance leadership
What you will do
- Lead Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable operations through a management team
- Drive process improvement, KPIs, and working capital results
- Keep processes audit-ready and partner with external auditors
- Lead the accounting operations side of a system implementation
- Back up the Controller on close, audit, and reporting
What you bring
- CPA required (candidates actively completing the CPA will be considered)
- 10+ years of progressive accounting experience, including 5+ years leading people leaders
- Public accounting xhyhwjd audit experience strongly preferred
- Experience leading transformation, outsourcing, or ERP implementations
- Project-based, construction, or engineering accounting experience is a plus
Compensation and benefits
- Base salary: $145,000 to $195,000, plus annual bonus
- Relocation assistance available
- $0 deductible medical, plus dental, vision, and life insurance
- 401(k) match plus profit sharing
- Generous PTO and paid holidays
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