Junior Controller
Aertssen Group · Rincon, GA · 1 wk ago
On-siteAnalyst$80k–$100k/yrFull-time
Key Responsibilities
- Prepare and improve monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting.
- Analyze financial and operational performance, identify trends, and highlight risks/opportunities.
- Build dashboards, KPIs, and matrix reports that deliver clear, actionable insights.
- Help ensure data quality and consistency across all reporting.
- Support the full budgeting and forecasting process.
- Work closely with the department leads to understand assumptions and challenge them when needed.
- Track performance against budget and forecast, and help explain the underlying story.
- Support month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close activities in close collaboration with the accounting department.
- Review and analyze key P&L and balance sheet accounts to ensure accuracy and completeness.
- Ensure deadlines for internal and group reporting are met consistently.
- Identify opportunities to streamline closing-related tasks.
- Collaborate with the different operational teams, sales, and other departments to understand how daily decisions impact financial results.
- Bring financial insights to non-financial colleagues in a clear, helpful way.
- Build strong partnerships across the organization and act as a trusted sounding board.
- Help prepare business cases for new investments, expansion opportunities, and strategic decisions.
- Develop financial models and scenarios that support long-term planning.
- Contribute to analysis that shapes the direction of our U.S. operations.
- Help standardize and streamline our finance processes as we grow.
- Identify gaps or bottlenecks and propose improvements.
- Support the development or rollout of new systems, tools, or reporting structures.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or a related field.
- 3-5 Years of experience in controlling, FP&A, or a related field.
- CPA, CMA, CFA, or in the process of obtaining one or more, is required.
- Strong analytical skills and a natural curiosity for what drives the numbers.
- Solid Excel and modeling skills; experience in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations (D365 F&O) is a plus.
- Strong communication skills and the confidence to collaborate across departments.
- A positive mindset, eagerness to learn, and enthusiasm for being part of a fast-growing business.