Wunderlich-Malec Engineering Hiring for Assistant Controller at Eden Prairie, MN  Full Time

Wunderlich-Malec Engineering (WM) is a 100% employee-owned ESOP and one of the largest and most well-established engineering companies in the United States. When you join WM you become part of a company that is:

• 100% employee-owned company with over 40 years of industry history
• A Top 5 Systems Integrator Giant
• ENR top 500 firm at #170

We have an Assistant Controller position open in Eden Prairie, MN. The Assistant Controller will be responsible for developing and managing General Ledger and Accounts Payable in coordination with the Corporate Controller while supporting real-time financial reporting. The holder of this position will regularly exercise decision-making authority in support of the Company’s financial goals as set by the Business leadership. The Assistant Controller will participate in refining business plans to meet company goals by providing extensive, accurate, and timely financial data.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Manages the GL and AP team in coordination with the Controller to ensure requirements of the monthly accounting cycle are met, including the processing of all accounts payable and reconciliation of general ledger accounts
• Assists in ERP implementation as needed
• Assists in the development and maintenance of accounting policies and procedures. Trains other employees to apply and follow those policies. Develops protocols to help establish consistent behaviors in financial operations
• Reviews all general ledger monthly financial reports for completeness and accuracy. Provides feedback on areas for improvement
• Reviews monthly Sales Tax returns for completeness and accuracy
• Will be a Project Accountant to learn the position
• Collaborates with Human Resources for payroll compliance and processing and reconciliation of payroll accounts
• Assists CFO, Controller, and CPA on yearend close out and tax reporting
• Monthly general ledger account detail reconciliations and monthly general journal entries, including recurring journal entries
• Prepare monthly general ledger analysis and record related journal entries including, but not limited to, monthly compensation accruals and payroll tie-outs, vacation accruals, prepaid expense analysis, intercompany entries, ESOP journal entries, and quarterly corporate expense allocations
• Reviews fixed asset records, including all additions, disposals, and gains/losses on disposals. Reviews the monthly recording of depreciation entry including allocation to all departments. Assist with year-end financial and tax fixed asset reporting. Review personal property tax reports. Knowledge of capitalization of real and personal property
• Assist with annual financial review including preparation of annual work papers and analysis as requested by financial auditors
• Maintain employee records in financial accounting system and in payroll service
• Ensure timesheets are submitted timely and reviewed for accurate submission
• Payroll administration including semi-monthly payroll through outside payroll service
• Review, analyze, and check payroll reports for accuracy and record necessary adjustments or corrections through journal entries or other established payroll procedures
• Reviews payroll journal entries and payroll reconciliation between G/L and outside payroll service reports. Review of quarterly payroll reports for accuracy and completeness
• Review general ledger coding of invoices relating to employee benefits
• Review electronic cash checkbooks. Reviews entries to record electronic bank deposits, apply cash receipts, and prepare bank account reconciliations
• Maintain account receivable subsidiaries
• Assist with state business registrations for corporate, payroll, and sales tax purposes. Prepare annual business reports and renewals
• Assist with miscellaneous requests of the CFO, Controller, and HR Manager
• General administration such as paperwork, copying, printing, faxing, and using a computer

Essential Job Requirements:

• Comprehensive knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) with experience in financial reporting
• Ability to work well cross-functionally and influence the organization
• Adapts easily to change, learns quickly, and understands how internal and external factors impact decisions. Adjusts to changing priorities based on business needs, manages multiple tasks, and aligns priorities while maintaining strong attention to details
• MS Office skills are required, familiarity with additional construction accounting software is a plus
• Must maintain strict confidentiality
• Experience in growth stage company preferred

Minimum Requirements:

1. Education – A Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or a related field is required. Graduate level Accounting and Business coursework is beneficial
2. Experience – 10+ years of experience in Accounting is generally the minimum requirement for this position. CPA certificate required

Core Competencies

Communication Skills

Verbal Communication – Has the ability to clearly convey ideas and information orally and respond appropriately to customers to maintain primary client contact for the organization and sustain high-quality customer relationships.

Written Communication – Convey information clearly and concisely in writing, draft reports and correspondence, and is able to transform ideas and information into writing effectively.

Management Skills

Prioritizes Work of Self and Team – Organizes and prioritizes work of the project team, balances multiple tasks efficiently, uses own time and the time of employees wisely, and guides the group through the project to get work done in time and under budget. This is critical to the development of the overall business and to objective achievement.

Directs/Supervises Staff – Oversees and directs the work of the project team, instructs and educates workers, helps new employees learn the basics of the business, and shows workers how to perform their jobs more efficiently and effectively to avoid and correct problems.

Strategic Planning Skills-Maintains the ability to foresee and understand the current market conditions as well .as the direction the business should be prepared to follow. This includes mapping the business strategy and finding the right people to fill positions to follow through with the plan.

Mental Agility

Accuracy of Work – Works with precision so minimal mistakes are made, gives clients and fellow employees exactly what they had in mind, and catches and corrects mistakes of others.

Critical Thinking Skills – Uses the mind to reason and reflect on the project at hand, has the ability to understand the implications of actions, and seeks and applies relevant information for each project and applies to a problem or situation.

Creative Problem-Solving Skills – Works out solutions to complicated problems creatively to save the firm money and please the customers, is able to identify problems, why they are occurring, solve them, and avoid them in the future.

Continuous Learning – Is involved in training courses to further education, learns from mistakes made by self and the team, and acquires new knowledge about the company and various industries to improve job performance.

Personal Characteristics

Dedication to Work – Commits to the work at hand, enjoys working on projects in teams, and is willing to work long hours to get a job done in time if needed.

Motivating – Takes initiative to see projects through to the end, can work independently without help from others, and works enthusiastically to motivate self and others to complete projects on time.

Problem Identification and Consequences of Actions – Identify the nature of problems, how to find information and identify essential information, and determine long-term and short-term outcomes of a change in operations.

Stress Tolerance – Tolerates pressure from work well, allows stress to exist without hindering job performance, and maintains focus on the task at hand.

Technical Knowledge and Skills

Mathematics Knowledge – Knowledge of numbers, their operations, and interrelationships including arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.

Knowledge of Economics and Accounting – Has knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, financial markets, banking, and the analysis and reporting of financial data.

Administration and Management – Principles and processes involved in business and organizational planning, coordination, and execution. This includes strategic planning, resource allocation, and leadership techniques.

Knowledge of Business-Specific Software – Possesses knowledge of UlitPRo, BST software, and other software systems and is able to move quickly and efficiently between systems for payroll processing and other tasks.

General Business Knowledge – Holds general knowledge of project set-ups, billing contract workers, billing rates, and task/phase information.

Clerical Knowledge – POssesses knowledge of how to utilize standard office equipment including computers, fax machines, copy machines, cell phones, and voice messaging systems.

Physical Demands of Position Seeing, color perception, hearing, listening, clear speech, dexterity in hands, and driving

Working Conditions Standard office environment: Frequent use of PC, networking hardware and software, fax machines, copy machines, and phones

*Job Descriptions are not exhaustive lists of all skills, responsibilities, or efforts associated with a job. They reflect principal job elements essential for performing the job and evaluating performance.

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