Assistant Controller – Accounting Services

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November 4

⛰️ Colorado – Remote

Although this job is listed in Colorado, this company may be open to hiring remote in other states.

💵 $140.9k - $253.6k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🔴 Lead

⛔️ Financial Controller

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National Renewable Energy Laboratory

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Energy • Science • Government

National Renewable Energy Laboratory is a national laboratory of the U. S. Department of Energy, focused on transforming energy through research, development, commercialization, and deployment of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies. NREL partners with organizations to accelerate the transition of these technologies to the marketplace. The laboratory covers a range of research areas, including bioenergy, geothermal, hydrogen, solar, transportation, wind, and water. It provides data sets, maps, models, and tools for energy analysis and offers research positions in various fields related to renewable energy. NREL is committed to economic impact, sustainability, diversity, and community collaboration.

1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 1977

⚡ Energy

🔬 Science

🏛️ Government

📋 Description

• Provide strong leadership for multi-functional teams, including staff hiring, development, and mentorship. • Ensure processes are established and operating effectively to record transactions that are accurately reflected in the accounting records in compliance with GAAP, other accounting guidelines and internal policies and procedures. • Provide staff with technical advice and guidance related to their respective areas. • Stay current on accounting, payroll, and financial reporting issues and topics. • Understand variances, key drivers and assumptions. • Provide oversight and review of payables and payroll information required for DOE and IRS reporting to ensure accuracy. • Review and approve appropriate ledger entries and balance sheet reconciliations prepared by staff. • Define team’s goals and objectives to align with OCFO and Lab goals. • Evaluate and perform team’s annual performance appraisals and provide recommendations to management during annual compensation increase cycle. • Identify, recommend, implement, and maintain key cross-functional team metrics. • Ensure compliance with DOE regulations and contractual requirements and all lab level policies and procedures. • Proactively identify, develop, and implement process improvement initiatives to improve efficiency and/or effectiveness of team’s processes and recommends best practices for change management strategies. • Research complex, technical accounting issues and provide analysis of GAAP and FAR and FTR regulations and other statutory standards to determine impact on financial reporting and provide recommendations to apply those principles to new and unusual transactions.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree and 14-years’ experience in technically related research discipline; Or, Master’s Degree and 12-years’ experience in technically related research discipline; Or, PhD and 9-years’ experience in technically related research discipline • Bachelor’s degree in accounting, business administration, or finance • Thorough working knowledge of GAAP • Strong computer and business solutions software skills • Advanced level Excel skills • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills • Demonstrated knowledge of multi-state payroll processing • Ability to hold confidential information • Detail oriented and proactive in issue identification and solution implementation • Accuracy, timeliness and meeting critical deadlines is a must. • Strong leadership skills with ability to work well and influence people across organization and drive solutions through to conclusion.

🏖️ Benefits

• medical, dental, and vision insurance • short- and long-term disability insurance • pension benefits • 403(b) Employee Savings Plan with employer match • life and accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) insurance • personal time off (PTO) and sick leave • paid holidays • tuition reimbursement