Assistant Controller

Assistant Controller — Growing Mid-Market Company (Confidential Search)

Location: Oklahoma City

Industry: Distribution / Manufacturing / Consumer Goods (Confidential)

Compensation: $120,000-$140,000

Are you a sharp, systems-savvy accounting leader ready to elevate an entire finance function? Our confidential client — a multi-site, growth-oriented organization with a strong operational footprint — is seeking an Assistant Controller to drive accuracy, efficiency, and excellence across their accounting and reporting operations.

This role is ideal for someone who loves building structure, improving processes, coaching a team, and partnering closely with leadership to support strategic financial decisions. If you thrive in a dynamic environment and take pride in clean books, tight controls, and a high-performing team… this is your runway.

✨ What You’ll Own (Core Responsibilities)

Leadership & Department Oversight

• Build, refine, and maintain the accounting team’s structure to meet departmental and organizational objectives.

• Lead, coach, hire, and evaluate accounting staff while fostering a positive, collaborative culture.

• Develop training programs and onboarding pathways for new hires.

• Uphold strong professionalism, ethics, and communication across all internal and external interactions.

Accounting System & Process Optimization

• Enhance and maintain the company’s accounting systems for accuracy, efficiency, and timely reporting.

• Use financial systems as a strategic decision-making tool for forecasting, variance analysis, and management reporting.

• Maintain accurate records of the company’s fixed assets.

• Document key accounting processes and ensure compliance with updated accounting standards.

• Review the chart of accounts and financial statements to improve the clarity and usability of financial data.

• Keep accounts payable data clean, accurate, and current.

• Oversee day-to-day operations of the accounting team.

Financial Reporting & Controls

• Lead all financial reporting functions and deliver timely statements and analyses to leadership.

• Oversee payable processes, voucher approvals, inventory and margin reports, receivable aging, and monthly/quarterly reconciliations.

• Ensure compliance with GAAP and internal controls.

• Manage cash accounting daily and maintain oversight of balance sheet integrity.

• Allocate administrative expenses appropriately across departments.

• Recommend performance benchmarks and support annual audits with actionable improvements.

🎓 Experience & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance required.

• Minimum 5 years of progressive accounting experience, including oversight responsibilities.

• At least 3 years of leadership experience preferred.

• CPA strongly preferred (or working toward certification).

• Demonstrated experience with accounting systems, automated reporting tools, and process improvement.

• Strong command of GAAP, financial regulations, cost control, and variance analysis.

• Advanced Excel skills.

• Proven ability to analyze and interpret complex financial data.

💡 Ideal Traits

• Systems thinker with a process-improvement mindset

• Strong communicator with a steady leadership presence

• High integrity, calm under pressure, and solutions-oriented

• Able to identify root causes and implement corrective action

• Thrives in a collaborative, growing, team-based culture