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Assistant Controller / Senior Corporate Accountant

Belle Aire Creations

  • Round Lake, Illinois
  • 30+ days ago

    Highlights

    Business Industry: Fragrances/Cosmetics/Personal Care/Candles Job Title: Assistant Controller / Senior Corporate Accountant Employment Type: Full-Time (Fully Onsite) Reports to: Director of Finance & People Operations Job Description: The Assistant Controller / Senior Corporate Accountant owns the production of Belle Aire Creations’ Givaudan corporate reporting and supports the monthly closure. The role exists to lift the heads-down parent-company reporting workload — BOFC/SAP packages, tax and CapEx schedules, treasury support, and the monthly financial package — off the Director of Finance & People Operations, who retains overall finance and HR leadership and remains the final reviewer and Givaudan relationship owner.

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationRound Lake, Illinois
    Websitehttps://belleairecreations.com/careers/

    Description

    Company Description:
    Belle Aire Creations aspires to be focus-oriented, customer driven and positioned as the top-tier middle market fragrance solution. We consider ourselves to be a truly unique company whose employees will continue to complement existing personnel and represent the goals and values of the organization.
     
    Business Industry:
    Fragrances/Cosmetics/Personal Care/Candles
     
    Job Title:
    Assistant Controller / Senior Corporate Accountant
     
    Employment Type:
    Full-Time (Fully Onsite)
     
    Reports to:
    Director of Finance & People Operations
     
    Job Description:
    The Assistant Controller / Senior Corporate Accountant owns the production of Belle Aire Creations’ Givaudan corporate reporting and supports the monthly closure. The role exists to lift the heads-down parent-company reporting workload — BOFC/SAP packages, tax and CapEx schedules, treasury support, and the monthly financial package — off the Director of Finance & People Operations, who retains overall finance and HR leadership and remains the final reviewer and Givaudan relationship owner. This is a hands-on, deadline-driven technical accounting role for someone who can operate independently in a public-company subsidiary reporting environment.
     
    Job Responsibilities:
     
    Givaudan Corporate Reporting (Primary Focus)
    • Prepare and submit monthly corporate reporting packages in Givaudan’s required format and timelines.
    • Complete required SAP / BOFC reporting packages; maintain account mapping between the local general ledger and SAP/BOFC structures.
    • Upload trial balances and financial data into FIM/BOFC systems and validate successful transmission and consolidation.
    • Review and reconcile control packages for completeness, accuracy, and consistency with corporate standards.
    • Prepare the monthly financial package with EBITDA adjustments in the Givaudan-provided format for the Director’s review.
    • Prepare monthly AR aging analyses with commentary on past-due balances, collection strategy, and expected cash receipts.
    • Respond to requests from regional and global finance teams within accelerated deadlines.
    Tax, CapEx & Specialized Accounting
    • Prepare tax reporting schedules, effective-tax-rate calculations, and tax packages (including support for BDO review).
    • Prepare CapEx reporting packages, fixed-asset schedules, and workforce/FTE reporting.
    • Handle intercompany, dropship, R&D, and royalty accounting, eliminations, and related reconciliations.
    • Develop and maintain new GL structures and processes to support intercompany transactions and corporate reporting.
    • Support IFRS application and reconcile differences between IFRS and U.S. GAAP.
    Month-End Close Support
    • Prepare and review journal entries, accruals, prepaid schedules, and account reconciliations.
    • Support the monthly, quarterly, and annual closure and ensure ledgers are corporate-reporting ready.
    • Assist with variance analysis against budget, forecast, and prior year.
    • Help maintain internal controls and corporate accounting policies.
    Treasury & Integration Support
    • Support the treasury transition to Citibank and participation in the global cash-pooling structure.
    • Assist with weekly payment files, large-vendor approval routing, and treasury reporting.
    • Support acquisition / purchase accounting, opening balance sheet, and ongoing post-acquisition integration tasks.
    Audit & Compliance Support
    • Prepare schedules and support for annual financial statement and regulatory audits.
    • Assist with multi-state sales & use tax filings, 1099s, and inventory counts as needed.
    • Document processes and procedures and contribute to continuous process improvement.
    Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive list of duties or responsibilities required of the employee for this job. Duties and responsibilities for this job may change at any time without notice.
     
    Requirements Education and Experience:
    • Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance required; CPA or CPA candidate strongly preferred.
    • 5+ years of progressive accounting experience, including month-end close and financial reporting.
    • Experience with corporate / parent-company consolidated reporting; SAP BOFC (or comparable consolidation tools) strongly preferred.
    • Working knowledge of IFRS and U.S. GAAP and the differences between them.
    • Experience supporting tax provisions/packages, fixed asset and CapEx reporting, and intercompany accounting.
    • Strong ERP proficiency (Great Plains / Dynamics a plus) and advanced Excel.
    • Highly organized and detail-oriented; able to meet accelerated, non-negotiable reporting deadlines independently.
    • Comfortable in a subsidiary-of-a-public-company environment with frequent corporate interaction.
    Compensation:
    • Competitive market-based salary and benefits package; commensurate with experience

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