General Job Description
Position Overview
The Accounting Assistant Controller will play a key role in managing the company’s financial operations, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and efficiency across all accounting functions. Reporting directly to the Controller, this role supports month-end closings, financial reporting, audit preparation, monitoring and execution of internal controls, and the implementation of accounting best practices. The ideal candidate will demonstrate strong technical accounting knowledge, analytical skills, problem solving, and the ability to lead and collaborate effectively within the accounting, finance, and operations team.
Key Responsibilities
- Financial Reporting: Assist in the preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements in accordance with GAAP. Mandatory experience with percentage of completion revenue recognition and project cost accounting.
- Month-End Close: Lead and manage general ledger closing activities, including reconciliations, accruals, and journal entries.
- Internal Controls: Support the development and maintenance of effective internal controls to ensure the integrity of financial data and compliance with regulatory standards.
- Budgeting & Forecasting: Collaborate with management to prepare budgets, forecasts, and variance analyses.
- Audit Support: Coordinate with external auditors during annual audits and quarterly reviews, providing required documentation and explanations.
- Process Improvement: Identify opportunities to streamline accounting processes, enhance accuracy, and improve reporting timeliness.
- Team Supervision: Oversee daily accounting operations and mentor accounting staff, ensuring adherence to company policies and procedures.
- Regulatory Compliance: Ensure all tax filings, financial reports, and compliance obligations are met in a timely and accurate manner.
- ERP/Systems Management: Assist with the implementation, maintenance, and optimization of accounting software and related systems.
- Perform additional duties as assigned.
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Minimum Education
College
Minimum Years of Experience
6+
Specific Qualifications
Qualifications
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance; CPA or CMA certification preferred.
- Experience: 8 + years of progressive accounting experience, with at least 3 + years in managerial or supervisory capacity.
- Technical Skills:
- Strong knowledge of GAAP, including percentage of completion revenue recognition, and financial reporting standards and internal controls.
- Proficiency in ERP/accounting systems; Microsoft Dynamics and One Stream is a plus.
- Advanced Excel skills and familiarity with financial analysis tools.
- Soft Skills:
- Excellent organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to collaborate with multiple stakeholders.
- Strong leadership along with excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
- High attention to detail with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Prolonged periods of sitting and working at a computer.
- Frequent use of hands and fingers to operate a computer keyboard, calculator, and other office equipment.
- Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing.
- Occasionally required to stand, walk, bend, reach, and lift or move items weighing up to 15–20 pounds.
- Visual ability to read financial documents, spreadsheets, reports, and computer screens.
- Ability to maintain concentration and accuracy while performing detailed financial and analytical work.
- Work is performed in a professional office environment.
- Regular use of computers, telephones, printers, and other standard office equipment.
- Moderate noise level typical of an office setting.
- Position may require extended hours during month-end close, year-end audits, budgeting cycles, and other critical reporting periods.
- Frequent interaction with employees, management, external auditors, financial institutions, and regulatory agencies.
- Occasional travel may be required for meetings, training, audits, or support of company operations.
- This position is office-based and requires regular on-site attendance.
License Required
Yes
Job Locations
US-TX-Sugar Land
Company Overview
IES Residential, Inc. is one of the nation's largest and most respected electrical, plumbing, HVAC, solar, and cable solutions providers for single-family homes and multi-family complexes since 1973. We provide comprehensive integrated solutions that light up our world. We make homes come to life.
IES is a national provider of industrial products and infrastructure services to a variety of end markets, including electrical, mechanical and communications contracting solutions for the commercial, industrial, residential and renewable energy markets. IES is publicly traded on NASDAQ under the symbol IESC. As of the end of IES’s 2025 fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, IES produced over $3.3 billion in revenue and employed over 10,200 employees at over 131 domestic locations across the United States. IES is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer: Minorities, Females, Gender Identity, Sexual Orientation, Individuals with Disabilities, Protected Veterans Encouraged to Apply.
From office buildings to wind farms, industrial complexes to housing developments, our employees and design professionals design, build, and maintain the systems that empower lives.
Our commitment to our employees is reflected by our actions:
- Safety is Priority One – and our record shows it
- Competitive Pay
- Company 401K plan with Employer Contribution Match
- Company Paid Time Off
- Company Paid Life Insurance
- Choice of Medical Coverage including Prescription and Short Term Disability Plans
- Choice of Dental and Vision Coverage
- Optional Long-term Disability, Critical Illness, Accident, Legal and Pet Coverage
- Auto and Home Insurance Discount Programs
EEO Statement
PLEASE NO AGENCY CALLS.
NOTE TO ALL AGENCIES: Any unsolicited agency resumes or agency represented candidates that are presented to any IES employee without first having a signed contract between that agency and the IES Talent Acquisition organization will become the property of IES and no fees will be paid.
EEO & Affirmative Action
The IES policy on equal employment opportunity prohibits discrimination based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, individuals with disabilities, protected veterans, or any other protected status or characteristic. This policy applies to recruiting, hiring, transfers, promotions, terminations, compensation, benefits, and all other terms and conditions of employment, and also states that retaliation against any employee who files a complaint regarding possible violations of this policy will not be tolerated. IES is also committed to taking affirmative steps to promote the employment of minorities, women, individuals with disabilities, and protected veterans. IES develops affirmative action programs to support its commitment to equal employment opportunity, consistent with company policy and the company’s obligations as a contractor to the United States government.
View Your Equal Employment Opportunity rights under the law. "Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal; Conozca sus Derechos: La Discriminación en el Lugar de Trabajo es Ilegal
Disability Accommodation
IES is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. IES provides reasonable accommodation for individuals protected by Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 and Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Applicants who need accommodation in the job application process should contact the IES corporate office at (713) 860-1500 or any IES office to request assistance.
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