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Assistant Controller - Clear Promotion Path - Impressive Lincoln/Waverly Company - HEMPHILL EXCLUSIVE!
A Nebraska-founded business with a collaborative, friendly, and positive atmosphere is eager to identify an Assistant Controller to join their team in a position that offers a very clear path to a senior leadership role, likely after 2-3 years. This is an excellent opportunity to work alongside a small team of high-caliber individuals who work well together while focused on quality, process improvement, leveraging technology to harvest efficiencies, and thriving under the mentorship of an impressive leadership team who prides themselves on partnering with each individual to help them reach their full potential.
In this role, you will enjoy continuously learning “something new” as you embrace a challenging, rewarding, and engaging set of responsibilities that will require a mix of independent and autonomous work, as well as collaboration opportunities with other accounting team members on various annual projects throughout the year.
- Reviewing and reconciling general ledger accounts, maintaining journal entries and accruals, calculating depreciation, preparing trial balances, and taking ownership for monthly close activities
- Work with leaders in operations and those at HQ while analyzing financial trends, conducting margin analysis, and profitability studies by product and customer, while forecasting future outcomes
- Enjoy a rich variety of seasonal responsibilities and special projects that will keep this job fresh and give you direct exposure to budgeting, variance analysis, inventory / fixed asset reviews, and much more.
- Team up with other members of the accounting team where your ideas are welcomed as this Company is continually refining business processes and leveraging technology to improve efficiency.
Excellent opportunity for a detail oriented, dependable, and promotable individual who takes pride in their work. Join an Organization with an inspiring history, that puts its employees and their families first. This Company offers excellent benefits including a robust health insurance plan, much better than market retirement benefits, and numerous other valuable perks.
To learn more about this position on a confidential basis call Austin Hemphill at 402.334.4800 *246 or send an e-mail to ahemphill@hemphillsearch.com. Job # 9647AH
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Contact Information
Austin Hemphill
(402) 334-4800 ext 246
After more than two years in public accounting as a member of the audit team at BKD, LLP (now Forvis Mazars), Austin shifted his career to a position that blends his accounting and business experience with his passion to deliver solutions that have a positive impact for others. At Hemphill Search Group, Austin helps leaders hire impressive individuals at all levels of accounting, finance, tax, audit, financial reporting, financial systems, fixed assets, budgeting, forecasting, bookkeeping, accounts payable, accounts receivable, billing, and payroll.
While in public accounting, Austin audited small, mid-sized, and large corporations in a variety of industries. His experience in public accounting combined with the discipline to gain an in-depth understanding of the position being filled, the skills, experience, and personality needed to be successful and happy in the position and company is a secret to his success. Austin is passionate about finding the “the right match - the first time” and shared: “This is important work, and I really enjoy placing an individual into a position where I know they will be successful and genuinely happy while adding value to our client and their new team of co-workers.”
Austin spends 100% his time helping leaders hire high quality individuals well matched for success and happiness. Helping a leader hire a high performing individual makes a very positive impact for the leader, the team of co-workers, and the person we placed! Austin shared: “It is incredibly rewarding to call the person we placed 6, 9, and 12 months later to hear they are having a lot of success, proud of their contribution to the company, and hearing they are having fun and truly happy in the position, company, and culture we helped them identify.”
Austin grew up in the greater Omaha area and graduated from Gretna High School. While in high school, Austin wrestled, played varsity football & baseball, and he was a two time state champion powerlifter. While in college, Austin played football for the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. As a student athlete, Austin was added to the Dean’s List, and the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll while earning his Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting and Minor in Management. He was named to the Brook Berringer Citizenship Team and the Tom Osborne Citizenship Team. Austin volunteered and helped raise awareness and money for pediatric brain cancer research through his involvement in the Nebraska Football Road Race. He supported those in need at the St. Anthony’s Homeless Shelter, others through the Husker Heroes Outreach program, and several school and hospital outreach programs. Austin is an active member of the University of the Nebraska N Club and the Letterman’s Association. As a former Husker, Austin is actively mentoring current student athletes and members of the University of Nebraska Football team through the mentoring program TeamMates. He is a member of the Association of Corporate Growth, the Internal Audit Association, and Austin regularly attends Love Church in West Omaha.
Austin’s interest in business started at an early age when he started Austin Enterprises a lawn mowing, snow removal, and landscaping business at age 12. Austin operated the small business for 11 years through junior high, high school, and college. Austin is an outgoing individual who loves athletics, travel, hiking, being outdoors, and making memories with friends and family. He also recently finished his first full marathon.