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Ascent CFO Solutions

Controller (Part-time)

$90-$105/hrAustin, TX, US

About This Role

Controller (Part\-Time, 20–30 hrs/week)

Austin, TX \| Reports to the CEO \| $90\-105/hour (1099\)

About the company:

We're an established Austin manufacturer with $15–20M in annual revenue, customers across the U.S. and internationally, and a supply chain that includes overseas contract manufacturers. We're a small, lean team, and our Controller is the entire finance function: you'll own the books, the close, and the numbers leadership uses to run the business.

What you'll do:

*Accounting and close*

  • Run the monthly close in our ERP (Expandable), including accruals, reversing entries, and reconciliations for cash, AR, AP, unvouchered inventory, and inventory by location
  • Produce monthly and quarterly financial statements and maintain the reporting templates (BizInsight)
  • Maintain the fixed asset and depreciation schedule
  • Keep the company on its modified cash basis, with accruals for significant recurring items like design fees, inventory obsolescence, commissions, and bonuses

*Cash and reporting*

  • Manage daily cash: review bank activity, post ACH, wire, and credit card receipts, and oversee lockbox posting
  • Deliver the daily sales, bookings, backlog, and cash position reports to ownership
  • Approve wires and manage prepayments to overseas vendors

*Inventory and cost*

  • Oversee inventory accounting across multiple locations (including offshore), standard costs, and purchase price variances
  • Clear prepaid inventory as goods are received and flag standard costs that need updating

*Payroll, tax, and compliance*

  • Oversee payroll through our third\-party provider (weekly hourly and semi\-monthly salaried), payroll journal entries, and 401(k) funding
  • File quarterly sales and use tax in Texas, California, and Michigan
  • Prepare the annual Freeport exemption and property tax rendition for Travis Central Appraisal District
  • Process partner distributions and maintain the books for the general partner entity (QuickBooks)

*People and process*

  • Supervise the Accounting Admin, who handles AP entry, check runs, and AR support
  • Approve non\-PO invoices and own collections escalations and write\-offs
  • Keep procedures documented and current, and look for ways to simplify how the work gets done

What you bring:

  • 7\+ years of progressive accounting experience, including time as a Controller or Assistant Controller at a manufacturing or distribution company
  • Hands\-on experience with inventory accounting, standard costing, and a mid\-market ERP (Expandable experience is a plus, not a requirement)
  • Comfort running a close end to end without a large team behind you
  • Working knowledge of multi\-state sales tax; Texas Freeport experience is a plus
  • A partnership or LP background is helpful
  • Strong Excel skills
  • You're comfortable being the person the CEO calls with a finance question, and you can give a clear answer

Pay:

  • $95\-105/hour, 1099
  • 20\-30 hours/week
  • Hybrid schedule, office located in Northeast Austin (near 183 \& 290\)

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