We are seeking a dynamic and experienced accounting and finance professional to serve as our assistant controller. Reporting to the controller, the assistant controller will play an integral role in the day-to-day financial operations of the firm and support the management of the finance team. This role will ensure accurate financial reporting, manage accounting processes, optimize cash flow, prepare financial reports, and support the implementation of internal controls, financial policies, and process improvements.
The ideal candidate would provide strategic financial leadership while fostering a collaborative and results-driven environment within the finance department. This is a full-time position based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Oversee the daily operations of the finance department, ensuring timely and accurate recording of financial transactions
- Supervise and actively support the development of finance staff, fostering a culture of continuous learning, collaboration, training, feedback, and mentorship
- Prepare monthly financial statements and present them to the leadership team while providing insightful analysis and actionable recommendations for improvement
- Perform financial analysis, forecasting, and reporting for team members and clients
- Drive process improvements for internal tools and systems and complete standard and ad-hoc reports
- Manage payroll, accounts receivable, and accounts payable functions, ensuring accuracy and timeliness of all transactions
- Oversee the setup, maintenance, and closeout of projects and team members in various systems
- Maintain the department calendar, including invoicing and reporting deadlines, and ensure timely completion of financial tasks
- Provide additional support to team members and clients as needed
Minimum qualifications and expectations include:
- A bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or a related field
- Three to five years of experience in accounting, auditing, financial reporting, or a similar position within the private sector and/or public accounting
- Strong leadership and team management capabilities, with relevant managerial experience preferred
- Exceptional communication skills with the ability to present complex financial data clearly and effectively to diverse audiences at all levels within the organization
- Proficiency in financial software, accounting systems, and the Microsoft Office suite
- Strong organizational and problem-solving skills
- The ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
- A positive attitude and a dedication to extraordinary client and customer service
- A demonstrated record of discreetly handling confidential information
At Emergent Method, we have a culture you won’t find anywhere else. We offer a flexible and fun environment where each team member can create their own success by challenging themselves, learning new skills, and contributing to exciting projects that impact the communities we serve. We trust our teammates, believe in their talents, and celebrate their successes. We’re just as serious about developing our team and fostering a supportive, encouraging environment as we are about doing quality work for our clients. Our team shares a vision of being singular, unequaled, and extraordinary. While being a part of the Method often means going outside of your comfort zone, leaning into discomfort, thinking outside of the box, and being part of a collaborative and dynamic team, it will ultimately lead to unparalleled personal and professional growth. You’ll catch us hanging out on the weekends, having monthly happy hours, throwing great office parties and events (both virtual and in-person), and planning a variety of after-work get-togethers because we enjoy being around each other.
Whether in our Baton Rouge headquarters, or working remote throughout the U.S., we’re constantly communicating, chatting on Slack, and staying as connected as ever – no matter where we are. We are committed to our employees the same way they are committed to us, and we trust our team to get the job done, whether in the office or working from home.
In addition to the emphasis we place on culture, we offer the following benefits to our team:
- Competitive salary and bonuses
- Monthly technology and wellness stipends
- Comprehensive healthcare benefits
- Flexible work hours and working environments, including unlimited time off
- Top-of-the-line tools and technology equipment
- Frequent care packages and gift cards to spoil our employees
- Financial support and time off for training, conferences, certifications, and other opportunities for professional growth and development
Background
Emergent Method is a nationally recognized management consulting firm focused on developing and implementing plans, programs, and initiatives that result in transformative impact. We are focused on strengthening the skills, capacity, and resources of our clients to support them in creating unique and valuable experiences for their stakeholders.
With an uncommonly high degree of ownership in the work we do, our team thrives on solving complex challenges, delivering solutions built to last, and driving transformational growth.
We work from the inside out — fully engaged with our client teams and invested in their success. Their most pressing challenges and opportunities become our own. Our flexible, adaptable approach allows us to work seamlessly as trusted advisers, embedded team members, or both, to support client needs, using every engagement as an opportunity to deliver powerful results, together.
Our expertise travels well to all markets and benefits all sectors, allowing us to work wherever there’s a good client fit. Our consultants have significant experience working across a wide range of industries and in the private, public, and nonprofit sectors. We successfully work within the bounds of both large-scale projects that may span years as well as short-term, time-sensitive efforts.
Our integrated, interdisciplinary team of consultants brings an expansive range of skillsets and experience to power a broad scope of services and solutions. Whether you are looking to develop or implement a new strategy, brand, marketing or communication campaign, IT system, program, or a unique and innovative project, we stand ready to be your partner.
For more information, visit emergentmethod.com.
Emergent Method and associated entities are equal opportunity employers. We do not discriminate against employees or applicants for employment on any legally recognized basis or any protected class under federal, state, or local law.
What We Do
Emergent Method is a Louisiana-based management consulting firm focused on helping companies and organizations innovate, grow, improve their performance, and achieve their missions.
We do this by bringing people and ideas together to understand opportunities, let ideas emerge and create multi-faceted solutions with results greater than the sum of their parts. We come from backgrounds of solving complex problems and implementing change, working with clients to help navigate shifting landscapes and seize opportunities – including those they had not seen before. From strategic planning and organizational design, to project management and strategic communications, we are dedicated to helping our clients adapt, innovate and grow – pushing systems, agencies, and industries to new heights, while developing strategic, systemic solutions and processes to support those goals.
We opened our doors in 2012, and in 2017, we were honored as Company of the Year by the Greater Baton Rouge Business Report and Junior Achievement, a recognizable benchmark of growth – and we seek the same measures of continuous improvement for the clients we serve. By definition, we are a team dedicated to our clients as they transform, come into being, or become prominent – as they emerge – by supporting organizational growth through systematic planning and action.
