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About the Role
This consulting controller role allows an experienced accounting professional to apply deep expertise in financial reporting, audit, tax, and accounting operations in a fully remote, project-based environment. You will review and refine complex accounting content, develop realistic business cases, and help shape next-generation technology solutions without the demands of traditional client work, close cycles, or travel.
Responsibilities
- Review accounting-related scenarios, answers, and analyses for technical accuracy and completeness.
- Analyze financial reporting, audit, tax, and broader accounting-related content for quality, clarity, and correctness.
- Provide expert feedback and recommendations to improve accounting and finance content.
- Develop realistic accounting and finance business cases based on professional experience.
- Create clear explanations of accounting concepts, standards, and practices.
- Identify inaccuracies, inconsistencies, and gaps in accounting and finance materials, and propose practical improvements.
- Apply knowledge of technical accounting topics to evaluate and refine content.
- Collaborate asynchronously within a remote project team while maintaining high quality standards and meeting project timelines.
- Work independently, managing workload and schedule to deliver consistent, high-quality outputs.
- Leverage user-level familiarity with AI and large language model tools to review, evaluate, and enhance AI-generated accounting content.
Requirements
- Approximately 7+ years of substantive accounting experience, with strong practical, hands-on work experience.
- Bachelors degree in accounting, finance, or a related field.
- Experience in one or more of the following areas: public accounting, corporate accounting, audit, tax, advisory, FP&A, financial reporting, or finance operations.
- Technical accounting expertise in areas such as financial reporting, controllership, audit, internal controls, SOX compliance, revenue recognition, lease accounting, treasury, and month-end close.
- Strong written communication skills, with the ability to explain complex accounting concepts clearly and concisely.
- Proven ability to work independently and manage tasks in a fully remote environment.
- General familiarity with AI and large language model tools at a user level.
- Availability to work 30-40 hours per week over the full 12-week engagement.
Skills
- Financial reporting
- Audit
- Tax
- Accounting operations
- SOX compliance
- Revenue recognition
- Lease accounting
- Treasury
- Internal controls
- Month-end close processes
- AI
- Large language model tools
- Written communication
Location
- New York, NY
Work Type
- Fully remote
- Project-based
- Flexible schedule
- 12-week engagement
Experience Level
- 7+ years of substantive accounting experience
Education Level
- Bachelors degree in accounting, finance, or a related field
- Masters degree in accounting, finance, or a related discipline is preferred
- CPA certification is preferred
Salary/Compensations
- $40000.00 - $60000.00/yr
Benefits
- No benefits
About the Company
- Aston Carter provides world-class corporate talent solutions to thousands of clients across the globe.
- Specialized in accounting, finance, human resources, talent acquisition, procurement, supply chain and select administrative professions, we extend the capabilities of industry-leading companies.
- We draw on our deep recruiting expertise and expansive network to meet the evolving needs of our clients and talent community with agility and excellence.
- With offices across the U.S., Canada, Asia Pacific and Europe, Aston Carter serves many of the Fortune 500.
- We are proud to be a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® Platinum Award winner for both client and talent service.
Equal Opportunity
- The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.
- If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing process due to a disability, please email astoncarteraccommodation@astoncarter.com for other accommodation options.
- Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, for all positions located in the city and county of San Francisco, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
- It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.
- We may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support parts of our hiring process, including sourcing, screening, and evaluating candidates. AI helps assess applications and qualifications, but final decisions are made by our hiring team. By applying, you acknowledge and agree that your application may be reviewed using AI tools.