Assistant to the controller vs senior finance analyst

Differences between assistant to the controller and senior finance analyst duties and responsibilities

Assistant to the controller example responsibilities.

• Manage financial reporting, monthly close, GAAP accruals and supervision of the accounting department.
• Manage general ledger and coordinate annual internal audit, interacting with CPA firm and auditing staff.
• Manage revenue ledger including other subsidiary ledgers and responsible for the reconciliation of various income accounts to ensure accuracy of postings.
• Reconcile accounts receivable between A2000 systems and QuickBooks for monthly reporting and closing.
• Prepare wire transfer, ACH transactions and verify accuracy and follow up transactions until completion.
• Process weekly check runs and send checks to appropriate companies or post ACH payments online.
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Senior finance analyst example responsibilities.

• Used SharePoint repository to manage all project documents.
• Manage deployment of SQL databases across multiple platforms within a secure environment focusing on security and data integrity.
• Leverage and improve key performance indicators to drive portfolio management to core business team leads and executive sponsors.
• Develop, maintain financial models/applications (VBA Excel/Access) to automate and streamline business processes and perform financial analysis.
• Validate data in Hyperion EssBase for implementation.
• Perform month end accounting close activities including preparation of accruals and monthly financial analysis reports for business unit management.
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