Controller (Trucking Industry)

Real Trucking, Inc. is a highly recognized transportation company that provides reliable, efficient, and professional transportation solutions throughout the country.

We are looking for an experienced Controller with a can-do attitude and creative problem-solving skills to join our team. We’re searching for a motivated individual with passion for accounting, who enjoys variety in their day and thrives in a fast-paced environment. By joining our team, you will have an opportunity to make a real impact by utilizing your talents and experience.

**Responsibilities**
- Manage and monitor all accounts, ledgers, and reporting systems ensuring compliance with appropriate GAAP standards and regulatory requirements
- Maintain internal control safeguards for the receipt of revenue, costs and both team and organizational budgets and actual expenditures
- In conjunction with the CFO, establish financial and operating benchmarks, budgets, program monitoring, and reporting standards
- Implement consistent accounting policies, practices, and procedures across all programs, upholding federal, state, and local legal standards by remaining knowledgeable about existing, new, and future legislation
- Develop and enforce internal controls to maximize protection of company assets, policies, procedures, and workflow
- Prepare documents by scrutinizing and verifying that all required attachments have been supplied before documents are channeled for approval, posting and payment process
- Initiate payments into the banking system or writing bank checks, while ensuring segregation of duty is strictly for each paid document is strictly observed between posting and payments
- Ensure payments and all other processes are in compliance with internal control policy and other policies
- Maintaining document workflow system and ensuring the document workflow template is fully updated with daily posting and payments made
- Reconcile financial discrepancies and errors as reported by collecting and analyzing account information
- Prepare financial reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing account information and trends
- Prepare the weekly payroll
- Reconcile bank accounts and clear any discrepancies in the balances by researching and analyzing the account information

**Knowledge and Qualifications**
- Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting
- 3 years of experience working in accounting
- Experience working in Trucking industry
- Deadline-Oriented, Reporting Research Results, Time Management and Data Entry Management.
- 1-2 years of QuickBooks Enterprise or similar electronic accounting software experience
- Knowledge of the full accounting cycle
- High level of deductive reasoning
- Ability to problem-solve and take initiative to resolve issues
- Excellent communication skills (verbal and written) in English
- Exceptional follow-through skills

**We offer an excellent salary and benefits package, which includes**:

- 401 (k) Retirement Plan with company match
- Medical Insurance, Dental and Vision Insurance
- Paid Holidays
- Paid Vacation
- Paid Sick and Personal Days
- Life and Disability Insurance options

At Real Trucking, we are committed to maintaining an environment of Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action.

**Benefits**:

- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

**Education**:

- Bachelor's (preferred)

**Experience**:

- Accounting: 3 years (preferred)
- Trucking industry: 2 years (preferred)

Ability to Commute:

- Broadview, IL 60155 (preferred)

Work Location: In person