Employment

Avery Brewing Company Assistant Controller position

Avery Brewing Company in Boulder, Colorado is seeking a beer passionate, accounting-minded individual to join the Avery family as we grow from the 35,000 barrels in 2011 to whatever the future holds in store for us and as we work to build a new brewery. The Assistant Controller position will work closely with the CFO to help manage the brewery's current and future finances.

Skills/Qualifications for Assistant Controller:

• The assistant controller candidate should have a Bachelor's degree in accounting or business administration with an accounting major, or equivalent business experience and 2+ years of progressively responsible experience in public accounting or in a corporate business environment. Preference will be given to candidates with the Certified Public Accountant or Certified Management Accountant designations, or with sufficient qualifications and experience to sit for the Certified Public Accountant examination.
• Accounting, SFAS Rules, Reporting Skills, Deadline-Oriented, Time Management, Attention to Detail, Confidentiality, PC Proficiency (Excel, Word, adaptability to accounting packages), Productivity, Verbal Communication, General Math Skills are all desired traits for the assistant controller candidate
• Experience with day-to-day accounting tasks such as Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Costing in a Production Environment and flexibility to take on any type of task is desirable

Duties:

• Assists in preparation of consolidated internal and external financial statements by gathering and analyzing information from the general ledger system and from departments.
• Maintains and balances an automated consolidation system by inputting data; scheduling required jobs; verifying data.
• Assist CFO in preparing monthly financial statements and supporting documentation, including preparing of bank reconciliations, monthly excise tax reporting, preparation and filing of brand registrations for new beers, preparation and filing of sales and use tax reports.
• Assist CFO in oversight over credit card expenditures on company credit cards, including matching of receipts to credit card expenditures, and analysis of employee expenditures compared to stated monthly allowances.
• Assist in accumulation of payroll information for monthly payrolls, including computation of hours worked for hourly employees, tips earned for tipped employees, fluctuating overtime computations for salaried employees on flexible work schedules, and commissions for sales representatives.
• Assist in translation of Tap room point of sale records to entry in accounting software on a monthly basis, including recording of charitable donations, promotional beer and merchandise activity and accounting for employee beer.
• Assist in period end physical inventories of ingredients, packaging materials, promotional materials, finished and unfinished beer as needed. Assist CFO in maintaining current and average cost data for all inventory items.
• Assist in maintaining product cost schedules and be instrumental in converting product costing from current platform to new accounting software at the time of installation and implementation.
• Analyze information and company options by developing spreadsheet reports; verifying information for special projects proposed by CFO, President, Director of Brewing Operations and National Sales Director.
• Assist in analyses and review of Avery Brewing Company beer inventory levels at our distributors through review of data obtained from Vermont Information Processing in order to review customer purchase orders and evaluate if orders are proper for their needs based on inventory levels, sales rates and other factors.
• Prepares general ledger entries by maintaining records and files; reconciling accounts.
• Prepares payments by accruing expenses, reviewing supporting documentation for expenses (match of receiving documents to billing documents); assigning account numbers; requesting disbursements; reconciling accounts.
• Assist in developing and implementing accounting procedures by analyzing current procedures; recommending changes.
• Answers accounting and financial questions by researching and interpreting data.
• Provide accounting support for conversion of accounting system from current platform to new accounting software which is expected to be selected in coming months. Assist in conversion by reviewing financial information; converting data to current general ledger system; obtaining historical financial information for upload into new accounting software, and obtaining other supplementary information for successful transition to new accounting software and preparation of financial statements in the new environment.
• Protects organization's value by keeping information confidential.
• Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations.
• Accomplishes accounting and organization mission by completing related tasks as needed for compliance with internal and external time lines or deadlines.

Competitive compensation based on experience and qualifications, with benefits including health and dental insurance, 401(k) profit sharing plan, paid vacations and holidays, and other fringe benefits.

Interested individuals please provide a cover letter and resume to jon@averybrewing.com for consideration, with the subject line "Assistant Controller position".

Jon Moldenhauer

Chief Financial Officer

Avery Brewing Company

5763 Arapahoe Avenue, Ste E

Boulder, CO 80303

Phone 303-440-4324

Fax 303-786-8790