Company Background
With 30 years of experience in cyber defense, DeepSeas is trusted by nearly 1,000 clients around the world, including Fortune 100 enterprises and mid-market organizations, higher education institutions, municipality and local governments, and federal agencies. Known for its programmatic approach to continuously transforming cyber defense programs, DeepSeas is recognized by Gartner as a top 40 provider of MDR and ranked as a top 5 MDR leader in the 2024 Frost Radar™: Global Managed Detection and Response (MDR) Market. In addition to its industry-leading MDR service, DeepSeas offers a full suite of advisory, compliance, and testing services to support clients on their cybersecurity transformation journeys, with an approach to cyber defense that prioritizes technical expertise, tradecraft, and continuous innovation to deliver unparalleled results.
Position Overview
The Assistance Controller is an integral role within the DeepSeas Finance/Accounting organization charged with supporting accounting processes while also establishing new and improving existing processes. The Assistant Controller will also be charged with helping to steward financial performance of the business, specifically in the professional services area of DeepSeas’ business. The role will report into the DeepSeas Controller with exposure to DeepSeas CFO as well as other business leaders across the organization.
Key Responsibilities
Support Controller in managing the organization’s financial operations, including general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, taxation, and treasury.
Prepare and review journal entries and reconciliation items with focus on running company’s revenue recognition processes
Support annual financial statement audit and tax filing
Prepare and file sales tax returns including establishment and management of integration of third-party sales tax software with the general ledger
- Partner with Delivery organization to report on KPIs for organization including revenue (with variance MtM, YtY, vs Budget), Backlog (sold, not delivered), Gross Profit/Margin, Utilization, Headcount
- Assist in managing / implementing financial systems with finance “lead” responsibility around Kantata (project management system)
Spearhead business insurance procurement, renewals, and on-going maintenance
Manage DeepSeas client reimbursable expense process
Ad-hoc financial analysis to support business guided by Controller
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
Bachelors degree in Accounting or Finance
Minimum of 5 years of experience in senior accounting roles (i.e. Accounting Lead, Accounting Manager, Assistant Controller, Controller)
CPA Preferred. Must be able to demonstrate strong knowledge of GAAP and ability to apply GAAP principles
Experience with Quickbooks, financial statements, and financial auditing
Experience working in consulting / professional services business model preferred
Excellent analytical, problem-solving, organizational, and communication skills
Why DeepSeas?
At DeepSeas, we like to say that heart rates go down, careers take off, and security programs mature. Our values provide the ultimate guide for our daily behavior and decisions. Without these values, we aren’t DeepSeas. They preserve the essence of our organization, reflect the personalities of our Deeps (how we affectionately refer to our teammates), and enable us to exceed expectations. Our values are:
- We are client obsessed.
- We stand in solidarity with our teammates.
- We prioritize personal health and well-being.
- We believe in the power of diversity.
- We solve hard problems at the speed of cyber.
This is your chance to join a supportive crew of teammates and an industry-leading organization that values opportunities for growth. If DeepSeas sounds like a good fit for you, send us your resume and let’s talk!
Information security is everyone’s responsibility:
- Understanding and following DeepSeas’s information security policies and procedures.
- Remaining vigilant and reporting any suspicious activity or possible weaknesses in DeepSeas’s information security.
- Actively participating in DeepSeas’s efforts to maintain and improve information
- security.
- DeepSeas considers this position is as Moderate Risk with a potential to
- view/access/download restricted/private client/internal data. This information must be treated with
- sensitivity and in the most secure manner. HR reserves the right to perform random background/drug
- screens to ensure the safety of client/DeepSeas data
