Assistant Controller (CAAS - State and Local Government)
Denver, COFull-time$86–142K/yrPosted 2w agoStill listed today
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CliftonLarsonAllen is hiring an Assistant Controller for its Client Accounting and Advisory Services State and Local Government Practice, based in a Colorado or Utah office. The role manages client accounting functions, advises clients on accounting and finance best practices, oversees multiple engagements and deadlines, and prepares and analyzes financial statements. The position requires four years of relevant accounting or financial experience and a bachelor's degree, though related experience, education, and training may substitute for the degree.
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Full job description
CLA is a top 10 national professional services firm where our purpose is to create opportunities every day, for our clients, our people, and our communities through industry-focused wealth advisory, digital, audit, tax, consulting, and outsourcing services. Even with more than 9,00people, 120 U.S. locations, and a global reach, we promise to know you and help you.
CLA is dedicated to building a culture that invites different beliefs and perspectives to the table, so we can truly know and help our clients, communities, and each other.
About the role:
CLA is looking to hire an Assistant Controller for our Client Accounting and Advisory Service (CAAS) State and Local Government Practice who can sit in our Colorado or Utah office. Our CAAS service helps our clients transform their business with a collaborative approach that allows them to seamlessly mitigate risk, overcome challenges, meet deadlines, and identify personnel to help them with their workforce needs.
As an Assistant Controller, you will:
- Perform Assistant Controller functions as part of the client’s accounting services team and manage these functions for your clients.
- Act as a consultant and advisor to your clients on best practices for accounting and finance-related engagements.
- Provide project management expertise by managing multiple clients, work, and deadlines.
- Prepare and analyze client financial statements and make recommendations.
- Foster and build opportunities for our clients, communities, and people.
- Become an industry professional and attend industry-leading events and training.
- Maintain knowledge of the client’s organizational policies and procedures, federal and state policies and directives, and current accounting standards.
What you will need:
- 4 years of relevant accounting and/or financial experience required.
- Experience in accounting manufacturing and logistics is strongly preferred.
- Bachelor's degree is required. Combination of related experience, education, and training may be accepted in lieu of degree.
- Strong working knowledge of GAAP
- Proficiency in accounting software, e.g. QuickBooks, Intacct, Great Plains, Yardi, MRI, Timberline, Sage, Foundations, Xero, Peoplesoft
Our approach to compensation emphasizes collaboration and career growth. We pay competitive wages and view compensation as an investment in our people. Factors such as geography, experience, education, skills, and knowledge may impact position of pay within the range.
The compensation range for this position in Colorado is: $86,000.00 – $142,000.00
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Wellness at CLA To support our CLA family members, we focus on their physical, financial, social, and emotional well-being and offer comprehensive benefit options that include health, dental, vision, 401k and much more.
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How this job compares
Set against the 4,846 open Accounting jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$86–142K/yr
- Colorado median$89–115K/yr120 salary ranges
- US median$95–140K/yr2,426 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $114K, is 12% above the Colorado median midpoint ($101K) — in the middle half of Accounting salary ranges in Colorado.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 172 open Accounting jobs in Colorado and 4,846 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Colorado
- Cohnreznick LLP16 open
- Prologis Management9 open
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 4 years of experience; Accounting postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (3,575 postings).
- Education
- 2,381 of the 4,846 open Accounting jobs (49%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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