Assistant Controller - Gaming Enterprise
Mystic Lake Casino Hotel
2400 Mystic Lake Casino Hotel
Prior Lake,
MN
55372
Description
Join Mystic Lake Casino at a transformative stage of growth as our Assistant Controller. In this highly visible leadership role, you will shape and strengthen the accounting organization, ensuring financial accuracy, scalable processes, and strong internal controls. You'll also have the opportunity to mentor and develop a talented team while helping build the foundation for the company's next phase of success. Enjoy weekly pay, health benefits, and 401K starting day one. Whatever your career goals may be, let Mystic Lake Casino help get you there!
Elevate & Thrive: Key Responsibilities:
- Leads staff and functions of corporate accounting, accounts payable, and retail audit.
- Provides work direction, assigns tasks, oversees processes, and ensures compliance with GAAP and other pertinent regulations.
- Coordinates the monthly financial closing process, ensuring that all entries and accruals are accurately reflected in financial reports; review financial data for accuracy and proper classification.
- Generates and distributes financial reports to management and the Board of Directors, requiring a strong understanding of company operations to ensure accurate reporting.
- Maintains the company’s system of accounts and records for all transactions and assets; oversees the chart of accounts, fixed asset system, and capital reporting process.
- Documents and updates operational process and procedures for the Corporate Finance department to support consistency and compliance.
- Monitors daily cash activity and general cash management to ensure optimum investment levels; oversees bank balances.
- Manages accounts receivable processes to accelerate cash receipts and ensure proper and timely disbursements.
- Prepares and manages GASB 87 and GASB 96 entries to ensure compliance.
- Prepares and distributes monthly and quarterly variance analyses to support management decision-making.
- Leads financial process improvements and supports enterprise-wide transformation projects, including ERP implementation and optimization
- Collaborates closely with the Payroll function to ensure accounting alignment.
- Interviews, selects and promotes team members; provides training and development to ensure strong team performance; mentors and develops team members to support individual growth and overall team effectiveness; completes annual reviews and proactively managers team member performance; fosters a collaborative and accountable work environment.
Job Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance required.
- 5+ years of progressive accounting and 2+ years of people leadership experience.
- Expert knowledge of GAAP and GASB standards.
- Skilled in implementing financial reporting best practices.
- Experience with ERP systems (NetSuite strongly preferred) and financial system improvements.
- Proven ability to lead teams, develop staff, and build an engaged, high-performing accounting function.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with high attention to detail.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
- Ability to thrive in a dynamic, growing organization.
- CPA preferred
Outstanding Benefits & Awesome Perks: Enjoy competitive weekly pay, outstanding benefits, and advancement opportunities at the SMSC Gaming Enterprise. Eligible Team Members are offered a comprehensive benefits package include medical, dental, life and disability insurance, onsite medical clinics and pharmacy, 401(k) retirement plan, paid time off, wellness programs and more. Plus, take advantage of perks like discounts on childcare, fuel, bus passes and fitness membership, free uniforms and free uniform cleaning, and tuition reimbursement.
Who We Are: We're not just in the business of entertainment; we're in the business of crafting unforgettable experiences. We believe in the power of possibility, to unite and uplift, rallying around every triumph, big and small. At Mystic Lake and Little Six, every moment is a chance to be the experience.
Different backgrounds, different strengths, and different passions, we value the diversity that everyone brings to the table. Our values are a direct reflection of the diverse communities that we proudly serve, represent, and invest in. We invite you to the place to learn, grow, thrive and lead. Let's create moments that matter, celebrate diversity, and build a brighter future for all.
Be the Experience. Be Bold. Be Mystic.
Equal Opportunity Employer
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About Mystic Lake Casino Hotel
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Mystic Lake Casino located in Prior Lake, MN. Mystic Lake offers a luxurious hotel, an indoor atrium pool and seven unique restaurants, including an award-winning buffet. Mystic Lake is conveniently located 25 minutes from downtown Minneapolis, Mall of America and the airport. The 125,000 square foot casino features 4,000 slots and 100 table games.
In 2018, Mystic Lake opened Mystic Lake Center, a new event space and hotel tower. Offering state-of-the-art technology, this 70,000- square-foot venue hosts groups of all sizes for conferences, expos, weddings and other events. With 766 new and renovated modern hotel rooms, Mystic Lake is one of the largest hotels in the Twin Cities area.
We believe our team members' talent, hard work, dedication and excellent guest service are the keys to the casino's success.
We reward our team members with a great benefits package that includes a competitive wage, shift differentials, 401(k), free uniforms (includes laundering), free beverages and discounted meals while working, discounted gas (8 cents off per gallon) at SDCS Convenience Store, and discounted Dakotah! Sport & Fitness health club membership. In addition, full time team members are eligible for medical and dental insurance, 3 weeks paid time off your first year, discounted on-site daycare, on-site pharmacy, on-site quick clinic, and tuition reimbursement.
About Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community
A Deeply Rooted Community
The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC) is a Community of Dakota people whose ancestors have lived in the region near Shakopee for centuries. The Dakota people are part of the Great Sioux Nation. Historically, the Dakota hunted wild game, fished in the rivers and lakes, gathered wild rice, and aligned their lives with the changing seasons.
Throughout history, Dakota culture has focused on the values of living in harmony with our surroundings and sharing our natural and material resources with others. These values continue to guide the decisions of our government and Community.
Our Commitments
Living a culture that is intertwined with its natural surroundings, the SMSC is committed to bridging its longstanding values with the latest science to help protect and restore wetlands, aquifers, prairies, and forests. The SMSC reservation is home to multiple green roofs, which improve energy efficiency, reduce stormwater runoff, and filter out pollutants. We also maintain and harvest organic, naturally grown fruits and vegetables at Wozupi Tribal Gardens
Utilizing hundreds of solar panels and geothermal temperature control further reduces the SMSC’s conventional energy use.
Our Values
Through our partnerships and collaborations, environmental stewardship activities, and charitable giving, we seek to embody Dakota values each day. Being a good neighbor, good employer, and good steward of the earth is a core part of who we are and what we do.
Sharing
Out of a Dakota tradition of helping others, the SMSC has donated more than $350 million to organizations and causes and has contributed millions more to regional governments and infrastructure such as roads, water and sewer systems, and emergency services. The SMSC is the largest philanthropic benefactor for Indian Country nationally and one of the largest charitable givers in Minnesota.
Good Neighbor
The SMSC regularly works with local governments on mutually beneficial projects, such as roads and infrastructure, which help build a better community for all.
Good Employer
The SMSC bolsters the local economy by providing jobs, donations, and voluntary payments for municipal, county, and state services. Together, the SMSC and the SMSC Gaming Enterprise (Mystic Lake Casino Hotel and Little Six Casino) are the largest employer in Scott County. Through competitive wages and benefits, the SMSC is dedicated to helping its employees build fulfilling lives.
Good Steward of the Earth
Through dozens of land stewardship initiatives, the SMSC seeks to protect and preserve its lands and waters for the next seven generations. Initiatives such as the Organics Recycling Facility and a variety of wind, solar and geothermal systems help the SMSC achieve that goal. Learn more about the SMSC's sustainability initiatives at NativeGreen.
Providing for the Community
As a sovereign nation, the SMSC strives for self-sufficiency and provides for its members, with an emphasis on wellness, cultural preservation, and education. The tribe provides comprehensive health and wellness services, in addition to access to healthy foods grown at Wozupi Tribal Gardens. The SMSC’s cultural center—Hoċokata Ti—serves as a gathering space and cultural activity site for members, and features a gift shop and an immersive educational exhibit open to the public.
Our Employees
With approximately 4,100 employees, the SMSC and SMSC Gaming Enterprise are collectively the largest employer in Scott County. Committed to being a good employer, we are proud that our employees tend to stay with us for a long time – the average tenure is eight years.
Variety of Careers
Our government and enterprises are places where talented and committed people find meaningful work. From an organics recycling facility and tribal garden to golf courses, casino hotels, a water bottling facility and the tribal government, the SMSC's enterprises offer career opportunities for people with all types of skill sets. Our culture creates Minnesota careers that are exciting, rewarding, and inspiring.
Benefits that Support Quality of Life
Our employee benefits go above and beyond the standard benefits package. They include:
- A choice of two medical plans
- Access to our own health and vision clinics
- Reduced copays on most prescriptions at the SMSC pharmacy
- Basic term life insurance and short-term disability insurance
- 401(k) retirement plan with employer contribution
- Discounted gym membership at Dakotah! Sport and Fitness
- Child care discounts at Playworks
- Tuition reimbursement
- Free transportation from Minneapolis and St. Paul for team members
