Controller

About This Role

This Controller role entails taking ownership of financial reporting for a diverse client portfolio, ensuring GAAP compliance and providing actionable insights to management, boards, and investors. The position requires a leader skilled in mentoring accounting teams, managing client engagements, and driving process improvements to enhance efficiency and accuracy.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the preparation and accuracy of financial statements, including select non-GAAP KPIs
• Explain how financial results are derived, detailing account components and variance analysis
• Field nuanced questions from client management, board, and investors regarding financial reporting
• Act as a GAAP Accounting Subject Matter Expert for complex financial reporting, revenue recognition, equity accounting, and inter-company activity
• Conduct technical accounting research and implementation
• Responsible for internal controls and compliance and audit & regulatory filings support
• Ensure client compliance with applicable accounting, tax, and regulatory requirements
• Collaborate with external experts for income tax, sales tax, reporting requirements, and payroll
• Offer practical, innovative solutions to daily operational challenges to enhance efficiency and accuracy
• Lead and mentor a team of accounting professionals, guiding best practices, career development, and performance
• Oversee the successful execution of client engagements and implement project management processes
• Support scheduling and resource allocation, monitoring team capacity and adjusting schedules

Requirements

• Experience in a multi-client environment
• Deep accounting experience within multiple industries
• Successfully demonstrated the ability to hit deadlines and manage a team to hit deadlines
• Experience as lead accountant in rapidly growing firm(s)
• Minimum 3-5 years of experience as a Controller
• 2+ years of audit work as an auditor in CPA firm

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting
• Minimum 3-5 years of experience as a Controller and 2+ years of audit work in a CPA firm

Nice to Have

• Master’s in Accounting and/or CPA license preferred

Benefits