Controller, Accounting Operations – FP&A

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in District of Columbia, +1 more state.

📋 Description

• Take charge of daily accounting operations encompassing payroll, accounts receivable, accounts payable, reconciliations, month-end close, and reporting workflows.

• Spearhead the closing process with an emphasis on efficiency, accuracy, reviewability, and repeatability.

• Ensure maintenance of accurate financial records that facilitate leadership reporting, board reporting, audit readiness, and future lender-related data requests.

• Supervise and mentor one direct report in a senior accountant/accounting specialist role.

• Develop and enhance financial reporting packages to allow leadership to review results sooner, identify insights more rapidly, and make informed decisions.

• Assist in monthly variance analysis, fluctuation analysis, forecasting, budgeting, and long-term planning initiatives.

• Aid in preparing operational finance inputs for board reporting, annual budgeting, sponsor-backed reporting, audit readiness, and valuation-related requirements.

• Evaluate the existing finance and accounting technology stack and contribute to decisions regarding automation, upgrades, or replacements over time.

• Support the integration of accounting operations for a newly acquired business line currently depending on informal or part-time bookkeeping assistance.

⛳️ Requirements

• Robust Controller-level experience managing accounting operations in a smaller or mid-sized enterprise where finance and accounting roles are not overly segmented.

• Comfortable assuming accountability for the general ledger, closing processes, reporting accuracy, and maintaining discipline in accounting procedures.

• Significant exposure to FP&A, forecasting, variance analysis, budgeting, or board reporting, even if your primary expertise lies in accounting.

• Experience in a sponsor-backed, PE-backed, VC-backed, or similarly high-accountability environment where speed, reporting quality, and leadership visibility are crucial.

• Familiarity with professional services, project-based accounting, fixed-price services revenue, or other operationally complex revenue models.

• Experience supporting a business that offers a blend of services and subscription-style revenue, even if project-based accounting has been the more intricate aspect of your experience.

• Involvement in acquisition integration efforts or possess strong related experience in organizing new entities, business lines, systems, and reporting workflows.

• Comfortable collaborating directly with senior finance leadership and serving as a dependable resource for improved reporting, analysis, and operational cadence.

• Hands-on, efficient, precise, and eager to enhance processes while effectively managing the core accounting tasks.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary and performance-based bonuses.

• Comprehensive health and wellness benefits.

• Opportunities for professional development and growth.

• Flexible working arrangements.