Controller, Hands-On Leader of a Lean Finance Team at a $50M B2B Services Company | 3677096

𝗢𝘄𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗮𝘁 𝗮 $𝟱𝟬𝗠 𝗕𝟮𝗕 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘆.

𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗲

Our client is a privately held B2B services company doing roughly $50 million in revenue, with a leadership team that values straight answers and clean numbers. Finance is a lean, capable team, and the company wants a Controller who will run accounting day to day and lead that team into its next chapter. The work is not exotic: clean closes, accurate payroll, disciplined cash, and reporting leadership can trust. What makes it interesting is how much of the business runs through payroll, so accuracy and controls there matter every single cycle.

𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲

• You close the books yourself and lead the people who help you do it

• You hold yourself to getting payroll and the close right, every single cycle

• You are steady, fair and clear, the kind of leader a strong team wants to follow through a transition

• You like a lean team where your work is visible and your judgment matters

This is not the seat for someone who wants to set strategy from a distance, or whose recent work is mostly FP&A or public accounting. The split is roughly half hands-on accounting, half leadership.

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝘄𝗻

• The monthly, quarterly and year-end close, the general ledger, reconciliations and financial statements

• Payroll accounting and controls across more than one entity and more than one state

• Billing, AR and AP oversight, including the checks that make sure every customer is invoiced correctly

• Cash, banking relationships and the line of credit

• Budgets and budget-to-actual reporting for the CEO and leadership team

• The annual audit or review, outside tax coordination, and 401(k) administration

• Helping finish a systems upgrade that is already underway

• Leading four direct reports across accounting, payroll, AR and AP

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴

• A degree in accounting or finance (bachelor's or higher)

• Eight or more years in accounting, with real time spent running the function as a Controller or Assistant Controller and managing people

• Hands-on ownership of the close, the general ledger and reconciliations, not only oversight

• The ability to work on site in San Diego five days a week

𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗹𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗱

• Experience in a services business where payroll is the largest cost

• Payroll across several states, and books that span more than one entity

• Experience leading or supporting an ERP implementation

• Audit, banking and line-of-credit relationships you have owned yourself

• A CPA

𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗳𝗶𝘁𝘀

• Annual bonus of up to 10% of compensation, tied to company performance

• Medical, dental, vision and 401(k)

• Full time, on site five days a week in San Diego

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆

Apply right here on LinkedIn with your resume. That is all we need to get started, and we will contact you directly.

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