Assistant Controller -Remote

Overview

The Assistant Controller is a senior financial leadership role responsible for directing the day-to-day operations of the accounting team and ensuring compliance with GAAP standards. This position manages financial reporting, strengthens internal controls, and oversees the finance team's integration of new acquisitions and new-build locations to support corporate growth.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage monthly, quarterly, and annual financial close processes to ensure timely and accurate reporting.
• Oversee the Finance team's role in the end-to-end integration of new acquisitions and new-build locations, including onboarding veterinary practices, aligning accounting policies, and establishing opening balance sheets.
• Review consolidated financial statements, balance sheet reconciliations, and variance analyses for multi-unit operations.
• Maintain, monitor, and enhance internal control frameworks across all accounting functions to mitigate risk.
• Coordinate external audit processes, serving as the primary point of contact and managing the preparation of provided-by-client (PBC) schedules.
• Partner with cross-functional leadership to streamline financial workflows, improve scalability, and support strategic corporate objectives.
• Provide mentorship, technical guidance, and professional development to the Accounting department.
• Manage complex accounting treatments, including revenue recognition, purchase accounting for acquisitions, and multi-unit lease accounting.
• Assist with ad-hoc financial reporting and special projects as requested by leadership.
• Escalate significant financial risks, issues, or technical accounting questions to senior management.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Supervise, manage performance, and provide leadership to the Accounting team, currently consisting of ten staff members.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Business Administration.
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) preferred; alternatively, demonstrated proficiency with sufficient and relevant experience.
• Minimum of ten years of progressive GAAP accounting experience, including at least three years in a supervisory or senior manager-level role.
• Extensive experience with multi-unit business structures.
• Strong background in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) financial integration and opening accounting for new-build locations.
• Proficiency in NetSuite.
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel, including complex formulas, data analysis, and pivot tables.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite (Teams, OneDrive, SharePoint, Word, PowerPoint).

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience implementing or optimizing accounting software.
• Proven track record in process improvement and scaling accounting operations to support rapid corporate growth.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to draft clear financial policies, internal control documentation, and executive summaries.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate cross-functionally to manage accounting and integration lifecycles.
• Hands-on leadership style with the ability to address complex technical accounting issues while delegating operational tasks effectively.
• Excellent supervisory, analytical, and strategic leadership skills.

Physical Demands

• Regularly required to sit, talk, and hear.
• Occasionally required to stand, walk, and lift or move up to 10 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus.

Working Environment

• Professional office environment.
• Routine use of standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets, and fax machines.

Travel

• This is a remote position with occasional visits to the Support Center office or regional locations for team meetings as needed.

Employment Policy

Equal employment opportunity is provided without regard to age, race, color, sex, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, covered veteran status, or any other status protected by law.