Controller Engagement Manager

Overview

This role serves as a Controller Engagement Manager supporting founder-led, growth-stage companies. You will own accounting and financial operations while acting as a strategic finance partner to leadership—ensuring leaders can trust the numbers and use them to make better business decisions.

Responsibilities

• Lead client engagements end-to-end with full ownership of financial integrity
• Own the month-end close, including journal entries, reconciliations, and financial statement preparation
• Maintain general ledger integrity and transaction accuracy across client companies
• Manage AP, AR, payroll, and core accounting processes
• Own cash flow visibility and support capital planning conversations
• Ensure GAAP compliance and help design scalable controls and documentation
• Translate accounting data into clear, decision-ready insights for executive teams
• Lead, develop, and support consultants across your engagements
• Serve as the primary finance and accounting partner to founders and CEOs
• Bridge accounting operations and executive-level decision-making

Requirements

• 5–8 years of progressive accounting or financial operations experience
• Experience leading month-end close, managing accounting teams, and working directly with leadership
• Ability to own outcomes in fast-moving, often ambiguous environments
• Strong problem-solving orientation and comfort prioritizing without perfect direction
• Clear communication with both finance and non-finance stakeholders

Preferred Qualifications

• CPA or CPA-track
• Background as Senior Accountant, Accounting Manager, or Assistant Controller in a growth-stage company or public accounting firm

Compensation & Benefits

• Remote-first with flexible schedules
• Annual fully paid firm-wide team trip

Location

Remote-first; flexible schedule.