Controller

Overview

This permanent leadership role leads the organization’s accounting and financial reporting function, ensuring accurate, timely, and compliant financial results across U.S., European, and offshore operations. Responsibilities include owning the close and reporting process, accounting policy, and the control environment, while partnering with the CFO, auditors, lenders, and executive leadership as the finance function matures. The role operates with imperfect information and focuses on quickly identifying and implementing changes needed to produce quality, decision-useful financial results and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Own the monthly, quarterly, and annual close, including setting a disciplined close calendar and driving continuous improvement in speed and accuracy
• Lead consolidated financial reporting across entities and currencies under both US GAAP and IFRS, including management, lender, board, and audit reporting
• Design, implement, and maintain accounting policies, procedures, and internal controls; ensure compliance with US GAAP, IFRS, and applicable statutory requirements
• Lead the transition from an entrepreneurial style to a well-controlled environment through risk-based control design, implementation, and monitoring
• Lead and develop the accounting organization, including revenue, cost, and capital accounting; financial reporting; accounts payable; and offshore teams
• Oversee accounting for guest deposits, cruise revenue, travel advisor commissions, ship operations, and related balance sheet accounts
• Direct review of complex or non-routine transactions such as leases, charters, debt, and ship capital projects
• Manage the relationship with external auditors and coordinate audit preparation, requests, and remediation
• Partner with Tax, Treasury, and FP&A to ensure alignment between planning, cash, tax, and reported results
• Assess the accounting team’s capacity and structure; build processes, tools, and automation—including AI-enabling processes—to reduce manual work
• Provide clear financial insight and recommendations to the CFO and senior leadership
• Identify and help implement the changes needed to deliver quality, decision-useful financial results and reporting

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance; CPA required
• 10+ years of progressive accounting experience, including 5+ years leading teams
• US GAAP and IFRS reporting experience required
• Deep understanding of accounting in a multi-currency environment required
• Strong understanding of process and internal controls, including experience designing and implementing them and the ability to lead the transition from an entrepreneurial style to a well-controlled environment (SOX 404 compliance is not required)
• Demonstrated experience running a close and managing an external audit
• Hands-on NetSuite experience required; proficiency with consolidation tools and advanced Excel
• Experience improving processes and implementing systems or automation
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence senior stakeholders
• Ability to operate with imperfect information and exercise sound judgment to keep moving while data quality improves

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with international operations
• Public accounting experience
• Travel, hospitality, or consumer-facing experience
• Interest in and practical experience with AI enablement, with the ability to apply AI-enabled tools and processes to improve how finance work gets done

Compensation & Benefits

Not specified in the provided description.

Location

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