AI-Driven Controller: Lead Modern Finance Ops

Connexa Search Group; Birmingham (AL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Connexa Search Group is sourcing a Controller for a Birmingham-based professional services firm driving AI-powered accounting transformation. You will own the back-office finance function, ensuring a daily-close discipline, and building scalable processes under the CFO’s leadership.

You will design and implement AI workflows for transaction classification, reconciliation prep, and reporting, while managing an Accounting Assistant and collaborating with leadership on strategic initiatives.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of progressive accounting experience.
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance required.
• CPA or CPA-track strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated experience building or fixing close processes and internal controls, not just running existing ones.
• Multi-entity accounting experience and proficiency on a cloud accounting platform.
• Professional services experience strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own the monthly close end to end on a disciplined calendar, including balance sheet reconciliations.
• Lead the development of AI-driven accounting processes: design workflows where AI handles classification, reconciliation prep, report drafting, and variance flagging, while you own review, exceptions, and controls.
• Manage day-to-day accounting operations across a multi-entity structure on a cloud accounting platform.
• Rebuild the credit card reconciliation and transaction classification process, evaluating and recommending software where it makes sense.
• Implement and maintain segregation of duties and internal controls within the firm's finance SOP framework.
• Produce timely, reliable financial reporting for the CFO, leadership, and outside parties including lenders and diligence requests.
• Manage and develop the Accounting Specialist.
• Support annual reconciliation, tax preparation handoff, and audit readiness.
• Continuously improve finance processes and systems as the firm scales.

Skills

Tech-savvy

AI in accounting

Process design

Close processes

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's in Accounting

CPA preferred

Tools

Cloud accounting platform

AI tools

Job description

Connexa Search Group is sourcing a Controller for a Birmingham-based professional services firm driving AI-powered accounting transformation. You will own the back-office finance function, ensuring a daily-close discipline, and building scalable processes under the CFO’s leadership.

You will design and implement AI workflows for transaction classification, reconciliation prep, and reporting, while managing an Accounting Assistant and collaborating with leadership on strategic initiatives.