Controller

Jobot; Miami (FL); On-site; USD 135,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base salary

Performance bonus

Full benefits

Job summary

Jobot is seeking a Senior Controller to lead the new finance function for a PE-backed home services platform. You will own the end-to-end finance operations, close, reporting, and liquidity planning in a fast-growth environment, with a path to VP of Finance as the platform scales.

You will drive acquisition accounting, multi-entity governance, and system migrations, while building a team to support the growing needs of the business.

Qualifications

• Hands-on M&A accounting experience: opened balance sheets, ran purchase accounting, or integrated acquired books.
• Full-cycle accounting ownership: managed monthly close from start to finish.
• Experience in services/contracting/field services with strong job costing.
• Comfortable owning the entire finance function in a fast-growing, lean environment.
• Systems implementation leadership in accounting/ERP/FSM migrations.
• Experience reporting to PE sponsors or lenders is a plus.
• CPA or equivalent preferred; degree in accounting or finance.
• On-site role in metro Atlanta.

Responsibilities

• Bring the books in-house and own the monthly close (AR, AP, inventory).
• Build internal reporting cadence and board package for PE sponsor.
• Stand up a 13-week cash forecast and covenant reporting.
• Design a multi-entity chart of accounts with job-level costing for acquisitions.
• Own acquisition accounting: opening balance sheets, purchase accounting, payroll migration.
• Lead migration from QuickBooks to a platform-grade FSM/accounting stack.
• Hire and build the accounting team as the platform grows.

Skills

M&A accounting

Full-cycle accounting

Job costing

Private equity reporting

ERP implementation

CPA preferred

Finance leadership

On-site at Atlanta

Education

CPA or equivalent

Accounting/Finance degree

Job description

Job title: Senior Controller | PE-Backed Home Services Platform | Path to VP of Finance

Salary: $135,000 to $155,000 base + 15 to 20% bonus

Job type: Permanent, direct hire

A Bit About Us

We are a private equity backed residential home services platform in metro Atlanta, closing our first acquisition now: an established, profitable, well-reviewed services company with a loyal customer base built over nearly three decades. An aggressive acquisition program and new service lines will take the platform to several times its current size over the next few years, and we are hiring our first finance leader to build the function from the ground up.

Why Join Us?

• A true ground-floor seat: you are the first finance hire, building the close, the reporting, and eventually the team, rather than inheriting someone else's.
• A defined growth path: Senior Controller today, VP of Finance as the platform scales, and a CFO pipeline beyond that. This is stated, not implied.
• Direct exposure to the private equity sponsor and the board from day one.
• Acquisition work from your first quarter: this platform buys and integrates companies as its core strategy, and you own the accounting side of every deal.
• Competitive base, 15 to 20% performance bonus, and full benefits.
• A values-driven, family-founded culture that prizes honesty, transparency, and doing right by customers and employees.

As our Senior Controller, you will own the finance function end to end. In the first year you will:

• Bring the books in-house and own the monthly close, taking AR, AP, and inventory over from the ownership team
• Build the internal reporting cadence, KPI reporting, and the board package for our private equity sponsor
• Stand up a 13-week cash forecast and own lender and covenant reporting
• Design a multi-entity chart of accounts with job-level costing that can absorb acquisitions
• Own acquisition accounting as deals close: opening balance sheets, purchase accounting, payroll and systems migration
• Lead the eventual migration from QuickBooks to a platform-grade field service and accounting stack
• Hire and build the accounting team underneath you as the platform grows

Qualifications:

• Hands-on M&A accounting experience is required: you have personally built opening balance sheets, run purchase accounting, or integrated an acquired company's books
• Full-cycle accounting ownership: you have personally run or built a monthly close, not just participated in one
• Experience in a services, trade contractor, construction, distribution, or field services business; job costing fluency strongly preferred
• Comfortable being the entire finance function on day one in a small, fast-growing company with lean systems
• Systems implementation experience: you have led or co-led an accounting or ERP/FSM conversion
• Experience reporting to a private equity sponsor or lender is a strong plus
• CPA or equivalent preferred; degree in accounting or finance
• This is an on-site role in metro Atlanta