Controller

crunch; Town of Florida (NY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus based on performance

Competitive salary

Health insurance

Paid time off

Job summary

Crunch Fitness seeks a senior Controller to own the close process and lead the transition from outsourced to in-house accounting for a high-growth, multi-club platform. You will drive GAAP-compliant reporting across entities, lead a Sage Intacct migration, and build scalable processes for rapid club expansion.

The role requires 10+ years in accounting, strong GAAP knowledge, SOX-style controls, and experience with multi-state operations.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years of accounting experience, including prior Controller roles.
• CPA preferred.
• Strong knowledge of GAAP.
• Experience with multiple entities and intercompany relationships.
• Experience with Sage Intacct a strong plus.
• Experience supporting an ERP migration.
• Experience in a private-equity environment is a strong plus.
• Franchise or multi-unit consumer-services experience.
• Multi-location, multi-state experience.
• Experience in capital-intensive, asset-heavy operations.
• Professional demeanor and high integrity.
• Hands-on, lean team leadership with scrappy work ethic.

Responsibilities

• Own the monthly, quarterly, and annual close with a timely, repeatable process.
• Reconcile franchise-member billing to GL and validate revenue.
• Prepare GAAP-compliant financial statements across entities.
• Drive Sage Intacct migration, chart-of-accounts design, testing, cutover.
• Lead cash management and treasury activities for new-club builds.
• Design and document internal controls across cash handling and revenue recognition.
• Oversee year-end, audits, and transaction readiness.
• Lead and develop a lean accounting team.

Skills

Accounting leadership

GAAP knowledge

Attention to detail

Hands-on leadership

Scrappy, startup mentality

Team player

High integrity

Strategic thinking

Education

CPA preferred

Tools

Sage Intacct

Job description

Benefits:

• Bonus based on performance
• Competitive salary
• Health insurance
• Paid time off

Job Purpose

Right hand to the CFO, the Controller owns the accuracy, timeliness and integrity of all accounting operations for a private-equity-backed, multi-club Crunch Fitness platform in a high-growth build-out. This is a hands‑on role, fully immersed in improving the company's accounting systems, processes and people — helping drive the transition from an outsourced accounting model to an in-house function and helping execute the implementation of Sage Intacct as the platform's core financial system. The Controller reconciles franchisor‑controlled billing to the general ledger, supports lender covenant and sponsor reporting, and stands up the scalable processes and controls a growing platform requires. Success in this role means an accounting function that can support both rapid new‑club expansion and eventual transaction diligence.

• Minimum of 10 years of accounting experience, including prior experience as a Controller
• CPA preferred
• Strong knowledge of GAAP
• Experience with multiple entities and intercompany relationships
• Experience with Sage Intacct a strong plus
• Experience supporting an ERP migration
• Experience in a private-equity a strong plus
• Franchise or multi-unit consumer-services experience (franchisor-controlled systems, royalty/reporting obligations)
• Multi-location, multi-state experience
• Experience in capital-intensive, asset-heavy operations
• Professional demeanor
• Attention to detail
• Hands on, comfortable leading a lean team
• Scrappy, start-up mentality work ethic
• Low ego, team player
• High integrity

Financial Close & Reporting

• Own the monthly, quarterly, and annual close.
• Build an efficient, repeatable monthly close process focused on a timely, predictable cadence that meets sponsor and lender expectations.
• Reconcile franchisor-controlled membership billing to the general ledger and validate deferred / recurring membership revenue.
• Prepare accurate, GAAP‑compliant financial statements, ensuring consistency across multiple legal entities, clubs, and business units.

Systems Migration & Process Build (Sage Intacct)

• Drive execution of Sage Intacct migration, including chart-of-accounts design, dimensional reporting, testing, data migration and cutover.
• Lead the transition from cash-basis to full accrual accounting
• Stand up scalable, repeatable processes that support rapid new-club onboarding.
• Lead automation of AP, AR, and reconciliations to reduce manual work and outsourced-firm reliance.
• Integrate source systems (ABC Fitness billing, Paylocity payroll, Ramp) into the accounting stack as needed

Internal Controls & Compliance

• Design and document internal controls across cash handling, purchasing, and membership revenue recognition.
• Ensure regulatory compliance (sales/use tax, property tax, and other state/local requirements) across all club locations.
• Conduct periodic self-audits to proactively identify risks and gaps.

Cash Management & Treasury

• Initiate and control wires for new-club real estate/build costs, capital investments, and tax payments.
• Optimize working capital, balancing payables, receivables, and capital expenditure needs across an active build pipeline.

New-Club Build-Out & Fixed Assets

• Own fixed-asset accounting and construction-in-progress (CIP) tracking across the new-build pipeline
• Track and report unit-level capital deployment against budget.

Franchisor Reporting & Compliance

Year End, Audit & Transaction Readiness

Team Leadership & Development

Flexible work from home options available.