Controller

Managed Group; United States; Remote; USD 105,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) with match

PTO 18 days

Holidays 12

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Training reimbursement

Gym access

Job summary

MSG Companies is seeking a Controller to own accounting and financial reporting across seven affiliated cybersecurity and technology companies. You will manage the close, consolidations, intercompany accounting, and cash forecasting while maintaining strong internal controls.

The role requires hands-on management of AR/AP, journal entries, and reconciliations, with accountability for accurate month-end reporting and strategic financial analysis.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of progressive accounting experience, including ownership of monthly close.
• Experience with multi-entity and intercompany accounting.
• GAAP knowledge and balance-sheet reconciliations.
• AR/AP oversight and cash forecasting.
• Strong leadership and review of staff work.
• Advanced Excel and financial reporting skills.

Responsibilities

• Own monthly, quarterly, and annual close across seven entities and prepare consolidated financial statements.
• Manage intercompany accounting, allocations, reconciliations, and eliminations; establish close calendar and controls.
• Oversee cash, AR, AP activities, including forecasting, collections, and reconciliations; ensure timely approvals.
• Deliver monthly management reporting, budgeting, and variance analysis; support CFO with lender reporting and acquisitions.
• Review and improve accounting processes; identify automation opportunities without compromising controls.

Skills

Multi-entity accounting

Consolidated financials

Intercompany eliminations

Accounts receivable/payable

Cash forecasting

Advanced Excel

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting/finance

CPA or CMA (valued)

Tools

QuickBooks Enterprise

HaloPSA

Rippling

HubSpot

Job description

MSG Companies is hiring a Controller to own accounting and financial reporting across seven affiliated cybersecurity and technology companies.

You will own the monthly close, consolidated financial reporting, intercompany accounting, cash reporting and forecasting, AR/AP oversight, accounting controls, and the day-to-day operation of the accounting function. You will work at both levels: reviewing consolidated financial statements and tracing discrepancies through the general ledger to the underlying transactions.

Our structure includes a holding company, operating company, and multiple subsidiaries. As companies are acquired or formed, the Controller will be responsible for bringing them into a repeatable accounting and reporting structure.

What you'll do

Close & Financial Reporting

• Own the monthly, quarterly, and annual close across seven legal entities.
• Prepare and review entity-level and consolidated financial statements in accordance with GAAP.
• Maintain the general ledger and review journal entries, accruals, balance-sheet reconciliations, and supporting schedules.
• Own intercompany accounting, allocations, reconciliations, and eliminations.
• Establish the close calendar, accounting procedures, review steps, and internal controls.
• Investigate accounting discrepancies and make sure material balances can be supported and explained.

Cash, AR & AP

• Maintain visibility into cash across all entities, including expected receipts and scheduled disbursements.
• Build and maintain a rolling 13-week cash forecast and compare forecasted activity with actual results.
• Oversee invoicing, collections, aging, cash application, vendor payments, and related reconciliations.
• Establish approval controls and review standards for transactional accounting.
• Remain hands-on enough to investigate exceptions and complete transactional work when required.

Managed Services Accounting

• MRR and ARR reporting.
• Recurring agreement billing and true-ups.
• Software and license reconciliation.
• Deferred and unbilled revenue.
• ASC 606 revenue recognition.
• Job and project costing.
• Customer and service-line profitability.
• Identification of missed billing and margin leakage.
• Deliver monthly management reporting, including budget-to-actual results and variance commentary.
• Analyze revenue, gross margin, working capital, and profitability.
• Support annual budgeting, rolling forecasts, and scenario analysis.
• Support the CFO with lender reporting, covenant calculations, pricing analysis, acquisitions, and other projects requiring reliable financial information.

Tax & Compliance

• Coordinate recurring operational tax compliance across the organization.
• Maintain sales-tax nexus, registration, and exemption-certificate processes.
• Coordinate specialist tax matters with outside advisors.
• Maintain the accounting schedules and documentation required for tax, audit, lender, and transaction-related requests.

Systems & Automation

• Our current systems include HaloPSA, QuickBooks Enterprise, Rippling, HubSpot, and Microsoft 365.
• Experience with our exact technology stack is not required. You should have hands-on experience with QuickBooks or a comparable accounting system.
• You should understand how financial information moves between operating systems and the general ledger, how to reconcile it, and how to identify when something is wrong.
• Identify recurring accounting work that can be standardized or automated without weakening accounting controls or review.

What We Are Looking For

• You should have 6+ years of progressive accounting experience, including experience owning or materially leading a monthly close.
• Multi-entity accounting.
• Consolidated financial statements.
• Intercompany accounting and eliminations.
• General-ledger accounting and balance-sheet reconciliations.
• AR/AP oversight.
• Cash reporting and forecasting.
• Practical multistate sales and use tax experience, including nexus, taxability, exemption certificates, registrations, and recurring compliance.
• Reviewing or managing the work of accounting staff.
• Advanced Excel.
• A bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or a related field is preferred. Equivalent relevant experience will also be considered.
• CPA or CMA credentials are valued but not required.

Experience That Will Help You Ramp Faster

• PE-backed or multi-company organizations.
• MSP, MSSP, IT-services, or cybersecurity companies.
• ASC 606.
• Job costing or project accounting.
• M&A or post-acquisition integration.
• QuickBooks Enterprise.
• Government contractors or Defense Industrial Base customers.

What Success Looks Like

Within your first 90 days, you should understand the accounting structure, material balance-sheet accounts, intercompany relationships, cash position, billing processes, systems, and close procedures across all seven entities.

Within six months, we expect a documented monthly close with defined responsibilities and review steps; reconciled material balance-sheet and intercompany accounts; a reliable 13-week cash forecast; consistent entity-level and consolidated financial reporting; and documented controls for the highest-risk accounting processes.

Within your first year, the accounting function should be able to add another entity without rebuilding its core processes from scratch.

Salary: $105,000-$120,000 per year.

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including an HSA-compatible option.
• 401(k) with company match.
• 18 days of paid time off.
• 12 paid holidays.
• Company-paid group life insurance.
• Company-paid short-term and long-term disability.
• Reimbursement for approved training and advanced certifications.
• On-campus gym access for employees working near the office.