Director of Accounting/Assistant Controller

Phyton Talent Advisors; Scottsdale (AZ); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

Phyton Talent Advisors seeks a CPA-certified Director-level Assistant Controller for a fast-growing international SaaS company in Scottsdale. This hybrid role requires four days in the office and leads global accounting operations, close processes, and GAAP compliance.

The successful candidate will oversee consolidation, intercompany accounting, and external audits while guiding regional teams and driving process improvements, ERP upgrades, and AI-enabled finance initiatives.

Qualifications

• Strong technical accounting skills and accounting management experience in an international, complex, multi-entity environment.
• NetSuite experience is required.

Responsibilities

• Direct worldwide accounting operations, overseeing close cycles, ledger integrity, reconciliations, consolidation, and intercompany accounting across domestic and international entities.
• Deliver reliable financial statements and management reporting for executives, boards, lenders, and auditors.
• Apply GAAP to complex matters including revenue recognition, leases, equity compensation, software costs, and acquisitions.
• Collaborate with Revenue Operations, FP&A, Tax, and Legal to maintain accurate records and regulatory obligations.
• Strengthen governance by improving control frameworks and compliance documentation; coordinate control assessments and address deficiencies.
• Oversee external audit activities, coordinating evidence requests and implementing corrective actions from audits.
• Lead accounting professionals across regions, setting objectives and developing talent.
• Champion AI-enabled finance operations to reduce manual workloads and improve process accuracy and scalability.
• Advance finance systems through workflow optimization, ERP enhancements, and integrations.
• Advise global controllership on strategic transactions including acquisitions, divestitures, due diligence, and entity reorganizations, identifying liquidity and growth improvements.

Skills

Technical accounting

Intercompany accounting

GAAP

Audit coordination

Tools

NetSuite

Job description

Fast-growing, international SaaS company is seeking a CPA certified Director level Assistant Controller to support and enhance financial operations across multiple regions.

This is a hybrid position that will be 4 days per week in the Scottsdale, Az office.

Responsibilities include:

• Direct worldwide accounting operations, overseeing financial close cycles, ledger integrity, reconciliations, consolidation, and intercompany accounting across domestic and international entities.
• Deliver reliable financial statements and management reporting, including performance analysis, variance investigations, and support for executive, board, investor, lender, and audit requests.
• Evaluate complex accounting matters and ensure appropriate application of GAAP, including revenue recognition, lease accounting, equity compensation, software costs, and acquisition-related transactions.
• Collaborate with Revenue Operations, FP&A, Tax, and Legal to maintain accurate financial records and address accounting, regulatory, and statutory obligations.
• Strengthen internal governance by enhancing control frameworks, maintaining compliance documentation, coordinating control assessments, and resolving identified deficiencies.
• Oversee external audit activities, managing auditor communications, coordinating evidence requests, and implementing corrective actions arising from audit observations.
• Lead and mentor accounting professionals across multiple levels and regions, establishing clear objectives, developing talent, and promoting accountability and high performance.
• Champion AI-enabled finance operations by identifying opportunities to apply emerging technologies, reduce manual workloads, and improve process accuracy and scalability.
• Advance finance systems and transformation initiatives through workflow optimization, reporting automation, ERP enhancements, and support for integrations and organizational changes.
• Advise global controllership leadership on strategic transactions, including acquisitions, divestitures, due diligence, and entity reorganizations, while identifying opportunities to improve liquidity, operational performance, and sustainable growth.

Qualified candidates MUST have strong technical accounting skills and accounting management experience in an international, complex, multi-entity environment

Netsuite Experience Require

Salary 150-185k Base DOE plus bonus and benefits