Financial Controller

South City Tax; Holladay (UT); Sur place; USD 150 000 - 190 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

401(k) plan

Medical benefits

Professional development

Résumé du poste

South City Tax is seeking a Senior Controller to lead the scalability and integrity of the accounting and financial reporting environment. You will standardize processes across a decentralized organization, strengthen the close, and drive acquisitions integration.

This hands-on leadership role requires technical accounting depth, a builder mindset, and the ability to translate financial information into actionable business insights for the CFO and leadership team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting; CPA preferred
• 10+ years of progressive accounting and finance experience in a multi-entity environment
• Strong command of U.S. GAAP, technical accounting, financial reporting, internal controls, close, consolidation, and audit
• Experience with acquisition accounting and post-close integration
• Proven ability to build or transform accounting teams, processes, systems, and controls in a high-growth environment

Responsabilités

• Own monthly, quarterly, and annual close and consolidation across a multi-entity organization with calendars, ownership, review standards, reconciliations.
• Oversee the general ledger, intercompany activity, eliminations, accruals, revenue/expense recognition, fixed assets, and balance-sheet integrity.
• Prepare and review financial statements, management reporting, supporting schedules, and variance explanations; ensure compliance with U.S. GAAP and debt reporting requirements.
• Lead finance integration from diligence and pre-close planning through opening balance sheets, purchase accounting, and steady-state operations.
• Develop repeatable playbooks and integrate acquired firms into the chart of accounts, close calendar, policies, controls, reporting, and systems.
• Design and maintain scalable internal controls, with segregation of duties and remediation plans across the platform and local offices.

Connaissances

Leadership

GAAP knowledge

Acquisition accounting

Financial reporting

Excel

ERP systems

Executive communication

Multi-entity experience

Formation

Bachelor's degree in Accounting

CPA license

Outils

NetSuite

Workday Adaptive Planning

Description du poste

Description

The Controller is a senior finance leader responsible for the integrity, timeliness, and scalability of the company’s accounting and financial reporting environment. The successful candidate will bring technical depth, a builder mindset, strong operating discipline, and the ability to lead through complexity and change. This role will standardize accounting across a decentralized, multi-entity organization, strengthen the close and control environment, integrate acquisitions, and translate financial information into clear business implications.

This is a hands-on leadership role responsible for building a scalable, disciplined controllership function that supports the Company’s continued growth and acquisition strategy. The successful candidate will bring strong technical accounting and financial leadership, with the ability to standardize processes, strengthen internal controls, accelerate close and reporting, integrate acquisitions, and improve financial visibility and accountability across a decentralized organization.

Who we are:

Platform Accounting Group is a rapidly growing professional services firm providing tax, accounting, assurance, IT consulting, and wealth management services to small and medium-sized businesses and their owners. With more than 50 offices across 15+ states and continued growth ahead, Platform offers a dynamic environment with flexible work arrangements and a strong commitment to professional development and work-life balance.

What you will do:

Accounting, Close & Reporting

• Own monthly, quarterly, and annual close and consolidation across a multi-entity organization, with clear calendars, ownership, review standards, reconciliations, and escalation protocols.
• Oversee the general ledger, intercompany activity, eliminations, accruals, revenue and expense recognition, fixed assets, and balance-sheet integrity.
• Prepare and review financial statements, management reporting, supporting schedules, and variance explanations; ensure compliance with U.S. GAAP, company policies, and debt-reporting requirements.
• Improve the accuracy, speed, consistency, and transparency of financial reporting.

Acquisition Accounting & Integration

• Lead finance integration from diligence and pre-close planning through opening balance sheets, purchase accounting, and steady-state operations.
• Partner with Corporate Development, Legal, Tax, Treasury, FP&A, Operations, and external advisors on transaction accounting, integration risks, and required actions.
• Develop repeatable playbooks and integrate acquired firms into the chart of accounts, close calendar, policies, controls, reporting, and systems while maintaining business continuity.

Technical Accounting, Audit & Controls

• Research and document complex accounting matters, including business combinations, revenue recognition, debt and equity, leases, goodwill, intangible assets, and impairments.
• Lead the external audit, maintain year-round audit readiness, and ensure clear accounting policies, position papers, and supporting documentation.
• Design and maintain scalable internal controls, approval authorities, segregation of duties, and remediation plans across the platform and local offices.
• Strengthen controls over cash, revenue, payroll, payments, expenses, journal entries, master data, system access, and financial reporting.

Systems, Data & Scalability

• Standardize and automate accounting processes to reduce manual work, duplication, and key-person dependency.
• Optimize ERP, consolidation, close-management, accounts payable, expense, and reporting tools; improve data quality, interfaces, access controls, and reporting reliability.
• Establish scalable accounting structures and metrics for close performance, reconciliation quality, audit readiness, control remediation, and acquisition integration.

Strategic Partnership & Leadership

• Serve as a trusted partner to the CFO and leadership team, bringing an accounting, control, cash, and risk perspective to business decisions.
• Translate financial results and technical matters into clear implications and recommended actions; partner with FP&A to align actuals, forecasts, budgets, KPIs, and management reporting.
• Work with operating and acquired-firm leaders to resolve issues, improve accountability, and strengthen financial discipline while balancing partnership with appropriate challenge.
• Lead and develop the accounting organization, establish clear roles and expectations, and build the capacity and operating model required for continued growth.

What we look for:

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or a related field; active CPA license.
• 10+ years of progressive accounting and finance experience, including significant leadership responsibility in a complex, multi-entity environment.
• Strong command of U.S. GAAP, technical accounting, financial reporting, internal controls, close, consolidation, and audit.
• Demonstrated experience with acquisition accounting and post-close finance integration.
• Proven ability to build or transform accounting teams, processes, systems, and controls in a high-growth environment.
• Strong business judgment and the ability to lead through ambiguity, competing priorities, and rapid change.
• Executive-level communication and influence skills, with the ability to translate technical matters into practical business implications.
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel and modern ERP, consolidation, reporting, and close-management tools.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in a private equity-backed, highly acquisitive, decentralized, or multi-location organization.
• Background spanning public accounting and corporate controllership roles.
• Professional services or another people-based services industry background.
• Experience with NetSuite, Workday Adaptive Planning, systems integration, shared services, lender reporting, or board reporting.

Leadership Profile:

• Enterprise-minded builder: Creates repeatable processes, capable teams, and scalable infrastructure that support growth and value creation.
• Strategic partner and operator: Connects accounting to business decisions and converts priorities into owners, milestones, and measurable results.
• Technically credible communicator: Reaches well-supported conclusions and explains them clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Change leader and talent developer: Brings structure to ambiguity, builds adoption, develops people, and reinforces accountability.
• High-integrity steward: Demonstrates sound judgment, transparency, discretion, and an uncompromising commitment to accurate reporting.

Measures of Success:

• Accurate and timely close and consolidated reporting, with clear ownership and fewer late adjustments.
• Acquisitions integrated through a repeatable, well-governed process without disrupting business continuity.
• Strong balance-sheet reconciliations, controls, audit readiness, policy compliance, and timely remediation.
• Greater scalability through standardization, automation, improved data, and reduced manual dependency.
• A high-performing accounting team with clear accountability, stronger capabilities, and capacity aligned with growth.
• Trusted partnership with the CFO, business leaders, acquired firms, auditors, lenders, and other stakeholders.

What we offer:

• Opportunity for advancement within a rapidly growing professional services firm
• Ongoing informal and formal training and development
• Competitive compensation
• 401(k) and medical benefits
• Firm sponsored continuing education.

Where we work:

• This position requires you to be on site in Holladay, UT.