Interim Controller: Accounting Operations & Special Projects

Korn Ferry; Fayetteville (GA); Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Korn Ferry Group is seeking a Controllership Consultant to provide hands-on support during year-end close, audit prep, and a major back-office systems transformation. This role collaborates with the controllership team to strengthen processes, resolve reconciliations, and improve documentation in a high-volume, project-based environment.

The successful candidate will lead process reviews, assess reconciliations, support monthly close and revenue recognition, and communicate findings to

Qualifications

• Senior-level, hands-on accounting or controllership experience.
• Strong month-end and year-end close, reconciliations, and audit readiness.
• Experience improving accounting processes, SOPs, and internal controls.
• Experience working with large volumes of data and ERP systems.
• Proficiency with Power BI for analytics and trend identification.

Responsibilities

• Update process documentation and control narratives reflecting current practices.
• Lead review of SOPs for reconciliations across the organization.
• Assess reconciliation procedures for completeness and accuracy.
• Investigate and resolve outstanding reconciliation issues and exposures.
• Support month-end and year-end close activities with analysis.
• Assist with audit preparation, including schedules and documentation.
• Support revenue recognition and accrual activities in a project-based environment.
• Review revenue accruals for accuracy and compliance.
• Analyze data to identify trends and discrepancies.
• Communicate progress, risks, and actions to accounting leadership.

Skills

Senior accounting

Month-end close

Revenue recognition

Audit readiness

Process improvement

Project management

Cross-functional teamwork

Stakeholder communication

Tools

Power BI

ERP systems

MS Excel

Job description

We have partnered with our client in their search for a Controllership Consultant to provide hands‑on support to the accounting organization during year‑end close, annual audit preparation, and a significant back‑office systems transformation. This consultant will work closely with the controllership team to strengthen accounting processes, resolve reconciliation issues, improve documentation and controls, and support revenue accounting in a high‑volume, project‑based environment. Hybrid 3-4 days a week in Fayetteville, Georgia.

Responsibilities

• Update accounting process documentation and internal control narratives to reflect current practices, responsibilities, and controls.
• Lead the review of standard operating procedures for account reconciliations across the organization and its subsidiaries.
• Assess reconciliation procedures for completeness, accuracy, and clarity, and partner with process owners to address identified gaps.
• Investigate and resolve outstanding reconciliation issues, including discrepancies and potential financial statement exposures.
• Support month‑end and year‑end close activities through account analysis and other accounting deliverables.
• Assist with annual audit preparation, including prepared‑by‑client schedules, supporting documentation, and responses to auditor requests.
• Support monthly revenue recognition and accrual activities in a high‑volume, project‑based environment.
• Review and challenge revenue accruals for accuracy, supporting evidence, and compliance with accounting requirements.
• Analyze operational and financial data to identify trends, anomalies, and discrepancies.
• Identify practical opportunities to strengthen accounting processes, documentation, and internal controls.
• Build repeatable processes and reporting that support a sustainable future‑state operating model.
• Independently manage assigned projects, coordinate with stakeholders, and communicate progress, risks, and recommended actions to accounting leadership.
• Provide flexible support across additional controllership priorities as business needs evolve.

Required Qualifications

• Senior-level, hands‑on accounting or controllership experience.
• Strong understanding of month‑end close, year‑end close, account reconciliations, revenue recognition, accruals, and audit‑readiness requirements.
• Experience reviewing, documenting, and improving accounting processes, standard operating procedures, and internal controls.
• Experience working with large volumes of operational and financial data.
• Strong Power BI skills, including demonstrated experience using analytics to identify trends, anomalies, and discrepancies.
• Experience working across multiple ERP environments.
• Ability to investigate complex accounting issues, assess potential financial statement exposure, and recommend practical solutions.
• Strong project management, stakeholder coordination, and executive communication skills.
• Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, and deliver results in a changing environment.