Remote Controller: Accounting Ops & FP&A for Growth

Urrly; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Urrly is seeking a hands-on Controller to own accounting operations, FP&A support, and acquisition integration in a remote‑first environment. You will partner with senior finance and executives to modernize close processes and reporting while staying close to the GL.

This role emphasizes speed and accuracy, with a direct report and opportunities to scale finance systems, automate workflows, and prepare lender‑ready data as the business grows.

Qualifications

• Strong Controller‑level experience owning accounting operations in a smaller or mid‑sized business.
• Comfortable owning the GL, close, reporting accuracy, and accounting process discipline.
• Meaningful exposure to FP&A, forecasting, variance analysis, budgeting, or board reporting.
• Experience in sponsor‑backed, PE‑backed, VC‑backed environments with speed and reporting focus.
• Experience with professional services, project‑based accounting, fixed‑price services revenue.
• Ability to work with senior finance leadership and improve reporting cadence.

Responsibilities

• Own day-to-day accounting operations across payroll, accounts receivable, accounts payable, reconciliations, month-end close, and reporting workflows.
• Lead the close process with a focus on speed, accuracy, reviewability, and repeatability.
• Maintain clean financial records that support leadership reporting, board reporting, audit readiness, and future lender‑related data requests.
• Oversee and develop one direct report in a senior accountant / accounting specialist capacity.
• Support required registrations, compliance‑related finance administration, and other operational finance needs as they arise.
• Build and improve financial reporting packages so leadership can review results earlier, identify insights faster, and make better decisions.
• Support monthly variance analysis, fluctuation analysis, forecasting, budgeting, and longer‑term planning exercises.
• Help prepare operational finance inputs for board reporting, annual budgeting, sponsor‑backed reporting, audit readiness, and valuation‑related needs.
• Partner with the finance leader on lender‑facing data preparation if and when the company moves into lender relationships.
• Translate accurate accounting outputs into useful finance insights for a scaling professional services business.
• Assess current finance and accounting tech stack and help determine what should be automated, upgraded, or replaced over time.
• Improve capacity in the controller function through better processes and tools rather than simply adding headcount.
• Identify opportunities to automate month‑end close, reconciliations, AP workflows, reporting packages, and recurring data pulls.
• Support future ERP, accounting system, forecasting tool, or related finance systems implementations.
• Help integrate accounting operations for a recently acquired business line.
• Create scalable accounting processes for acquired entities, including fixed‑price services revenue and reporting.

Job description

Urrly is seeking a hands-on Controller to own accounting operations, FP&A support, and acquisition integration in a remote‑first environment. You will partner with senior finance and executives to modernize close processes and reporting while staying close to the GL.

This role emphasizes speed and accuracy, with a direct report and opportunities to scale finance systems, automate workflows, and prepare lender‑ready data as the business grows.