Senior Controller | PE-Backed Home Services Platform | Path to VP of Finance

Jobot; Georgia; On-site; USD 135,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance bonus

Full benefits

Job summary

Jobot in Atlanta, GA seeks a Senior Controller to own the finance function end-to-end. In year one, bring books in-house, close monthly, and manage AR/AP/inventory while reporting to the PE sponsor.

You will design an integrated reporting cadence, build a 13-week cash forecast, and prepare board materials. This role leads acquisition accounting and will hire the finance team as the platform grows.

Qualifications

• M&A accounting experience with opening balance sheets and purchase accounting.
• Experience owning a monthly close end-to-end.
• Experience in services/trades/construction or field services with job costing.

Responsibilities

• Bring the books in-house and own the monthly close including AR, AP, and inventory.
• Build internal reporting cadence, KPI reporting, and board package for PE sponsor.
• Stand up 13-week cash forecast and manage lender and covenant reporting.
• Design multi-entity chart of accounts with job-level costing for acquisitions.
• Own acquisition accounting as deals close: opening balance sheets, purchase accounting, payroll, systems migration.
• Lead migration from QuickBooks to platform-grade FSM/accounting stack.
• Hire and build accounting team as the platform grows.

Skills

M&A accounting

Full-cycle accounting

Private equity exposure

Financial reporting

Education

CPA or equivalent

Accounting or finance degree

Tools

ERP/FSM systems

Job description

Senior Controller | PE-Backed Home Services Platform | Path to VP of Finance

$135000 - $155000 per year | Buckhead, GA | On-site | Permanent

Join an established, PE backed company as a Controller with a clear path to VP of Finance.

A bit about us:

We are a private equity backed residential home services platform in metro Atlanta, closing our first acquisition now: an established, profitable, well-reviewed services company with a loyal customer base built over nearly three decades. An aggressive acquisition program and new service lines will take the platform to several times its current size over the next few years, and we are hiring our first finance leader to build the function from the ground up.

Why join us?

A true ground-floor seat: you are the first finance hire, building the close, the reporting, and eventually the team, rather than inheriting someone else's.

A defined growth path: Senior Controller today, VP of Finance as the platform scales, and a CFO pipeline beyond that. This is stated, not implied.

Direct exposure to the private equity sponsor and the board from day one.

Acquisition work from your first quarter: this platform buys and integrates companies as its core strategy, and you own the accounting side of every deal.

Competitive base, 15 to 20% performance bonus, and full benefits.

A values-driven, family-founded culture that prizes honesty, transparency, and doing right by customers and employees.

Job Details

As our Senior Controller, you will own the finance function end to end. In the first year you will:

• Bring the books in-house and own the monthly close, taking AR, AP, and inventory over from the ownership team
• Build the internal reporting cadence, KPI reporting, and the board package for our private equity sponsor
• Stand up a 13-week cash forecast and own lender and covenant reporting
• Design a multi-entity chart of accounts with job-level costing that can absorb acquisitions
• Own acquisition accounting as deals close: opening balance sheets, purchase accounting, payroll and systems migration
• Lead the eventual migration from QuickBooks to a platform-grade field service and accounting stack
• Hire and build the accounting team underneath you as the platform grows

Qualifications

• Hands-on M&A accounting experience is required: you have personally built opening balance sheets, run purchase accounting, or integrated an acquired company's books
• Full-cycle accounting ownership: you have personally run or built a monthly close, not just participated in one
• Experience in a services, trade contractor, construction, distribution, or field services business; job costing fluency strongly preferred
• Comfortable being the entire finance function on day one in a small, fast-growing company with lean systems
• Systems implementation experience: you have led or co-led an accounting or ERP/FSM conversion
• Experience reporting to a private equity sponsor or lender is a strong plus
• CPA or equivalent preferred; degree in accounting or finance

This is an on-site role in metro Atlanta

Jobot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We provide an inclusive work environment that celebrates diversity and all qualified candidates receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age (40 and over), disability, military status, genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Jobot also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories. It is Jobot’s policy to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws respecting consideration of unemployment status in making hiring decisions.

Sometimes Jobot is required to perform background checks with your authorization. Jobot will consider qualified candidates with criminal histories in a manner consistent with any applicable federal, state, or local law regarding criminal backgrounds, including but not limited to the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring and the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

Information collected and processed as part of your Jobot candidate profile, and any job applications, resumes, or other information you choose to submit is subject to Jobot's Privacy Policy, as well as the Jobot California Worker Privacy Notice and Jobot Notice Regarding Automated Employment Decision Tools which are available at jobot.com/legal.

By applying for this job, you agree to receive calls, AI-generated calls, text messages, or emails from Jobot, and/or its agents and contracted partners. Frequency varies for text messages. Message and data rates may apply. Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages. You can reply STOP to cancel and HELP for help. You can access our privacy policy here: jobot.com/privacy-policy