Senior Controller - Shared Services

Kaishin Search; United States; Remote; USD 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Kaishin Search is seeking a Senior Controller for General Ledger Shared Services, driving record-to-report for a growing network of small businesses in a fully remote role in the United States. This leadership role oversees a blended onshore and offshore GL team, owning the close, consolidations, and technical accounting leadership across the network.

You will lead a multi-entity close, partner with finance leaders, and drive process improvements to ensure a clean balance sheet and strong

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive accounting experience, including 4+ years leading GL / record-to-report in a shared services or multi-entity environment.
• Real SOX 404 / public-company experience.
• Experience with OneStream or comparable CPM.
• Track record of leading teams and integrating newly acquired businesses.
• Working-manager mindset: comfortable reviewing a close and doing the work yourself.

Responsibilities

• Close & GL operations (40%) – manage the consolidated close calendar, journals, reconciliations, and fixed assets; drive close quality and speed.
• People leadership (20%) – coach and develop team leads and GL accountants across onshore and offshore teams; build depth and succession.
• Controls & SOX (10%) – maintain a strong control environment and support audit readiness across the network.
• Acquisitions & integration (10%) – bring newly acquired businesses onto standard COA, systems, and close processes.
• Systems & automation (10%) – improve CPM and accounting systems; automate manual tasks.
• Stakeholders & reporting (10%) – partner with business leaders; deliver clear financial reporting.

Skills

10+ years accounting

GL leadership

SOX 404 experience

OneStream CPM

People leadership

Working manager mindset

Tools

OneStream

Job description

Senior Controller – General Ledger Shared Services

I’m recruiting on behalf of a publicly traded, highly acquisitive company that’s been buying well‑run small businesses across the US and building a central finance team to support them – and this is one of the key leadership hires behind that growth.

Who we’re looking for

We’re looking for a roll‑up‑your‑sleeves accounting leader who genuinely loves this work. You light up at the idea of running the close for a whole network of businesses – not from a distance, but from inside it: posting the tricky journal entry yourself when the team needs a hand, digging into a reconciliation that doesn’t tie, and knowing the general ledger inside out. You love managing and developing people, you’re energized by a collaborative team that pulls in the same direction, and you’d rather fix a process than complain about it. If your happy place is a well‑run close, a clean balance sheet, and a team that gets a little better every month, you’ll fit right in. And the best part? This is a fully remote position!

The role

• Own record‑to‑report and the month‑end close for a growing network of small businesses
• Lead the General Ledger Shared Services team — a blended onshore and offshore group
• Act as the go‑to technical accounting and close‑process leader for the network’s finance teams

What you’ll spend your time on

• Close & GL operations (40%) – run the consolidated close calendar; prepare and review journals, reconciliations, and fixed assets; drive close quality and speed
• People leadership (20%) – coach and develop team leads and GL accountants across onshore and offshore teams; build depth and succession
• Controls & SOX (10%) – maintain a strong control environment and support audit readiness across the network
• Acquisitions & integration (10%) – bring newly acquired businesses onto standard charts of accounts, systems, and close processes
• Systems & automation (10%) – improve how the team uses its CPM and accounting systems; find the manual work and automate it
• Stakeholders & reporting (10%) – partner with business leaders across the network; deliver clear, timely financial reporting they can act on

What you bring

• 10+ years of progressive accounting experience, including 4+ years leading GL / record‑to‑report in a shared services or multi‑entity environment
• Real SOX 404 / public‑company experience, and hands‑on knowledge of US GAAP (ASC 606, 842, and 805 exposure is a plus)
• Experience with OneStream or comparable CPM
• A track record of leading teams and integrating newly acquired businesses
• A working‑manager mindset: as comfortable reviewing a close as you are rolling up your sleeves and doing the work yourself