Senior Director, Controller

Mile Marker LLC; New York (NY); On-site; USD 160,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Mile Marker LLC, a modern omnichannel agency, seeks a Senior Director, Controller to own financial reporting, close, and control environment. You will partner with the CFO, lenders, and PE sponsor, delivering accurate results in a fast-paced, project-based setting.

You will lead a high-performing finance team, drive scalable processes, oversee ASC 606 revenue, treasury, and integration efforts for growth and potential M&A activity.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive accounting experience.
• Deep technical GAAP knowledge, including ASC 606 revenue recognition.
• Experience in a private-equity-backed or leveraged environment with covenant reporting.
• M&A experience spanning diligence, purchase accounting, and post-close integration.
• Strong treasury and cash management skills, including 13-week forecasting.
• Proven leader of accounting teams with staff development.
• ERP implementation or optimization; advanced Excel.
• Ability to present clearly to executive leadership, the board, lenders, and PE sponsors.

Responsibilities

• Own the month-end close process with clean, timely, and well-documented reconciliations.
• Own GL accounting, journal entries, accruals, and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Own revenue recognition (ASC 606) in project/services environment (WIP, prebill, interco).
• Manage payroll accounting and capex planning, depreciation, fixed assets subledger.
• Lead annual GAAP financial audit with external auditors.
• Design and maintain internal controls (SOX-lite) and remediation.
• Oversee expense management policy including credit card reviews.
• Treasury oversight: cash controls, wires, banking admin; 13-week cash forecast.
• Manage working capital across AR, AP, WIP; covenant reporting and updates.
• Prepare quarterly lender compliance pack; lead PE reporting and liaison.
• Lead financial diligence for M&A; data room prep; PPA; opening balance sheet.
• Develop ERP and financial systems integration; harmonize COA; earnout tracking.
• Lead, mentor, and develop accounting team; partner with FP&A on budgeting and KPIs.

Skills

GAAP knowledge

ASC 606

Agency accounting

PE/Lender reporting

M&A experience

Treasury & cash mgmt

Team leadership

ERP systems

Excel proficiency

Communication to execs

Tools

WorkBook

Ramp

Job description

We are a modern omnichannel agency uniquely connecting data, creative and media to accelerate results for growth marketers. Mile Marker is an agency where content fuels performance, media drives outcomes, and data underpins an engine that eliminates the gaps that slow down enterprise growth marketers. This unified growth engine feeds a learning system within Relay, our open-powered marketing stack, ensuring every impression, message and experience is built for a business outcome. Mile Marker’s client roster includes FreshPet, DoorDash, Spectrum, Webster Bank, TrueGreen, HelloFresh and Harry’s, among others.

We are a team of strategists, media experts, creatives, innovators and analysts. Over 100 Milers (our humans) strong with hybrid-offices in New York City and San Francisco.

As Senior Director, Controller you will own the integrity of Mile Marker's financial reporting, accounting operations, and control environment. You will excel in this role if you can run a tight, timely, and accurate close, strengthen internal controls, and serve as a trusted partner to the CFO, our lenders, and our private equity sponsor. This is a hands-on leadership role in a fast-paced, project-based agency environment: you will be accountable for day-to-day accounting excellence while building a high-performing team and the scalable processes that support Mile Marker's continued growth and M&A activity.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Accounting Operations & Financial Close

• Own the month-end close process, driving toward a faster, cleaner, and more predictable close with well - documented reconciliations.
• Own GL accounting and journal entries, standard accruals, and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Own revenue recognition (ASC 606) in a project- and services-based environment, including WIP, prebill, and interco netting.
• Manage payroll accounting and accruals, and lead capex planning, depreciation, and the fixed-asset subledger.

Controls, Audit & Compliance

• Lead the annual GAAP financial audit, including PBC planning and tie-outs, as the primary point of contact for external auditors.
• Design, implement, and maintain internal financial controls (SOX-lite), including control walkthroughs and remediation.
• Own expense management policy and compliance, including credit card and expense report review and enforcement.

Treasury, Cash & Working Capital

• Own treasury oversight, including cash controls, wires, and banking administration.
• Own short-term (13-week) and long-term/indirect cash flow forecasting.
• Manage working capital across AR, AP, and WIP, including AR aging follow-up, AP lookahead, and reserve reviews.
• Own debt covenant reporting and forward covenant forecasting.
• Prepare the quarterly lender compliance pack, including compilation and narrative tailoring.
• Lead PE reporting and analysis, including covenant and addback reviews and lender/PE briefings.
• Own the financial commentary and KPI trends within board reporting, and maintain executive scorecard tracking.

M&A & Integration

• Lead initial financial diligence, data room preparation, purchase price accounting (PPA), and opening balance sheet setup.
• Drive ERP and financial systems integration, chart of accounts harmonization, and integration of the financial reporting cadence.
• Develop and track earnout models, accruals, and true-ups.

Systems, Team & Partnership

• Own the finance systems environment (ERP and planning tools such as WorkBook and Ramp), including releases and UAT.
• Lead, mentor, and develop the accounting team, establishing clear task ownership, delegation, and cross-training with FP&A.
• Partner with FP&A on budgeting, forecasting, business-unit P&L, variance analysis, KPI dashboarding, and the cost-to-serve model.

QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIRED SKILLS

• 10+ years of progressive accounting experience, including several years in a Controller or Assistant Controller capacity.
• Deep technical GAAP knowledge, including ASC 606 revenue recognition; project-based, percentage-of-completion, or agency/professional-services accounting experience strongly preferred.
• Experience in a private-equity-backed or leveraged environment, including covenant compliance, lender reporting, and PE/portfolio reporting.
• M&A experience spanning diligence, purchase accounting, and post-close integration.
• Strong treasury and cash management skills, including 13-week cash forecasting and working capital optimization.
• Proven leader of accounting teams with a track record of delegating effectively, developing staff, and improving processes and systems.
• Strong systems acumen, including ERP implementation or optimization; advanced Excel; experience with tools such as WorkBook and Ramp a plus.
• High EQ and exceptional communication skills, with the ability to present clearly to executive leadership, the board, lenders, and PE sponsors.

The pay range for this role is:

$160,000-$180,000 per year (New York, NY)