VP, Corporate Controller — Growth & Compliance

PlayCore Holdings, Inc.; Chattanooga (TN); On-site; USD 180,000 - 270,000; Full time

Job summary

PlayCore Holdings, Inc. seeks a seasoned executive to lead enterprise accounting, close, consolidation, and financial reporting. The role establishes reporting standards, controls, and documentation robust enough to support growth, acquisitions, and expanding organizational complexity.

You will oversee treasury, data governance, and shared finance services, building a high-performing team and partnering with business units to drive performance and integrity across the financial function.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field.
• At least 12 years of progressive finance or accounting experience, including at least five years leading teams and significant controllership, accounting, consolidation, or financial reporting.
• Experience in a mature, control-based environment with rigorous documentation, review, evidence, financial-reporting discipline, and accountability.
• Experience supporting a multi-site or multi-business.
• Experience implementing or transforming enterprise accounting processes, financial controls, reporting standards, financial systems, automation, or data governance across multiple
• Experience designing, leading, or scaling shared services, centralized transaction processing, or enterprise accounting.
• Demonstrated expertise in U.S. GAAP, consolidated financial reporting, close management, accounting policy, and SOX compliant internal controls.
• Demonstrated ability to balance technical rigor with materiality, risk, pace, and business needs.
• Experience using enterprise financial systems, consolidation tools, reporting platforms, and advanced spreadsheet skills.
• Strong leadership, communication, analytical, organizational and change-management abilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead the enterprise close, consolidation and financial processes and establish clear reporting standards, review protocols, and accountability for financial information.
• Ensure consolidated financial results are accurate, complete, timely, and supported by appropriate documentation.
• Identify and resolve significant accounting, reporting and control gaps.
• Lead the incorporation of acquired businesses into enterprise accounting and reporting standards and processes.
• Serve as the senior accounting authority below the CFO for enterprise accounting policies, technical accounting conclusions, and consolidated financial statements.
• Review and approve material accounting conclusions, including supporting documentation, classification, presentation, and disclosure.
• Evaluate complex and nonrecurring transactions and determine the appropriate level of technical support and review.
• Engage and manage external accounting specialists as needed.
• Establish and maintain close, journal-entry, reconciliation, and financial reporting review processes.
• Define standards governing documentation, review, approval and retention of accounting records.
• Drive timely remediation of close-related control deficiencies and recurring reporting issues.
• Oversee finance systems and data governance for close, consolidation, and reporting.
• Establish governance for COA, reporting hierarchy, master data, system access and approvals.
• Prioritize finance automation and process improvement.
• Develop and execute a long-term strategy for shared transaction processing and centralized services.
• Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, controls, service quality, and scalability through standardization and technology.
• Establish service levels, performance measures, and continuous improvement.
• Oversee treasury operations and covenant reporting; support CFO on liquidity and capital-structure matters.

Skills

Leadership

GAAP

SOX

Consolidation

Financial Reporting

Team Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance/Accounting/Business Admin

Tools

ERP Systems

Consolidation Tools

Advanced Excel

Job description

PlayCore Holdings, Inc. seeks a seasoned executive to lead enterprise accounting, close, consolidation, and financial reporting. The role establishes reporting standards, controls, and documentation robust enough to support growth, acquisitions, and expanding organizational complexity.

You will oversee treasury, data governance, and shared finance services, building a high-performing team and partnering with business units to drive performance and integrity across the financial function.