Job Description
Overview
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Addison Group has partnered on the search for a Corporate Controller. The Corporate Controller will lead the accounting organization for a multi-billion-dollar revenue company, combining hands-on technical leadership with strategic financial stewardship. The Corporate Controller will ensure accurate, timely, and compliant financial reporting while modernizing processes, strengthening controls, developing talent, and serving as a catalyst for enterprise-wide change.
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Key Responsibilities
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- Lead all corporate accounting, consolidation, close, external reporting, technical accounting, internal controls, and accounting policy activities.
- Own the integrity, accuracy, and timeliness of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reporting under US GAAP and applicable regulatory requirements.
- Serve as a hands-on leader, able to dive into complex accounting matters, key estimates, transactions, system issues, and close-process challenges when needed.
- Partner closely with the CFO, FP&A, treasury, tax, internal audit, legal, investor relations, business-unit finance leaders, and external auditors.
- Lead the annual audit, manage external auditor relationships, and ensure a high-quality, efficient audit process.
- Oversee internal controls over financial reporting, risk assessment, remediation, and control optimization.
- Drive finance transformation initiatives, including close acceleration, automation, ERP and system enhancements, standardized reporting, and improved data governance.
- Act as a change agent by challenging legacy processes, simplifying workflows, increasing accountability, and introducing scalable best practices across the accounting organization.
- Build, develop, and retain a high-performing accounting team with strong technical capability, operational discipline, and business partnership skills.
- Provide clear, practical guidance to senior leadership on complex accounting, reporting, control, and business-transformation matters.
- Support M&A, integrations, restructurings, financing activities, and other strategic initiatives, including purchase accounting and integration of acquired businesses.
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Qualifications
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- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance required, with an advanced degree preferred.
- CPA designation is required
- 15+ years of progressive accounting and finance experience, including meaningful leadership experience within a large, complex, multi-entity organization.
- Deep knowledge of US GAAP, financial reporting, internal controls, and technical accounting.
- Proven experience leading accounting transformation, ERP implementations, process improvement, automation, shared-services optimization, or other large-scale change initiatives.
- Demonstrated ability to balance strategic leadership with a willingness to remain close to the details.
- Strong executive communication, judgment, influence, and team-development skills.
- Experience leading accounting and financial reporting within a large, complex organization, with $1B or more in annual revenues.
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Compensation, Benefits, and Perks
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- Salary: $225,000 - 250,000/year
- Annual bonus target of 25-30%
- PTO and Company Holidays
- 401k with company match
- M/D/V benefits
- Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)
- STD and LTD coverage
- Life and AD&D Insurance Options
- Employee Assistance Program
- Internal advancement opportunities
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