Job Description
Position Overview
The Corporate Controller plays a key leadership role in managing accounting processes and integrating financial data across a diverse portfolio of operating companies. This role is responsible for ensuring accurate, timely, and strategic accounting functions that enhance enterprise-wide decision-making, supports investment strategies, and drives value creation. The Corporate Controller will oversee multi-entity accounting consolidation, maintain internal controls, and implement best practices aligned with the needs of a dynamic family office structure.
This position requires a strategic leader ideally with deep expertise in multi-entity consolidations and accounting across multiple industries . The ideal candidate will balance strong technical accounting acumen with a hands-on, collaborative approach to working with portfolio company leadership, ensuring alignment with the overall financial strategy of the firm.
Key Responsibilities
Accounting Leadership & Reporting
- Oversee multi-entity accounting reporting and consolidations, ensuring compliance with GAAP and relevant regulatory requirements.
- Provide strategic insights and financial recommendations to senior leadership, investment teams, and portfolio company executives.
- Partner with operating company leadership and team members to drive consistent financial reporting standards and key performance metrics across the portfolio.
- Prepare and present financial reports to leadership/stakeholders, ensuring clarity and accuracy in financial performance narratives.
Accounting Operations & Process Optimization
- Direct centralized accounting operations across the family office and portfolio companies, including general ledger management, and various types of financial statement accounting.
- Drive automation and scalable accounting processes to enhance reporting efficiency, reduce manual effort, and improve real-time decision-making.
Risk Management & Compliance
- Ensure financial controls, risk management policies, and compliance frameworks are upheld across all entities, aligning with industry best practices.
- Lead/liaison internal and external audit processes, tax compliance efforts, and regulatory reporting, working closely with auditors and external advisors.
Strategic & Cultural Integration
- Align accounting strategies with the investment and operational goals of the family office and portfolio companies.
- Assist in financial due diligence, post-acquisition integration, and ongoing financial governance for new investments.
- Foster a collaborative, high-performance finance culture , ensuring knowledge-sharing and financial discipline across the organization.
Key Qualifications & Competencies
- Experience and strong understanding of multi-entity financial consolidation, investment accounting, and private equity structures.
- Strong analytical mindset with the ability to interpret complex financial data and provide strategic recommendations.
- Expertise in GAAP, financial controls, and technical accounting
- Experience working within a private equity, family office, or investment environment is a plus
- Proven track record of leading and mentoring accounting teams , fostering a culture of excellence.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Experience managing accounting system implementations and driving process automation at scale.
Education & Experience
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
- CPA designation preferred.
- 8+ years of progressive experience in accounting, preferably within a private equity, family office, or multi-entity environment.
- 5+ years of leadership experience , with demonstrated success in managing teams across multiple business units.
- Experience with investment accounting, multi-entity financial consolidations, and financial reporting for private equity-backed companies .
- Proficiency with ERP systems and financial reporting software
Why Join Us?
- Direct impact on the financial success of a diversified investment platform .
- Exposure to a wide range of asset classes, from real estate to acquisitions.
- A collaborative and entrepreneurial team that values innovation and strategic thinking.
- Competitive compensation, performance incentives, and long-term growth opportunities.
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