Corporate Platform Controller (Remote)

We are seeking a Corporate Platform Controller (Remote- US based only) for a full time and direct hire role for one of our amazing and fast-growing home services partners with multi-locations across the United States. This role is remote, but you MUST be living in the United States and be a US Citizen or Green Card Holder. This role does NOT offer sponsorship, it's NOT a consulting role, and we do NOT work with 3rd parties!

Overview:

A growing, private equity-backed, multi-brand residential services platform is seeking a hands-on Corporate Controller to lead its accounting function and help build the financial infrastructure needed to support continued growth and acquisitions. The organization operates across multiple brands and locations and is executing an acquisition-driven growth strategy. This creates an opportunity for an experienced financial leader to strengthen accounting operations, standardize reporting, improve financial controls, and integrate newly acquired businesses into a scalable finance organization. This is a highly hands-on leadership role, so you should be equally comfortable managing the broader accounting function and personally getting into the details like reviewing financial statements, troubleshooting reconciliations, improving processes, building financial schedules, and ensuring the accuracy and integrity of the numbers. You will partner closely with the CFO and executive leadership, while helping develop and strengthen the accounting teams across the operating businesses. Over time, there is meaningful opportunity to assume broader financial and strategic responsibilities, with potential for progression into a CFO-level position based on demonstrated performance and organizational needs.

We need a hands-on, technically strong accounting leader who enjoys building and improving an organization. Someone who is comfortable moving between high-level financial leadership and detailed accounting work, and who can collaborate effectively with executive leadership, operating company GMs, and accounting teams. You should be willing and capable of personally handling critical accounting and financial analysis rather than relying exclusively on others. You should enjoy creating scalable processes, systems, controls, and teams in a growing organization. An operationally minded person who understands how accounting, cash flow, working capital, and financial reporting connect to business performance.

Responsibilities:

Accounting Leadership & Financial Reporting

• Own the accuracy, integrity, and timeliness of consolidated financial statements and reporting across multiple operating companies.
• Lead and continuously improve the monthly close process, establishing standardized calendars, procedures, deadlines, and review processes.
• Maintain strong general ledger accounting, journal entries, accruals, revenue recognition, and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Ensure consistent application of US GAAP and appropriate revenue and expense cutoff across all entities.
• Personally review, prepare, and troubleshoot accounting schedules, reconciliations, journal entries, and financial analyses as needed.
• Establish consistent accounting policies, procedures, internal controls, approval authorities, and segregation of duties.

Multi-Entity Accounting & Acquisition Integration

• Lead accounting and finance integration for newly acquired businesses, from pre-close planning through post-close implementation.
• Oversee acquisition accounting, including opening balance sheets, funds-flow entries, working capital adjustments, cutoff entries, debt entries, and chart-of-accounts mapping.
• Transition acquired businesses from cash-basis or less sophisticated accounting practices to standardized accrual-based GAAP reporting.
• Standardize financial reporting, accounting processes, systems, and controls across acquired companies.
• Identify accounting and financial risks within acquired businesses and develop practical plans to address them.
• Work closely with operating company leadership and accounting personnel to establish consistent financial processes and expectations.

Cash Management & Operational Finance

• Develop and maintain a rolling 13-week cash flow forecast, including weekly variance analysis and reconciliation to actual cash activity.
• Oversee cash management, treasury, banking, accounts receivable, accounts payable, and working capital.
• Develop reporting that clearly reconciles Adjusted EBITDA to operating cash flow and free cash flow.
• Partner with operational leadership to improve collections, purchasing, inventory management, gross margin visibility, and working capital performance.
• Support annual budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, and variance analysis.
• Improve financial visibility across individual brands, branches, and operating companies.

Systems, Controls & Process Improvement

• Evaluate and improve accounting systems, financial reporting tools, and integrations, particularly Sage Intacct and ServiceTitan.
• Strengthen financial controls, documentation, and reporting consistency as the organization scales.
• Identify opportunities to automate processes, improve efficiency, and reduce manual reporting.
• Coordinate annual audits and work with external tax professionals, lenders, insurance providers, and other financial advisors.
• Ensure financial information provided to executive leadership, the Board, lenders, and ownership is accurate, reconciled, and properly reviewed.

Team Leadership & Strategic Partnership

• Build, lead, and develop a high-performing accounting organization capable of supporting continued growth and acquisitions.
• Provide leadership, direction, and accountability to accounting personnel across the platform and operating businesses.
• Establish clear responsibilities, performance expectations, reporting standards, and development opportunities for accounting team members.
• Partner closely with the CFO and executive leadership on financial planning, business performance, acquisitions, and value-creation initiatives.
• Gradually assume broader responsibilities involving forecasting, strategic analysis, Board and lender communications, and other areas of financial leadership as capabilities are demonstrated.

Requirements:

• 10+ years of progressive accounting and finance experience, including significant experience as a Controller, Corporate Controller, VP of Accounting, VP of Finance, or similar senior-level financial leader.
• Strong technical accounting knowledge and deep understanding of US GAAP, general ledger accounting, consolidations, month-end close, accruals, revenue recognition, and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Demonstrated experience in a private equity-backed, multi-entity, multi-location, or acquisitive business environment.
• Proven ability to lead accounting operations while remaining personally hands-on with critical accounting work and financial reporting.
• Experience integrating acquired businesses with varying levels of accounting sophistication, including founder-led companies using QuickBooks or other less sophisticated systems.
• Working knowledge of acquisition accounting, including opening balance sheets, funds flow, working capital true-ups, chart-of-accounts mapping, and post-close adjustments.
• Strong cash management and working capital experience, including personally preparing and maintaining rolling 13-week cash flow forecasts.
• Ability to analyze and explain the relationship between Adjusted EBITDA, working capital, and free cash flow.
• Experience preparing and reviewing consolidated financial statements, management reporting packages, budgets, forecasts, and variance analyses.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including the ability to independently build, audit, troubleshoot, and improve complex financial schedules and models.
• Strong financial systems experience. Direct experience with Sage Intacct and ServiceTitan is highly preferred.
• Experience working with external auditors, tax professionals, lenders, and other third-party financial partners.
• Demonstrated ability to build, coach, and develop accounting teams while maintaining high standards of accuracy and accountability.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain financial results, identify risks, and make recommendations to executive leadership and financial stakeholders.
• High degree of integrity, intellectual curiosity, humility, urgency, and ownership.

Nice to Have:

• CPA certification; Master's in Accounting (MAcc) and/or MBA.
• Experience in residential or commercial services, particularly HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing, garage doors, landscaping, or other home services industries.
• Experience in a private equity-backed buy-and-build environment with multiple acquisitions and integrations.
• Direct experience managing Brand-level or Business Unit Controllers across multiple operating companies.
• Experience with decentralized, branch-based, or route-based service businesses.
• Strong knowledge of Sage Intacct and ServiceTitan, particularly their integration and financial reporting capabilities.
• Experience with inventory accounting, job costing, work in progress (WIP), technician or vehicle stock, and related operational accounting.
• Experience developing branch-level reporting, operational KPIs, and financial performance dashboards.
• Exposure to Board reporting, lender presentations, capital planning, and broader strategic finance responsibilities.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, age, ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, or military or veteran status. You must be legally authorized to work in the United States without current or future sponsorship.