Controller
Seven Oaks Search Group
The Controller / CFO will be responsible for overseeing all accounting and financial operations across multiple related entities. This individual will play a critical role in ensuring accurate financial reporting, maintaining strong internal controls, improving processes, and providing financial insight to support business decision-making.
This is a highly visible, hands-on position requiring someone comfortable operating both strategically and tactically in a growing, entrepreneurial environment.
- Oversee all accounting operations across multiple entities, including logistics, warehousing, and real estate holdings
- Prepare and review monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements
- Ensure accuracy and integrity of general ledger and financial reporting
- Develop and maintain internal controls and accounting policies
- Manage intercompany transactions, reconciliations, and eliminations
- Ensure proper allocation of shared expenses across entities
- Maintain accurate financial records for each legal entity
- Own and improve the month-end close process
- Perform account reconciliations, journal entries, and variance analysis
- Provide ownership with timely and accurate financial reporting and insights
- Monitor cash flow and working capital
- Assist with budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning
- Support ownership in financial decision-making and strategic planning
- Identify and implement process improvements to increase efficiency and accuracy
- Strengthen accounting procedures and reporting structure
- Help modernize and improve financial operations where needed
- Supervise and support the Bookkeeper
- Provide guidance, structure, and oversight to daily accounting functions
- 10+ years of progressive accounting and finance experience
- Experience as a Controller, Assistant Controller, or senior-level accounting leader
- Strong experience managing accounting across multiple entities
- Hands-on experience with intercompany reconciliations
- Strong general ledger and financial reporting experience
- Experience working in QuickBooks
- Ability to operate independently with minimal oversight
- Willingness to be hands-on in a lean environment
- Experience within logistics, transportation, trucking, warehousing, or asset-based businesses
- Experience working in privately held or owner-operated companies
- Experience improving and cleaning up accounting processes
- Experience supporting ownership directly
Vacancy posted 13 hours ago
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