Controller

Job Description

Controller | New York City - Hybrid (minimum 1-2 days a month onsite)

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Green Key Resources is partnering with an established national organization to recruit a senior accounting leader for its New York City team. Reporting to the CFO, this position will oversee the accounting function, lead an experienced team, and help shape how the organization manages financial reporting, controls, and accounting operations.

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The opportunity combines broad ownership with the ability to make meaningful improvements. This leader will strengthen the close and reporting process, develop talent, modernize workflows, and advise senior management on the financial implications of growth and business decisions.

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What You’ll Oversee

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• Accounting and reporting: Direct the monthly, quarterly, and annual close, financial statement preparation, and GAAP compliance across a complex organizational structure.
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• Team leadership: Manage and develop accounting leaders and staff, establish clear accountability, and build the team’s capabilities as business needs evolve.
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• Audit and controls: Lead the external audit relationship, maintain effective internal controls, and resolve accounting and reporting issues.
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• Tax compliance: Oversee required tax filings and coordinate with outside advisors on federal, state, and local obligations.
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• Daily operations: Provide leadership across payables, receivables, payroll, cash management, fixed assets, and other accounting activities.
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• Process improvement: Identify opportunities to simplify workflows, automate manual work, and improve accounting systems and reporting.
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• Business partnership: Work closely with financial planning, technology, and operational teams to explain results and ensure reliable financial information supports decision-making.
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• Transactions and integration: Lead accounting support for acquisitions and other strategic transactions, from diligence and technical accounting through integration.
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• Executive reporting: Support the CFO in communicating financial results, audit findings, and control matters to senior leadership and board-level stakeholders.
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What You’ll Bring

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• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field; CPA strongly preferred.
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• Approximately 15 or more years of progressive accounting experience, including substantial responsibility for leading an accounting function.
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• Experience as a Controller, Assistant Controller, or comparable senior accounting leader within a mid-sized or large organization.
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• A background managing complex reporting requirements, ideally across multiple entities or business units.
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• Strong technical accounting knowledge and hands-on leadership of financial reporting, close processes, audits, and internal controls.
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• A demonstrated ability to develop teams, manage competing priorities, and communicate clearly with executives and business partners.
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• Experience improving accounting processes through system upgrades, automation, or broader operational changes.
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• The judgment to address detailed accounting issues while keeping broader business priorities in view.
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*This position is based in New York City and offers a hybrid work arrangement. The base salary range is $215,000–$240,000 plus eligibility for an annual incentive bonus. Final compensation will reflect experience, qualifications, internal equity, and other relevant factors. *

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