Director of Accounting

Role Description

The Director of Accounting will serve as Pine Services Group's in-house technical accounting authority, responsible for designing the controls, policies, and frameworks that allow our portfolio companies to operate with financial rigor at scale. This is a newly created, highly visible role reporting directly to the CFO.

Key Responsibilities

• Portfolio-Wide Controls & Policy Design:
  • Design and implement a standardized accounting controls and policy framework across all Pine portfolio companies.
  • Establish month-end close procedures, dual-authority banking policies, and acquisition accounting standards.
  • Create repeatable infrastructure that scales with portfolio growth.
• Technical Accounting & Audit Readiness:
  • Reduce recurring audit adjusting journal entries to zero by establishing proper processes and building OpCo accounting team capability.
  • Own and draft independent technical accounting memos; present positions to external auditors without significant escalation.
  • Serve as the go-to resource across ASC 606, 805, 842, 718, and 740.
• Deal & Diligence Support:
  • Build and own a systematic pre-deal accounting review process for all LOIs, employment agreements, and purchase agreements.
  • Proactively flag accounting implications prior to deal close; advise on purchase price allocation, earnout structures, and post-close adjustments.
• OpCo Onboarding:
  • Create a repeatable 90-day onboarding framework for newly acquired portfolio companies, including staffing assessments, close process documentation, and compliance checklists.
• Team Leadership & External Advisory Management:
  • Manage and develop Pine HQ's accounting team; coach OpCo accounting staff of varying sophistication levels.

Qualifications

• Active CPA license.
• 8–15 years of progressive accounting experience; Master's degree in Accounting or MBA strongly preferred (CA equivalent acceptable).
• Big 4 or equivalent technical accounting advisory background — Accounting Advisory, FAAS, or similar (not solely audit).
• Deep fluency across core ASC standards: 606, 842, 805, 718, and 740.
• Hands-on SOX 404 experience including design, documentation, and control testing — not just oversight.
• SEC reporting ownership or equivalent financial reporting discipline in a PE-backed environment.

Preferred

• IPO or de-SPAC experience: S-1/S-4 preparation, SEC comment letter response, or public readiness work.
• M&A transaction accounting: purchase price allocation, earnout accounting, post-close adjustments, and consolidation of acquired entities.
• Experience building or rebuilding a technical accounting function from scratch — processes, policies, and memos.
• PE-backed or growth-stage company experience, operating with lean resources across multiple entities.

Who Will Thrive in This Role

• You have operated in PE-backed, pre-IPO, or newly public environments where processes were still being defined.
• You are comfortable presenting complex accounting positions to auditors and audit committees independently.
• You translate technical accounting into clear, actionable guidance for non-accountants — and earn trust across legal, finance, and operations without formal authority.
• You are intellectually curious about accounting standards and enjoy the technical research, not just the compliance output.
• You coach and develop teams of varying sophistication levels with patience and pragmatism.
• You operate with an ownership mindset — you treat the business like your own and protect the organization from avoidable risk.

Salary

$190,000 - $230,000 a year

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