Corporate Controller

Job Description:
The Corporate Controller will play a critical leadership role overseeing the organization's accounting operations, financial reporting, internal controls, and close processes. Reporting directly to senior finance leadership, this individual will lead a diverse accounting organization while helping drive operational scalability, process improvement, and financial governance initiatives across the business.

This role requires a strong technical accounting foundation combined with the ability to lead teams, influence cross-functional partners, and operate effectively in a rapidly evolving, high-growth environment. The ideal candidate will bring experience from large-scale organizations with exposure to public company reporting, SOX-level controls, ERP systems, and complex operational environments.
Worksite Location:
Brooklyn Center- Hybrid 3 days in office
Salary Range:
$220K - $235K/yr. base salary + bonus + potential long-term incentives.
Benefits:
Comprehensive benefit offerings including medical, dental, vision, short-term and long-term disability, life insurance, 401(k) with company match, PTO, and additional executive-level benefit offerings.
Roles & Responsibilities:

• Lead and mentor a high-performing accounting organization across multiple functional areas, including Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, and general accounting.
• Oversee the monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes while driving improvements in close efficiency, reporting accuracy, and scalability.
• Strengthen and maintain a SOX-level internal control environment, including process documentation, narratives, flowcharts, and governance procedures.
• Partner closely with executive leadership to support strategic initiatives, reporting improvements, and organizational growth objectives.
• Manage annual external audits and ensure compliance with GAAP, SEC regulations, and internal accounting policies.
• Oversee external reporting requirements and support investor and leadership reporting needs.
• Collaborate with IT and business leaders to optimize ERP systems, reporting structures, and data integrity across core financial systems.
• Drive process improvement, automation, and finance transformation initiatives to improve operational effectiveness and reporting quality.
• Serve as a key accounting and governance advisor to leadership while helping build scalable infrastructure for future growth.
• Support integration and operational alignment initiatives within a highly acquisitive environment.

Required Skills & Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field required; CPA strongly preferred.
• 15+ years of progressive accounting and finance leadership experience.
• Strong background within large, complex organizations, preferably including public company or SOX-regulated environments.
• Deep understanding of GAAP, financial reporting, internal controls, and accounting operations.
• Experience leading external audits, close processes, and accounting process transformation initiatives.
• Strong ERP systems experience; Oracle and Salesforce exposure highly preferred.
• Proven leadership experience building and developing high-performing accounting teams.
• Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, evolving, and acquisition-driven environment.
• Strong communication, organizational, and cross-functional leadership skills.
• Experience with process automation, reporting optimization, analytics, and finance systems improvements strongly preferred.
• Exposure to AI-enabled finance tools, reporting automation, or data analytics capabilities is a plus.

About Versique
Versique: /ver-seek/ adj. being both versatile and unique; n. a high-performance recruiting firm specializing in executive leadership search, direct hire, and interim hiring solutions.

Versique Executive, Professional, & Interim Recruiting is a locally owned and operated hiring and placement firm based in the Twin Cities of Minnesota. With specialized practice areas across our three divisions, Versique delivers tailored expertise to a wide range of industries. What sets us apart is our team of recruiters-seasoned professionals who have worked in the very fields they now hire for, providing unmatched industry insight and connections.

We believe people are more than resumes-they are transformative, unlocking the potential for organizational growth and success.

Versique is proud to be an award-winning company, earning recognition on the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies and the Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal's Fast 50 list for 2023. We are also consistently recognized as a Star Tribune Top Workplace and were named a Best Place to Work in 2022 by the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal.

Let's find your people, together.

Versique is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating a diverse workforce. We consider all qualified applicants regardless of race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or veteran status.

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