Corporate Controller

Corporate Controller

Rock Force provides World-Class Workforce & Production Solutions for Live Events. Our comprehensive strategic services are geared for the industry's unique needs from start to strike. Rock Force provides production resources for tours, concerts, festivals, sporting events, live broadcasts, award shows, and corporate activations world-wide. Our teams bring decades of unmatched experience and expertise executing the most demanding and high-profile events for the biggest names in sports and entertainment. From Workforce Deployment, Rigging, streamlined Payroll Services, & Production Management - We Set the Stage for the Greatest Moments in Live Events.

Rock Force Operations has Workforce Divisions throughout the U.S. providing Union and Non-Union Stagehands for venues, broadcasting, and on-site productions with a commitment to safety, precision, and excellence. Every team member is thoroughly trained and supported by a leadership team with decades of hands-on experience in live event labor.

Position Summary

The Corporate Controller serves as the senior-most accounting leader for RockForce, overseeing all aspects of financial reporting, general ledger management, internal controls, and compliance across the company's live events and production services operations. Reporting directly to the CFO, this role is critical to maintaining the integrity of financial data and driving the standardization and scalability of the company's accounting infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities

Financial Reporting & Close

• Own the monthly, quarterly, and annual financial close process, ensuring timely and accurate consolidated financial statements.
• Prepare and review consolidated P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow statements in accordance with GAAP.
• Manage inter-company eliminations, allocations, and reconciliations across RockForce.
• Coordinate with the CFO on board-level and investor financial reporting packages.

General Ledger & Accounting Operations

• Oversee the general ledger and chart of accounts within Sage Intacct, ensuring proper dimensional coding and account classification.
• Supervise accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll accounting, and vendor management functions.
• Lead COGS and revenue recognition processes across production and labor services engagements.
• Review and approve journal entries, reclassifications, and period-end accruals.

Internal Controls & Compliance

• Design, implement, and maintain a robust internal controls framework across all business units.
• Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local tax obligations, including multi-state payroll tax, sales/use tax, and entertainment industry-specific requirements.
• Coordinate with external auditors and tax advisors during annual audits and tax filings.
• Maintain compliance with IRS accountable plan requirements for employee expense and reimbursement programs.

Payroll & Multi-Location Accounting

• Manage accounting across RockForce's diverse book of business, including labor services payroll services and production operations spanning multiple markets.
• Oversee payroll accounting in coordination with HR and operations teams, including IATSE and other union benefit fund obligations (H&W, Annuity, PDT/DT, Dues).
• Support business restructurings, new program onboardings, and other structural changes as the company grows.

Cash Management & Treasury Support

• Partner with FP&A on daily and weekly cash flow reporting using Bank of America CashPro and BAI transaction data.
• Monitor bank account activity, coordinate account openings/closures, and ensure proper authorization frameworks are in place.
• Maintain accounts receivable aging oversight and support weekly AR consolidation reporting.

Technology & Process Improvement

• Drive continuous improvement in financial systems, reporting automation, and workflow efficiency.
• Serve as the accounting systems owner for Sage Intacct; partner with IT and operations on integrations and data integrity.
• Develop and maintain Excel-based and automated reporting tools to support finance and operations stakeholders.

Team Leadership

• Build, mentor, and manage a high-performing accounting team aligned to the scale and pace of live events operations.
• Partner cross-functionally with HR, legal, operations, and business unit leaders to support financial decision-making.
• Serve as a key finance business partner to production and labor services leadership.

Required

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field; CPA required.
• 10+ years of progressive accounting and financial reporting experience, including at least 3 years in a Controller or senior accounting leadership role.
• Demonstrated experience managing complex, high-volume accounting environments with intercompany structures.
• Proficiency with Sage Intacct or comparable ERP platforms.
• Strong command of GAAP, financial close processes, and internal controls frameworks.
• Advanced Excel skills; experience with financial modeling and reporting automation.

Preferred

• Experience in the live events, entertainment, staffing, or production services industry, and in particular project based accounting
• Familiarity with union labor accounting, including IATSE benefit fund calculations and reporting.
• Experience with Bank of America CashPro or similar treasury management platforms.
• Prior exposure to multi-state payroll tax compliance and labor co-employment structures.
• Experience supporting company restructurings, acquisitions, or operational integrations.

Key Competencies

• Financial Integrity - Unwavering commitment to accuracy, transparency, and ethical financial reporting.
• Operational Acumen - Ability to understand and connect accounting operations to business drivers in a fast-moving live events environment.
• Leadership - Proven ability to lead, develop, and retain accounting talent at multiple levels.
• Systems Thinking - Appetite for process improvement, automation, and scalable infrastructure.
• Collaboration - Strong cross-functional communicator who partners effectively with non-finance stakeholders.
• Adaptability - Comfortable managing competing priorities and tight deadlines in a project-driven business.

We don't just staff events - we build careers. Rock Force is committed to attracting, retaining, and developing the best talent in the business. Our crews benefit from:

• Competitive base salary with performance-based bonus potential.
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) plan
• Paid time off, holidays, and employee perks.
• Opportunities for career development and advancement within a growing national organization.

Location: Hybrid remote (3 days in-office) in White Creek, Nashville, TN

Let's build something together!

Equal Employment Opportunity

Rock Force strongly supports equal employment opportunity for all applicants regardless of age (40 and over), ancestry, color, religious creed (including religious dress and grooming practices), family and medical care leave or the denial of family and medical care leave, mental or physical disability (including HIV and AIDS), marital status, domestic partner status, medical condition (including cancer and genetic characteristics), genetic information, military and veteran status, political affiliation, national origin (including language use restrictions), citizenship, race, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth or breastfeeding), gender, gender identity, and gender expression, sexual orientation, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law, rule, ordinance or regulation.

We also afford equal employment opportunities to qualified individuals with a disability. For this reason, Rock Force will make reasonable accommodations for the known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified individual with a disability who is an applicant consistent with its legal obligations to do so, including reasonable accommodations related to pregnancy in accordance with applicable local, state and / or federal law. As part of its commitment to make reasonable accommodations, Rock Force also wishes to participate in a timely, good faith, interactive process with a disabled applicant to determine effective reasonable accommodations, if any, which can be made in response to a request for accommodations. Applicants are invited to identify reasonable accommodations that can be made to assist them to perform the essential functions of the position they seek. Any applicant who requires an accommodation in order to perform the essential functions of the job should contact Human Resources to request the opportunity to participate in a timely interactive process. We will also provide reasonable religious accommodations on a case-by-case basis.

Hiring Practices

The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. Rock Force