Corporate Controller

Vaco is hiring for a Corporate Controller opportunity in Miami FL.
Direct Hire, 4 days onsite
Salary: 250-280,000/yr + Bonus
Position Summary

The Controller is responsible for overseeing the organization's accounting operations, ensuring accurate financial reporting, maintaining strong internal controls, and supporting regulatory compliance. This role leads the monthly close process, financial reporting, accounting operations, and process improvements while partnering with executive leadership to support strategic decision-making. The Controller ensures financial results are prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP (or IFRS, as applicable).

Key ResponsibilitiesAccounting Leadership & Operations

• Develop, implement, and maintain accounting policies, procedures, and internal controls.
• Oversee day-to-day accounting operations, including organizational structure, workflows, and team performance.
• Manage accounting activities across multiple entities, including transaction processing, reconciliations, and compliance.
• Oversee outsourced accounting functions and third-party service providers as needed.

Financial Reporting & Compliance

• Lead the monthly, quarterly, and year-end close processes.
• Review account reconciliations, journal entries, and close workpapers.
• Prepare and review monthly and quarterly financial statements, including budget-to-actual variance analysis.
• Maintain close calendars and ensure adherence to reporting deadlines.
• Ensure compliance with SOX and internal control requirements.
• Coordinate external audits and support timely completion of audit deliverables.
• Partner with executive leadership on budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning initiatives.
• Support ERP system implementations, upgrades, and ongoing optimization.
• Design and improve accounting processes to support business growth and operational changes.

Tax & Payroll

• Coordinate federal, state, and local tax compliance, including income, sales/use, property tax, and annual information reporting (1099s).
• Oversee payroll operations, ensuring timely and accurate processing in partnership with Human Resources.
• Manage relationships with payroll providers and PEO partners as applicable.

Leadership

• Build, mentor, and develop a high-performing accounting team.
• Establish efficient workflows and promote continuous process improvement.
• Partner with auditors, tax advisors, financial institutions, and cross-functional business leaders.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and operational excellence.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business Administration required; MBA preferred.
• CPA designation required.
• 10+ years of progressive accounting experience, including leadership within a corporate accounting environment.
• Strong knowledge of GAAP, financial reporting, budgeting, internal controls, and regulatory compliance.
• Experience leading month-end close, financial statement preparation, audits, and ERP implementations.
• Excellent leadership, communication, analytical, and organizational skills.
• Experience within private equity-backed, public accounting, international, manufacturing, automotive, technology, or other complex multi-entity organizations is a plus.

Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco/Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to the individual's skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, office location and other geographic considerations, as well as other business and organizational needs. With that said, as required by local law in geographies that require salary range disclosure, Vaco/Highspring notes the salary range for the role is noted in this job posting. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses, and can participate in medical, dental, and vision benefits as well as the company's 401(k) retirement plan. Additional disclaimer: Unless otherwise noted in the job description, the position Vaco/Highspring is filing for is occupied. Please note, however, that Vaco/Highspring is regularly asked to provide talent to other organizations. By submitting to this position, you are agreeing to be included in our talent pool for future hiring for similarly qualified positions. Submissions to this position are subject to the use of AI to perform preliminary candidate screenings, focused on ensuring minimum job requirements noted in the position are satisfied. Further assessment of candidates beyond this initial phase within Vaco/Highspring will be otherwise assessed by recruiters and hiring managers. Vaco/Highspring does not have knowledge of the tools used by its clients in making final hiring decisions and cannot opine on their use of AI products. EEO Notice

Vaco by Highspring is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race (including but not limited to traits historically associated with race such as hair texture and hair style), color, sex (includes pregnancy or related conditions), religion or creed, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, status as a veteran, union membership, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, political affiliation, or any other protected characteristics as required by federal, state or local law.

Vaco by Highspring and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Vaco by Highspring and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact View email address on click.appcast.io.

Vaco by Highspring also wants all applicants to know their rights that workplace discrimination is illegal.

Representation Notice

By submitting to this position, you agree that you will be giving Vaco by Highspring the exclusive right to present your as a candidate for the foregoing employment opportunity. You further agree that you have represented information about yourself accurately and have not affirmatively misrepresented your qualifications. You also agree to maintain as confidential, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any information you learn from Vaco by Highspring about the position and you will limit disclosure of information about the position only to the extent necessary to perform any obligations in furtherance of your application. In exchange, Vaco by Highspring agrees to exercise reasonable efforts to represent you through all solicitation, job screening and resume dispersal.

For residents of Ontario, Canada: Based on Highspring's discussions with its Client, Highspring's understanding is that this position for employment is a current vacancy (either through Highspring as a contractor or with the client directly).

Privacy Notice

Vaco by Highspring and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries ("we," "our," or "Vaco by Highspring") respects your privacy and are committed to providing transparent notice of our policies.

• California residents may access Vaco by Highspring HR Notice at Collection for California Applicants and Employees here.
• Virginia residents may access our state specific policies here.
• Residents of all other states may access our policies here.
• Canadian residents may access our policies in English here and in French here.
• Residents of countries governed by GDPR may access our policies here.

Additionally, submissions to this position are subject to the use of AI to perform preliminary candidate screenings, focused on ensuring minimum job requirements noted in the position are satisfied. More details about Vaco by Highspring's use of AI can be found here ( Further assessment of candidates beyond this initial phase will be conducted by recruiters and hiring managers. Vaco by Highspring does not know and cannot opine on if its client's use of AI products in hiring.

Pay Transparency Notice

Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco by Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to:

• the individual's skill sets, experience and training;
• licensure and certification requirements;
• office location and other geographic considerations;
• other business and organizational needs.

With that said, as required by local law, Vaco by Highspring believes that the following salary range referenced above reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses.