Controller

The Controller will be a part of our Full-Time Engagement Team and is responsible for providing high-level accounting expertise, operational support, and leadership across multiple client engagements. This role involves traveling to client locations in middle Tennessee, assessing accounting needs, managing projects, and implementing best-practice financial processes. The consultant serves as a trusted advisor, ensuring the accuracy of financial reporting, improving workflow efficiency, and supporting clients through periods of transition, growth, or system changes.

We are seeking a highly experienced, hands-on accounting leader to provide senior-level support through year-end close and reporting. This individual should have experience working within a large, complex organization and a strong understanding of intercompany accounting, consolidations, and financial reporting.

The ideal candidate will be someone who can step in quickly, assess current processes, troubleshoot issues, and provide leadership and direction to the accounting team with minimal handholding.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide senior-level oversight and hands-on support through year-end close.
• Review and resolve complex journal entries, account reconciliations, and intercompany transactions.
• Oversee intercompany reconciliations, eliminations, and consolidation activities.
• Identify discrepancies, investigate variances, and resolve outstanding accounting issues.
• Support financial reporting and year-end audit preparation.
• Provide guidance, leadership, and direction to the accounting team.
• Evaluate processes and identify opportunities to improve efficiency and accuracy.
• Help ensure all year-end deliverables are completed accurately and on schedule.

Ideal Background

• Experience in a large, complex, multi-entity organization.
• Strong intercompany accounting and consolidation experience.
• CPA or CMA preferred.
• Public accounting background strongly preferred.
• Alternatively, a well-rounded former Controller with broad technical accounting and operational experience.
• Strong understanding of GAAP and year-end financial reporting.
• Ability to step into a challenging environment, work independently, and hit the ground running.