Head of Finance (Full-Time)

Location Remote Employment Type Full-time, W-2, exempt
Independent Restoration Services (IRS) is a fast-growing disaster restoration company — water, fire, smoke, mold, and biohazard mitigation, with rebuild and roofing as expanding service lines. We operate through roughly 50 separate legal entities across 20+ states, each market structured as its own LLC with local owner-operators, supported by a shared-services back-office that provides technology platforms, digital marketing, general business and insurance industry specific business services.
We’re growing fast — launching new markets monthly — and looking for a financial leader to scale our financial operations.

The Director of Finance & Accounting owns the accounting and finance operations end-to-end: monthly close across all entities, tax preparation, and partnering with executive leadership to forecast budgets, build financial plans, and analyze performance.
This is a hands-on role at a company that is still building its systems. The right person is comfortable doing the work and improving how the work gets done as the senior-most leader defining and leading our future financial operations and team development.

Multi-Entity Accounting

• Manage the general ledger, accounts payable/receivable, financial statements, and month-end/year-end close across ~50 legal entities, producing accurate market-level and consolidated financial statements
• Maintain intercompany accounting — balance sheet reconciliation with capitalized assets, owner distributions, and "due to / due from" balances covering inter-market debt
• Oversee centralized payroll and insurance administration

Strategic Finance Leadership

• Develop annual budgets and financial forecasts at both market and consolidated levels; support ongoing variance analysis and strategic planning
• Develop and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) by location and service line (e.g., Track cash flow across all entities, analyze cash forecasting, and provide ownership with actionable insights on liquidity and working capital management
• Strengthen internal controls, accounting policies, and financial processes to support a multi-location or multi-entity operation

Multi-State Tax Compliance

• Lead tax preparation with external CPA firm, managing 1099s, returns, and K-1 to member/owners; Own our multi-state footprint: state income/franchise tax, state withholding and unemployment registrations, and nonresident member withholding for pass-through entities
• Manage entity setup requirements for new market launches (EIN, state registrations, tax accounts) in partnership with operations and compliance

7+ years progressive accounting experience, including 3+ in a Finance Director, Controller, or senior accounting role

• Demonstrated multi-entity accounting experience — consolidations, intercompany transactions, and entity-level reporting
• Strong accounting platform proficiency

Experience with an ERP implementation or migration (NetSuite, Sage Intacct, Intuit Enterprise Suite)
• Multi-state tax compliance experience (payroll tax, state registrations, nexus considerations)

Performance Incentive. Annual bonus tied to the outcomes outlined below — close reliability, compliance posture, and process maturity — with the structure reviewed and expanded as the finance function grows.
On-Target Earnings (OTE). $This is our senior-most financial role, and as the business scales and the finance function matures, there is direct path to CFO.