Controller, Accounting, Accounting Manager

Overview

Care Logistics is growing our team and seeking highly skilled and driven professionals that share our values and mission. If you are looking for a challenging position with a well-managed, well-funded healthcare innovator, consider a position with Care Logistics.

Care Logistics is a subsidiary of Jackson Healthcare, a family of highly specialized healthcare staffing, search and technology companies. With a mission to improve the delivery of patient care and the lives of everyone it touches, it helps healthcare facilities across the country serve more than 10 million patients each year. Backed by more than 2,600 Associates and over $2B in annual revenue, Jackson Healthcare is a top three U.S. healthcare staffing firm.

In addition to being Great Place to Work certified, it is consistently named an employer of choice, having been nationally recognized as a best workplace in healthcare, a best workplace for women and a best workplace for millennia ls, as well as being named one of the Healthiest Employers by the Atlanta Business Chronicle.

Our growth is creating great opportunities! Our team is expanding, and we want to hire the most talented people we can. Continued success depends on it!

Care Logistics is a small, mission-driven team guided by three core values:
Others First (others before self), Wisdom (do the wise thing), and Growth (keep getting better). The Controller is a key role on this team, and the right candidate will personally embody all three.

The Controller will lead the accounting and financial reporting function for Care Logistics, $15 million technology company. This person will be responsible for the monthly close, financial statements, and key accounting operations (including revenue recognition, accruals, and balance sheet integrity), while strengthening internal controls and driving process and improvement of systems.

The Controller will work closely with the senior leadership team, as well as the business and functional leaders, to provide timely, decision useful financial insights, and to support the forecasting and annual budgeting processes.

The Controller directly manages a small accounting team (currently 2 direct reports) and serves as the primary financial liaison for accounting, reporting, audit, tax, and corporate finance related matters.

Role and Responsibilities

* Own the monthly, quarterly, and year-end close for Care Logistics, including journal entries, accruals, and review/approval of account reconciliations.

* Personally execute staff-level accounting work as needed across the full accounting cycle - including but not limited to AP, AR, billing, cash applications, bank and account reconciliations, payroll-related entries, sales/use tax filings, and 1099 processing - to maintain continuity during absences, transitions, or peak periods. The Controller is expected to be a true player-coach who can operate fluently at both the transactional and reporting level.

* In addition to the above, step in, from time to time or in the event of the absence of an accounting team member, to support additional accounting functions, including but not limited to: commissions; bank reconciliations; revenue recognition (specifically as it relates to software) and deferred revenue; balance sheet reconciliations; handling of multiple sets of accounting books (GAAP vs. Sign);

AWS costs; personnel labor allocations; budgeting and forecasting; maintaining customer billing schedules; and intercompany transactions.

* Manage the general ledger and ensure balance sheet integrity through disciplined reconciliations and issue resolution.

* Prepare timely and accurate monthly financial statements and a management reporting package (P&L, balance sheet, cash, KPIs) for business leaders and corporate stakeholders.

* Partner with leadership on the annual budget and periodic forecasting processes; provide variance analysis and actionable insights.

* Collaborate cross-functionally with Sales, Operations, Product, and corporate finance partners to ensure accurate accounting, reporting, and contract/revenue interpretation.

* Design, document, and maintain accounting policies and internal controls; proactively identify and remediate control gaps.

* Drive continuous improvement across the close, reporting, and billing-to-cash accounting processes by leveraging systems, automation, and scalable workflows.

* Lead regular process reviews to eliminate, simplify, and automate manual or inefficient accounting activities.

* Own revenue accounting under ASC 606, including contract review support, billing/revenue schedules, deferred revenue, and monthly revenue recognition entries.

* Own accounting system administration and controls (as applicable) and partner with teams on enhancements, integrations, and reporting improvements.

* Monitor cash flow and working capital (AR, AP, accrued liabilities) and provide visibility to leadership on key cash drivers.

* Research technical accounting matters and implement new accounting standards or…