Controller, Finance & Banking, CFO

Beghou brings over three decades of experience helping life sciences companies optimize their commercialization through strategic insight, advanced analytics, and technology. From developing go-to-market strategies and building foundational data analytics infrastructures to leveraging artificial intelligence to improve customer insights and engagement, Beghou helps life sciences companies maximize performance across their portfolios. Beghou also deploys proprietary and third-party technology solutions to help companies forecast performance, design territories, manage customer data, organize, and report on medical and commercial data, and more.

Headquartered in Evanston, Illinois, we have 10 global offices.

Our mission is to bring together analytical minds and innovative technology to help life sciences companies navigate the complexity of health care and improve patient outcomes.

We are seeking a senior-level Controller to lead and scale our accounting function. This role is a critical leadership position within Finance, reporting directly to the Chief Financial Officer and partnering closely with the Director of FP&A, executive leadership, Partners, and functional/operational executives across the firm.

The ideal candidate is someone who provides technical accounting excellence and strong data control frameworks, but who also anticipates issues, brings forward solutions, and helps shape the future-state of our growing finance organization. This is not a “just get the books closed” role; it is a chance to build, mentor, modernize, and influence.

• Financial Leadership & Close Management
• Own and lead the month-end close and all related processes, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and scalable controls.
• Prepare and present clear, insightful financial statements, analyses, and commentary for executive leadership, Partners, Board members, lenders, and auditors—on a scheduled and ad-hoc (as needed) basis.
• Strengthen balance sheet governance, reconciliations, and internal controls to support a growing, complex professional services organization.

• Technical Accounting & Compliance
• Ensure full compliance with GAAP and applicable federal, state, local, and international regulations.
• Own and continuously improve revenue recognition processes, particularly for professional services, including, but not limited to, multi-component contractual arrangements, licenses, and long-term engagements.
• Oversee tax‑related matters, including providing timely communication to shareholders, coordination with external advisors, review of K‑1s, state sales and use tax considerations/nuances, both in the US and India.
• Provide guidance on capitalized development costs, payroll‑related accounting (FICA, benefits, 401(k) true‑ups), and other adjacent accounting areas.

• Systems, Automation & Process Improvement
• Serve as a functional owner and advanced user of cloud‑based financial systems, with deep expertise in Sage Intacct, including foreign entity structures and consolidations.
• Assist in supporting and optimizing finance technology platforms integrations, including expense management and banking tools/applications.
• Partner on systems integration and optimization across Sage Intacct, Planful, and other tools, with a focus on reducing manual processes and spreadsheet dependency.
• Lead the development and documentation of SOPs, policies, and scalable workflows.

• Treasury & Cash Management
• Oversee treasury operations, including cash forecasting, working capital management, and banking relationships (U.S. and Canada).
• Provide visibility and insight into cash forecasting to support growth and investment decisions.

• Team Leadership & Development
• Lead, coach, mentor, and develop a growing accounting team.
• Actively identify opportunities to elevate team capabilities, delegate effectively, and build overall team capabilities.
• Foster a collaborative, inclusive, and accountable team culture aligned with the firm’s values.

• Strategic Partnership & Executive Presence
• Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, challenging assumptions and proactively surfacing risks and opportunities.
• Partner with leadership on decisions related to controls,…