Controller - Client services

Company: MMR CFO Services LLC

Location:

Nashville, TN and surrounding Middle Tennessee region (Hybrid: Remote with occasional in-person team or client site visits)

Employment Type: 1099, 10 - 20 hours per week

About Us

MMR CFO Services provides fractional CFO support to small and mid-sized businesses who need professional financial leadership but may not require a full-time CFO. We partner with business owners to bring clarity, strategy, and growth to their financial operations.

We are seeking an experienced Controller - Client services to support our client engagements. This role is ideal for someone who is strong in accounting systems, month-end close processes, financial accuracy, and implementing structure and controls. This role bridges the gap between the client's staff accountants and strategic financial leadership: ensuring the numbers are right, the processes are consistent, and reporting is clear and reliable.

You’ll work directly with the CFO and collaborate closely with client finance staff and owners.

• Oversee and review day-to-day accounting and bookkeeping work performed by client's bookkeepers
• Manage monthly close process, ensuring timely and accurate financial statements
• Assist in preparation of month-end reporting packages for clients
• Conduct account reconciliations (bank, inventory, AP/AR, payroll, etc.)
• Support budgeting, forecasting, and cash flow planning activities performed by CFO
• Help implement or refine accounting systems, chart of accounts structure, and workflow processes
• Establish internal controls and standard operating procedures where needed
• Communicate clearly with clients about financial results and operational considerations
• Support the CFO in project-based analytical and process improvement work
• Prepare some state and local tax returns
• Process payroll for certain clients

• CPA or Master's in Accounting
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance
• 5+ years experience in accounting roles
• Experience working in Public Accounting (audit), preferred
• Experience working inside a Corporate Accounting department, ideally in a Controller or Accounting Manager capacity, preferred
• Prior leadership or supervisory experience (managed staff or directed accounting workflows), preferred
• Strong understanding of GAAP and financial reporting best practices
• Hands-on experience with Quick Books Online (other systems experience a plus)
• Ability to organize systems and create consistency across environments
• Strong communication skills – able to explain financial concepts in plain language
• Reliable self-starter who can manage multiple clients and meet deadlines
• Detail-oriented, but able to see the bigger picture
• Resides in the Nashville, TN area (occasional client onsite visits required)

• Experience supporting multiple clients or operating in a fractional/outsourced model
• Comfort developing SOPs and improving financial processes across different environments
• Ability to simplify complexity and create order from messy or growing systems
• Experience with construction accounting / job costing

• Competitive hourly pay based on experience
• Flexible schedule
• Opportunity to grow into increased client-facing responsibility and leadership over time

Please send your resume and a brief introduction explaining why this role aligns with your background and interests to: