Controller, Accounting, Financial Reporting

You enjoy getting the numbers right. You also want to understand what they mean, what needs attention, and how the business can run better because of them.

We’re looking for a Controller who can own our internal finances, bring useful insight to leadership, and improve the systems behind the work. Someone who is equally comfortable reconciling an account, building a cash-flow forecast, and explaining why a trend deserves attention.

If your idea of a satisfying day includes solving a financial puzzle and retiring an unnecessarily complicated spreadsheet, we should talk.

R.D. Barnett PLLC is a growing tax, accounting, and advisory firm serving entrepreneurs and privately held businesses. Practice Den, our veterinary-focused brand, helps independent veterinary practice owners navigate the financial side of ownership from startup through succession.

Relationships matter here. So does clear communication, thoughtful work, and follow through. We take our responsibilities seriously, keep our personalities intact, and continually look for better ways to serve our clients and support our team.

We’re technology-forward and comfortable questioning how things have always been done. We want people who bring ideas, exercise judgment, and help turn a good suggestion into a working process.

As Controller, you’ll own the firm’s day-to-day finance work and provide the analysis and recommendations that help leadership make informed decisions.

This is a hands-on role. You’ll personally manage accounting, billing, receivables, payables, payroll, and close activities while building stronger reporting, forecasts, controls, and workflows. You’ll also oversee benefits administration and selected operational projects connected to finance, employees, vendors, insurance, and systems.

Working directly with our Finance Operations Manager, you’ll have meaningful responsibility and room to improve how the work gets done. Success means dependable financial operations, fewer surprises, and leadership that can act on the numbers with confidence.

Keep the financial foundation solid.

• Maintain accurate books and records for R.D. Barnett PLLC and Practice Den.
• Complete and review reconciliations, journal entries, schedules, and month-end close work.
• Own accounts receivable and accounts payable.
• Maintain a weekly cadence for invoices, payments, A/R reconciliation, collections, and outstanding balances.
• Apply and reconcile payments across Quick Books, Practice CS, Anchor, CPACharge, Ignition, and other systems.
• Resolve billing discrepancies, unapplied payments, credits, and unusual transactions.
• Prepare excise-tax filings and related recurring compliance work.
• Maintain complete supporting documentation and a reliable financial close calendar.
• Coordinate with outside accounting, tax, banking, legal, insurance, and benefit partners.
• Escalate material matters to the Managing Member when leadership approval is required.

Turn financial information into useful decisions.

• Perform a higher-level review of the firm’s financial activity and records.
• Prepare budgets, forecasts, and cash-flow projections.
• Produce budget-to-actual and financial-performance reporting.
  
  Analyze revenue, expenses, margins, staffing costs, cash flow, and operational trends.
• Identify financial risks, unusual activity, and opportunities for improvement.
• Translate financial results into clear recommendations for leadership.
• Support hiring, compensation, pricing, investment, and growth decisions with financial analysis.
• Help leadership understand what happened, why it happened, and what should happen next.

Make payroll and employee-related finance dependable.

• Own payroll preparation,…