Controller, Accounting, Financial Reporting

Job Title:

Controller (Consulting Project Fully Remote)

This consulting controller role allows an experienced accounting professional to apply deep expertise in financial reporting, audit, tax, and accounting operations in a fully remote, project-based environment. You will review and refine complex accounting content, develop realistic business cases, and help shape next-generation technology solutions without the demands of traditional client work, close cycles, or travel. The engagement offers flexible scheduling within a 3040 hour workweek over a 12-week period, with the potential to extend.

Responsibilities

• Review accounting-related scenarios, answers, and analyses to ensure technical accuracy and completeness.
• Analyze financial reporting, audit, tax, and broader accounting-related content for quality, clarity, and correctness.
• Provide expert feedback and recommendations to improve the accuracy, structure, and usefulness of accounting and finance content.
• Develop realistic accounting and finance business cases based on professional experience in areas such as controllership, financial reporting, audit, tax, and finance operations.
• Create clear, well-structured explanations of accounting concepts, standards, and practices for a variety of use cases.
• Identify inaccuracies, inconsistencies, and gaps in accounting and finance materials, and propose practical improvements.
• Apply knowledge of technical accounting topics such as SOX compliance, revenue recognition, lease accounting, treasury, internal controls, and month-end close processes to evaluate and refine content.
• Collaborate asynchronously within a remote project team while maintaining high quality standards and meeting project timelines.
• Work independently, managing your own workload and schedule to deliver consistent, high-quality outputs across the full engagement.
• Leverage user-level familiarity with AI and large language model tools to review, evaluate, and enhance AI-generated accounting content.

Essential Skills

• Approximately 7+ years of substantive accounting experience, with a strong experience in practical, hands-on work.
• Bachelors degree in accounting, finance, or a related field.
• Experience in one or more of the following areas: public accounting, corporate accounting, audit, tax, advisory, FP&A, financial reporting, or finance operations.
• Technical accounting expertise in areas such as financial reporting, controllership, audit, internal controls, SOX compliance, revenue recognition, lease accounting, treasury, and month-end close.
• Strong written communication skills, with the ability to explain complex accounting concepts clearly and concisely.
• Proven ability to work independently and manage tasks in a fully remote environment.
• General familiarity with AI and large language model tools at a user level.
• Availability to work 3040 hours per week over the full 12-week engagement.

Additional

Skills & Qualifications

• Masters degree in accounting, finance, or a related discipline is preferred but not required.
• CPA certification is preferred but not mandatory; practical expertise and experience are highly valued.
• Experience that spans multiple domains such as audit, tax, advisory, FP&A, financial reporting, and finance operations.
• Experience developing or reviewing technical accounting documentation, policies, or training materials.
  
  Comfort working in a consulting or project-based environment with evolving priorities.
• Interest in contributing to the development of next-generation technology solutions in accounting and finance.

Work Environment

This role operates in a fully remote work environment, allowing you to contribute from any suitable location with reliable internet access. The position offers a flexible schedule within a 3040 hour workweek, with a requirement to maintain that commitment across the full 12-week engagement and the possibility of extension. Work is project-based rather than client-facing, meaning there are no traditional close cycles, no travel requirements, and no direct client service obligations.

You will primarily use digital collaboration tools and AI/LLM platforms to review, analyze, and enhance accounting-related content in a focused, professional, and technology-driven setting.

Job Type & Location

This is a Permanent position based out of New York, NY.

Pay And Benefits

• The pay range for this position is $40000.00 - $60000.00/yr.
• Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills,…