Consulting Controller - Public Accounting​/Audit Exp

Why Join Vessel Advisors?

Love consulting but hate the public accounting grind? This role offers the dynamic variety of managing multiple client environments concurrently and running high-impact financial assessments —all while maintaining a predictable, remote schedule without the traditional 80-hour public accounting busy season.

Vessel Advisors delivers financial clarity and operational certainty to growth-stage CEOs and their companies. We serve as an outsourced financial team with a focus on strategic finance, technology, and data-driven metrics. We provide a full accounting and finance team at a fraction of the cost, and we scale up or down with our clients as they do. We work primarily with companies in the growth-stage, or those that need to optimize performance, who need to develop and implement strategic financial and operational plans.

We get to serve as trusted advisors to dynamic business leaders and equip them with the financial information they need when they need it.

The Financial Consultant is a Controller+ level resource responsible for providing high-level financial expertise and guidance through Vessel’s financial assessments and fractional accounting (Controller) services engagements. This role reports to the VP of Operations and is primarily responsible for leading and facilitating Vessel Advisors’ proven Financial Assessment process with clients and their key team members.

The Financial Consultant takes extreme ownership of the assessment process, from the day a new client engages, through the approximately six-week assessment process, through to the eventual recurring accounting support services. The Financial Consultant helps clients identify financial goals, understand existing processes, and recommend improvements that lead to real dollars. This role requires a unique blend of technical accounting knowledge, proactive project management, and elite interpersonal skills – both via video conference and in-person – to navigate complex conversations and build trust fast with dynamic business owners and C-level leaders.

The position will be responsible for providing financial expertise and guidance to clients, helping them to improve their financial performance and achieve their business goals. This includes but is not limited to financial discovery assessments, process improvements, accounting clean-up, budgeting and forecasting, etc. Additionally, the position involves providing financial services to multiple clients concurrently in a fractional capacity. The Controller will take ownership of the client’s existing financial processes and recommend and implement best practices.

The Controller will oversee internal and external staff, as well as client staff, as needed. We are seeking an individual who takes extreme ownership over their responsibilities, seeks to provide fast responses in writing and by phone, and will do what it takes to serve and over-deliver Vessel Advisors’ clients.

• Controller-Level Expertise:
  Has 8+ years of experience as a Controller
• Advisory Expertise:
  Has 5+ years of experience as an advisor or management consultant in an in-person capacity
• Facilitator:
  Able to lead intensive, all-day in-person meetings during onsite visits with clietns, maintaining control of the room and navigating complex questions, issues, and team dynamics
• Tech Savvy:
  An expert in cloud-based software
• Project Management:
  Deeply, obsessively organized with strong project management skills that have been honed through complex projects with tight deadlines
• Proactive & Flexible: A "can-do" attitude when plans change or travel logistics shift
• Strong Communicator:
  Excellent written and verbal skills; 95% of internal communication is via Slack. 70% or more of client communication is via email.
• Industry Versatility:
  Experience in multiple industries; specific experience in Construction, Audit, or public accounting is a plus

• Lead Financial Assessments:
  Run and facilitate intensive, in-person discovery sessions to evaluate client financial health and operational efficiency.
• Develop Financial…