Controller, Accounting, Financial Compliance

Job Title:

Controller

Company:
Solen Software Group

Location:

US (Salt Lake City or New York City - Hybrid)

Employment Type:

Full-time

About Solen Software Group

Solen Software Group is an evergreen holding company that acquires and operates proven vertical-market software businesses with meaningful long-term growth potential. Solen compounds value over decades, not quarters, and partners with founders to build enduring category leaders across HR tech, fleet telematics, asset management, e-health, document management, and other mission‑critical software verticals.

About the role

As Controller at Solen Software Group, you will own the treasury function, the monthly close process and stakeholder reporting process across our growing portfolio of software companies and at the holding company level. Every month, you will manage consolidation across multiple entities and currencies, ensuring that internal stakeholders and our investors receive reliable numbers on time. You will manage, coach and upskill a team of accounting professionals and make decisions on team resourcing, priorities and critical accounting and treasury systems.

You will oversee and successfully manage tax compliance and annual audit processes. You will be the key decision‑maker in how new acquisitions are integrated into the chart of accounts and how their first close is executed. This is a technical, hands‑on, build‑as‑you‑go role. This role also requires close, day‑to‑day partnership with Solen’s accounting team based in Portugal. You’ll work directly with the VP of Finance to scale Solen’s finance and accounting infrastructure, joining a culture‑first, Great Place to Work–certified organization that values impact and collaboration.

• Close Ownership and Consolidation Own monthly, quarterly, and annual GAAP‑compliant close processes across multiple entities and currencies, enforcing the calendar, cut‑offs, and review standards, and ensuring audit‑readiness.
• Lead multi‑entity, multi‑currency consolidations end‑to‑end, managing intercompany transactions, settlements, and eliminations.
• Partner day‑to‑day with Solen’s accounting team based in Portugal, providing technical guidance, review, and oversight of shared services and cost allocation processes performed there.
• Manage a team of accounting professionals to optimize the completeness and consistency of the close process across various entities and businesses.
• Technical Accounting Leadership:
  Review and approve journal entries, reconciliations, and key accounting judgments, ensuring GL, balance sheet, and income statement accuracy.
• Ensure perpetual and consistent GAAP compliance and audit‑readiness.
• Design and maintain internal controls suitable for a growing PE‑backed platform, serving as the primary owner for audit, tax, and regulatory coordination.
• Support cost allocation methodology and transfer pricing considerations for cross‑border shared services and intercompany transactions.
• Integration and Process Design Implement a best‑in‑class onboarding process for new acquisitions into the accounting structure and oversee successful migration to Solen’s ERP and subsequent successful closes, including completion of technical accounting related to acquisitions.
• Design scalable accounting processes and systems that seamlessly integrate new entities without disrupting the close cycle.
• Reporting and Stakeholder Management Prepare stand‑alone, business unit, and consolidated financial statements for management, stakeholders and investors/lenders, supporting PE reporting requirements and ensuring comparability across the portfolio.
• Partner with FP&A on reporting, analysis, post‑acquisition integration, from day‑one close to steady‑state.
• Team Development and Mentorship Manage and mentor Solen and OpCo accounting team members, serving as the technical accounting reference point for portfolio CFOs and controllers.
• Identify and hire accounting team members based on growth or technical/specialized skill needs.
• Tax Leadership Manage internal and external tax compliance with internal and external resources. Ensure compliance with relevant state, federal and international tax requirements.
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