Controller, Accounting, Financial Reporting

MSG Companies is hiring a Controller to own accounting and financial reporting across seven affiliated cybersecurity and technology companies.

You will own the monthly close, consolidated financial reporting, intercompany accounting, cash reporting and forecasting, AR/AP oversight, accounting controls, and the day-to-day operation of the accounting function. You will work at both levels: reviewing consolidated financial statements and tracing discrepancies through the general ledger to the underlying transactions.

Our structure includes a holding company, operating company, and multiple subsidiaries. As companies are acquired or formed, the Controller will be responsible for bringing them into a repeatable accounting and reporting structure.

• Own the monthly, quarterly, and annual close across seven legal entities.
• Prepare and review entity-level and consolidated financial statements in accordance with GAAP.
• Maintain the general ledger and review journal entries, accruals, balance-sheet reconciliations, and supporting schedules.
• Own intercompany accounting, allocations, reconciliations, and eliminations.
• Establish the close calendar, accounting procedures, review steps, and internal controls.
• Investigate accounting discrepancies and make sure material balances can be supported and explained.

• Maintain visibility into cash across all entities, including expected receipts and scheduled disbursements.
• Build and maintain a rolling 13-week cash forecast and compare forecasted activity with actual results.
• Oversee invoicing, collections, aging, cash application, vendor payments, and related reconciliations.
• Establish approval controls and review standards for transactional accounting.
• Remain hands-on enough to investigate exceptions and complete transactional work when required.

• MRR and ARR reporting.
• Recurring agreement billing and true-ups.
• Software and license reconciliation.
• Deferred and unbilled revenue.
• ASC 606 revenue recognition.
• Job and project costing.
• Customer and service-line profitability.
• Identification of missed billing and margin leakage.
• Deliver monthly management reporting, including budget-to-actual results and variance commentary.
• Analyze revenue, gross margin, working capital, and profitability.
• Support annual budgeting, rolling forecasts, and scenario analysis.
• Support the CFO with lender reporting, covenant calculations, pricing analysis, acquisitions, and other projects requiring reliable financial information.

• Coordinate recurring operational tax compliance across the organization.
• Maintain sales-tax nexus, registration, and exemption-certificate processes.
• Coordinate specialist tax matters with outside advisors.
• Maintain the accounting schedules and documentation required for tax, audit, lender, and transaction-related requests.

• Our current systems include HaloPSA, Quick Books Enterprise, Rippling, Hub Spot, and Microsoft 365.
• Experience with our exact technology stack is not required. You should have hands-on experience with Quick Books or a comparable accounting system.
• You should understand how financial information moves between operating systems and the general ledger, how to reconcile it, and how to identify when something is wrong.
• Identify recurring accounting work that can be standardized or automated without weakening accounting controls or review.

• You should have 6+ years of progressive accounting experience, including experience owning or materially leading a monthly close.
• Multi-entity accounting.
• Consolidated financial statements.
• Intercompany accounting and eliminations.
• General-ledger accounting and balance-sheet reconciliations.
• AR/AP oversight.
• Cash reporting and forecasting.
• Practical multistate sales and use tax experience, including nexus, taxability, exemption certificates, registrations, and recurring compliance.
• Reviewing or managing the work of accounting staff.
• Advanced Excel.
• A bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or a related field is preferred. Equivalent relevant experience will also be considered.
• CPA or CMA credentials are valued but not required.

• PE-backed or multi-company organizations.
• MSP, MSSP, IT-services, or cybersecurity companies.
• ASC 606.
• Job costing or project accounting.
• M&A or post-acquisition integration.
• Quick Books Enterprise.
• Government contractors or Defense Industrial Base customers.

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