Corporate Controller

The Opportunity

CEGA Innovations is a medical-device company serving hospitals and health systems across the United States. We are seeking a technically strong, hands‑on Corporate Controller to lead accounting operations, financial reporting, audit preparation, and the development of internal controls. This is a working leadership role. The Controller will personally review underlying records, resolve accounting questions, and produce work that can withstand rigorous audit scrutiny.

The Controller reports to the Chief Financial Officer and will work with independent auditors, tax advisers, valuation specialists, and outside counsel.

Responsibilities

Accounting and Financial Reporting

• Own the monthly, quarterly, and annual close, including the close calendar, journal entries, estimates, account reconciliations, and review procedures.
• Prepare U.S. GAAP financial statements, supporting schedules, variance analyses, and management reports.
• Maintain accounting policies and documentation standards, and resolve discrepancies between the general ledger and underlying records.
• Develop processes capable of supporting public‑company reporting deadlines and assist with financial information and disclosures for registration statements and periodic filings, as applicable.

Audit Leadership

• Serve as the principal day‑to‑day accounting contact for the independent auditors.
• Coordinate annual audits and interim reviews, including prepared‑by‑client schedules, confirmations, selections, walkthroughs, and responses to audit questions.
• Prepare and review work papers that reconcile to the general ledger and source documentation.
• Track audit requests, assign internal owners, enforce deadlines, and escalated unresolved issues promptly.
• Document significant accounting judgments and transactions in technical memoranda; coordinate the resolution of proposed adjustments, audit findings, and control deficiencies.

Technical Accounting

• Research, document, and apply U.S. GAAP to revenue recognition, including customer rebates, fees, and equipment placement arrangements; inventory costing and reserves; equity and stock‑based compensation; debt, leases, and contingencies; related‑party transactions; and acquisitions.
• Review proposed contracts and significant transactions for accounting implications before execution.
• Monitor relevant accounting standards and coordinate their implementation.
• Work with external specialists on valuations, taxes, and complex equity instruments while retaining ownership of the company’s accounting conclusions and records.

Internal Controls and Systems

• Design, document, and implement practical internal controls over financial reporting, including process narratives, risk‑and‑control matrices, walkthroughs, and segregation‑of‑duties reviews.
• Strengthen controls over purchasing, inventory, revenue, receivables, payables, payroll, equity records, cash, and financial reporting.
• Lead the finance workstream for a planned ERP transition, including chart of accounts design, data mapping and validation, opening‑balance and subledger reconciliations, financial workflow requirements, cutover documentation, and controls after go‑live. Coordinate with the implementation team and preserve access to historical records needed for audit and reporting.

Leadership

• Build and lead the accounting function while remaining directly involved in critical accounting work.
• Set measurable standards for close timeliness, reconciliation quality, and audit readiness.
• Coordinate with operations, sales, supply chain, legal, and HR to obtain complete and timely financial information.
• Support budgeting, forecasting, cash planning, and transaction diligence as needed.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or a related field - an active…