Corporate Controller

Company: Confidential – Private Equity-Backed Services Organization

Location: Greater Chicago Area;
Hybrid Schedule

Reporting Relationship: Senior Vice President, Finance & Accounting

Our client is a large, private equity-backed services organization operating at significant national scale, with a substantial multi-site footprint across the United States. The business has experienced rapid growth through a combination of acquisitions, organic expansion, and continued development of its operating footprint.

The Company remains focused on its next phase of growth, with meaningful runway for continued expansion through de novo development and future acquisition activity.

The organization is founder-led and operates with an entrepreneurial, fast-moving culture. As the enterprise continues to scale, the finance organization is focused on further maturing its processes, controls, technology, and business partnership capabilities.

The Corporate Controller will serve as a key finance leader within a large, private equity-backed, multi-site organization operating in a fast-paced, high-growth environment. This individual will have end-to-end ownership of corporate accounting, including the integrity of the Company’s consolidated financial statements, operational and technical accounting, financial reporting, and the close process. The Corporate Controller will also serve as the primary day-to-day liaison with external auditors and third-party valuation specialists.

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As the Company continues to grow and mature its finance organization, the Corporate Controller will play a critical role in strengthening the accounting infrastructure required to support the business s leader will drive continuous improvement across the close, reporting, controls, and accounting processes, with an emphasis on greater efficiency, automation, and consistency.

The successful candidate will also lead and develop a high-performing accounting organization, establishing clear accountability while building the capabilities and processes needed to support continued growth. This individual will combine strong technical accounting expertise with a hands-on, business-oriented leadership style and the ability to operate effectively in an entrepreneurial environment where priorities evolve quickly.

• Own the monthly, quarterly, and annual close process across multiple legal entities and operating locations, maintaining accurate and timely consolidated financial statements in accordance with US GAAP.
• Lead core operational accounting, including revenue recognition, accruals, intercompany activity, account reconciliations, fixed assets, and lease accounting across a significant multi-site footprint.
• Maintain strong balance sheet integrity through disciplined review of reconciliations, aged items, trends, variances, and entity- or location-level results.
• Continue improving the close process while preserving quality, review rigor, and accountability.

• Lead preparation and review of consolidated financial statements, footnote disclosures, lender reporting, quarterly and annual debt-related reporting, and recurring reporting to the private equity sponsor.
• Own technical accounting research and documentation for complex and non-routine matters, including business combinations, debt arrangements, equity transactions, impairments, and other US GAAP matters.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for external auditors and manage the annual audit and quarterly review process end-to-end, including PBC schedules, timelines, issue resolution, and coordination with valuation specialists.