LOCATION Charlotte, North Carolina
WHAT THEY OFFER YOU - A highly visible Controller role partnering directly with the CFO and senior leadership team.
- The chance to lead accounting within a private equity-backed business scaling through organic growth, operational improvement, and continued integration.
- Broad ownership spanning core accounting, month-end close, reporting, controls, process improvement, and team leadership.
- Room to build a more scalable accounting foundation while staying directly involved in the day-to-day work.
- A seat at the leadership table in a business that needs structure, accountability, and maturity from someone who stays close to the work rather than removed from it.
WHY THIS ROLE IS IMPORTANT - Service as a key accounting leader for a growing, multi-site services organization.
- Strengthening the close process, improving reporting discipline, enhancing controls, and ensuring accounting operations can support continued growth fall squarely under this role.
- Success requires balancing technical accounting, leadership, and operational execution in a smaller-company environment.
- Leading, coaching, and developing the team matters as much as rolling up their sleeves when needed.
- Ability to deliver better visibility, cleaner processes, stronger financial discipline, and a more scalable accounting function.
THE BACKGROUND THAT FITS - Current controller or senior accounting leader who has already owned a meaningful accounting function.
- Private equity-backed, sponsor-owned, acquisitive, or high-growth middle-market company experience.
- Service industry background is strongly preferred.
- Multi-site operating experience is required.
- Exposure to WIP, project accounting, job costing, or similar operational accounting environments is highly preferred.
- Strong leadership ability paired with a willingness to remain hands-on in the work.
- A track record of improving close processes, reporting cadence, controls, reconciliations, and accounting operations.
- Comfort working in a lean environment where priorities shift and the business needs a practical, solutions-oriented accounting leader.
- The credibility to partner directly with a CFO and executive team while earning trust with the accounting team through execution.
