Responsive recruiter
Benefits: - Health insurance
- Opportunity for advancement
- Paid time off
- Training & development
- Vision insurance
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Bonus based on performance
- Competitive salary
- Dental insurance
- Tuition assistance
The Controller leads the integrity, consistency, and execution of the monthly accounting close process across NVK & CSI, a multi-entity Child Care Center organization. The Controller strengthens close discipline, improves balance sheet accuracy, enhances audit readiness, and operates effectively in a fast-moving, operationally focused environment.
Minimum Education and Experience Requirements- Bachelors degree in Accounting or Finance; MBA or Masters degree in Finance preferred
- 5-7+ years of progressive accounting experience, ideally in multi-entity environments
- Prior Controller, Assistant Controller, or Senior Accounting Manager experience strongly preferred
- Public accounting background preferred
- Experience working with remote leadership teams and offshore accounting support preferred
- Multi-location, franchise, childcare, healthcare, hospitality, or service-based business experience is a plus
Skills Requirements- Netsuite
- Strong accrual accounting and month-end close expertise
- Working knowledge of US GAAP, audits, and financial controls
- Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills
- Comfortable leveraging technology, automation, and AI-based tools to improve efficiency
Key Responsibilities- Month-End Close & Financial Reporting
- Own and manage the monthly close calendar to ensure timely and accurate financial reporting
- Oversee execution of the month-end close checklist and ensure processes are followed consistently
- Coordinate with accounting support teams to resolve close issues prior to financial finalization
- Ensure proper cutoff and accrual accounting for payroll, subsidies, CACFP, rent, insurance, and recurring operating expenses
- Accrual Accounting & Journal Entry Oversight
- Prepare, review, and approve monthly accruals and journal entries
- Ensure entries are accurate, properly classified, and fully supported
- Maintain consistency in accrual methodology and accounting treatment month over month
- Document assumptions and maintain organized support schedules
- Variance Analysis & Financial Review
- Prepare and analyze monthly financial variances
- Identify operational drivers, accounting issues, and one-time items impacting performance
- Partner closely with the CFO to provide concise, actionable financial insights for leadership and ownership groups
- Balance Sheet Integrity & Reconciliations
- Prepare and/or review reconciliations
- Ensure all balance sheet accounts are reconciled monthly and supported with documentation
- Proactively identify and escalate accounting risks or discrepancies
- Audit Readiness & Controls
- Maintain audit-ready documentation throughout the year
- Ensure adequate support exists for revenue recognition, payroll, accruals, and significant transactions
- Serve as a primary accounting contact for external auditors and tax advisors
- Assist in developing and documenting accounting policies, procedures, and internal controls
- NetSuite & Process Improvement
- Utilize NetSuite as the primary system of record
- Review account mappings, reporting structure, and chart of accounts consistency
- Identify opportunities to improve close efficiency, reporting accuracy, and scalability
- Recommend and implement process improvements that reduce manual work, CFO dependency, and post-close corrections
- Foster a positive, inclusive, and collaborative work environment in alignment with NVK's Core Values: Genuine Integrity, Respect and Responsibility, Own Excellence and Win as a Team
This is a remote position.
Compensation: $90,000.00 - $110,000.00 per year
