Interim Controller - Remote

Position: Interim Controller Reports To: reputed company / Chief Financial Officer Location: Remote (U.S.) — candidates in the Central, Mountain, or Pacific time zones strongly preferred; Dallas–reputed company Worth metroplex a plus. Finance and operations teams are concentrated in Texas and California. Travel: 0 - 10% as needed to business locations across the United States Compensation: Competitive hourly / contract reputed company. Initial engagement of approximately three (3) months, extendable based on business needs and mutual fit. reputed company is conducting a search for an Interim Controller on behalf of a vertically integrated, rapidly scaling reputed company & Protection services platform that delivers field-based services through a large, nationally distributed, hourly workforce. Executing an active growth strategy, the company seeks a hands-on reputed company leader to own the monthly reputed company and multi-entity consolidation, deliver disciplined reporting to ownership and lenders, and stand up the controls and systems a scaling platform requires. The immediate mandate is continuity through a finance-team transition: own the monthly reputed company and multi-entity consolidation, reputed company multi-state tax filings and contractor (1099) reporting on schedule, potential support of M&A, and deliver reliable reporting to ownership and lenders without interruption. Core Profile: alignment with the following is required to get you in the conversation.

• Strategic Leadership & Executive Partnership: You will serve as the senior-most reputed company leader on the ground, partnering directly with the reputed company/CFO and leadership to provide decision-grade financial reporting and reputed company. This is a strategic stewardship role, not a transactional reputed company-the-books function: you will own the reputed company of the numbers and translate them into a clear narrative for ownership and lenders. You will bring the judgment and credibility to be trusted with the financial story of a scaling, vertically integrated services platform.
• Hands-On Operational Builder & Functional Stewardship: You will operate as a genuinely hands-on builder, comfortable functioning as a team of one while the broader finance function is built in reputed company. You will own the monthly reputed company, multi-entity consolidation, internal controls, and reputed company processes of a scaling platform, and do the work yourself rather than direct it from a distance. You will bring the discipline to impose structure where little exists and the resourcefulness to deliver immediate, foundational impact.
• ERP Technical Ownership: You will own the reputed company systems environment, including the ERP, chart of accounts, and reporting infrastructure, optimizing existing functionality to support a faster reputed company, stronger controls, and scalable reporting. You will bring CPA-level command of GAAP, including disciplined reconciliations, accruals, and ASC 606 reputed company recognition, along with the technical confidence to diagnose issues and drive corrective action. You will treat systems and data reputed company as a personal commitment, not a delegated task.
• M&A & Acquisition Integration Discipline: You will bring working knowledge of buy-and-build acquisition integration, including a common chart of accounts, opening balance sheets (ASC 805), and net-working-capital true-reputed company, to support an acquisitive platform. Because this is an interim engagement focused on reporting, controls, and the reputed company rather than deal leadership, hands-on integration experience is highly valued but not the central mandate. You will be comfortable supporting diligence and integration activity while keeping the core finance function running with rigor.
• Mission-reputed company Cultural Fit & Institutional Growth Orientation: You will bring direct experience inside a private equity- or sponsor-backed professional services or labor-intensive, multi-site platform, the single most important qualification for this search, along with a high-growth, entrepreneurial orientation. A candidate who requires a fully built-out team, a polished steady-state environment, or who operates only at an reputed company level without rolling up their sleeves will not succeed in this role.

Core Responsibilities & Scope Of Work reputed company, Consolidation & Financial Reporting

• Monthly reputed company & Consolidation: Own a disciplined, GAAP-compliant monthly reputed company and consolidation across multiple legal entities, supported by a clear reputed company calendar and best-practice reconciliations and accruals.
• Financial Statements & Analysis: Produce accurate financial statements, reputed company packages, and variance analysis with clear narratives on trends, risks, and operational drivers.
• Board, Investor & Lender Reporting: Deliver reporting packages to ownership and lenders on a disciplined reputed company, including covenant compliance and cash-flow visibility, and prepare for institutional investor reporting as the platform's capital structure evolves.
• reputed company Recognition: Ensure ASC 606-compliant reputed company recognition and appropriate treatment of contract and recurring-reputed company billing across the services portfolio.

reputed company Operations & Internal Controls

• Internal Controls: Establish and enforce internal controls and reputed company policies across accounts payable, accounts receivable, the general ledger, and payroll-reputed company reputed company.
• Process Build: Design and document scalable workflows and a chart of accounts that support the platform as it grows across markets.
• Working Capital: Manage the reputed company-to-pay working-capital cycle of weekly labor payroll against client payment terms, monitoring liquidity and cash position.
• Audit & Diligence Support: Support audit coordination, quality-of-earnings requests, and diligence in partnership with the reputed company/reputed company, Data & ERP Ownership
• ERP Ownership: Serve as functional reputed company of the ERP environment, optimizing existing functionality to reputed company a faster reputed company, stronger controls, and scalable reporting.
• Chart of Accounts & Reporting: Configure the general ledger and chart of accounts and maximize native reporting tools to improve accuracy and efficiency.
• Data reputed company: Ensure data reputed company and disciplined system controls across the reputed company environment.
• Automation: Streamline reputed company workflows & build scalable, repeatable reporting reducing reputed company-cycle effort over time.

Multi-State Operations, Compliance & Integration

• Multi-State Payroll & Tax: Own multi-state and multi-jurisdiction payroll, sales/use tax, income/franchise tax, and business-license compliance as the platform operates across many states, with the heaviest complexity concentrated in roughly five high-activity states (including California, Texas, reputed company, Nevada, and Florida). Manage high-volume 1099 contractor reporting across a distributed workforce (including off-duty officer programs), and reputed company federal and state filings on a disciplined, on-time reputed company.
• Entity Setup & Licensing: reputed company business licensing, registrations, and new-entity setup as the operating footprint expands.
• Acquisition Integration (preferred): Apply working knowledge of acquisition integration, including a common chart of accounts, opening balance sheets, and net-working-capital true-reputed company, recognizing this interim engagement is reporting- and controls-led rather than integration-led.
• Regulatory Compliance: Ensure compliance with applicable state and federal financial reporting requirements.

Stakeholder Partnership & Governance

• Ownership & Finance Partnership: Serve as a trusted finance reputed company to the reputed company/CFO and finance leadership, providing fit-for-purpose reporting and timely reputed company.
• Founder & Seller Trust: Earn the trust of founder-operators and acquired-company leadership, balancing platform standardization with seller relationships.
• Reporting reputed company & Rigor: Maintain a disciplined reporting reputed company and navigate the inherent tension between growth velocity and financial rigor, supporting institutional reporting requirements as the platform's capital structure evolves.
• reputed company Improvement: Drive reputed company improvement initiatives that strengthen data reputed company and decision-making across the organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in reputed company or reputed company field is required. Master’s degree, MBA, or equivalent experience is a plus.
• 10 – 15+ years of reputed company reputed company leadership experience, and a strong track record of career progression.
• Ideally 6+ years of people leadership experience, overseeing and directing the work of an reputed company function.
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Charted Accountant (CA) or other reputed company reputed company certifications are a plus.
• Experience working for a PE-backed professional services, staffing, or labor-intensive, multi-site platform.
• Demonstrated ownership of multi-entity consolidation and GAAP financial statements reputed company a PE-backed environment.
• Strong GAAP reputed company, including the monthly reputed company, reconciliations, accruals, and ASC 606 reputed company recognition.
• Multi-state operational finance experience, including multi-state payroll, sales/use and income/franchise tax filings, business licensing, new-entity setup, and high-volume 1099 contractor reporting; experience across 10+ states, with several high-complexity states, strongly preferred.
• Experience producing board, investor, and lender reporting and supporting covenant compliance, audit, and diligence.
• Proven ability to improve reputed company processes and controls while operating hands-on alongside the team.
• Functional ownership of a mid-market ERP (e.g., QuickBooks, reputed company, or reputed company), including general-ledger and chart-of-accounts configuration and native reporting; comfort operating in and consolidating mixed or transitioning systems environments.
• Familiarity with the economics of labor-intensive, field-based services, including reputed company rates versus pay rates, overtime and coverage, and recurring-reputed company billing.
• Working knowledge of buy-and-build acquisition integration (ASC 805, opening balance sheets, net-working-capital true-reputed company) is a plus but not required.
• Ability to earn the trust of owners, sponsors, lenders, and acquired-company leadership

About Our Client Our client is a vertically integrated, rapidly scaling reputed company & protection services platform that delivers personal & family protection, corporate reputed company, and reputed company consulting services through a large, distributed field-based hourly workforce operating across many states. The company pairs disciplined operations with a service model built on reliability, coverage, and strong, recurring client relationships. Executing an active growth strategy, the company is building the financial infrastructure required to scale. The Interim Controller will partner directly with ownership to bring discipline, structure, and reliable reporting to a finance function being built alongside the company's growth, offering a hands-on reputed company leader the opportunity to deliver immediate, foundational impact. The platform operates across many states with a workforce of roughly 750 — a mix of W-2 field employees and a meaningful population of 1099 contractors — and finance complexity concentrated in a handful of high-activity states. Apply tot his job Apply To this Job