Corporate Controller (Automotive)

Strategic Corporate Controller Driving Financial Excellence & IPO Readiness

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Salary: $180,000 - $230,000 per year

A bit about us:

Our client is a fast-growing, multi-location organization focused on operational excellence, financial discipline, and long-term strategic growth. With a strong leadership team and an ambitious roadmap ahead, we are building scalable infrastructure and processes to support the next phase of expansion.

Why join us?

• Lead financial strategy and play a key role in IPO readiness
• High-impact leadership role with executive visibility
• Opportunity to build and scale teams, systems, and processes
• Strong benefits, growth potential, and performance-driven culture

Job Details

Financial Reporting & Closing Process

• Oversee all monthly, quarterly, and annual financial closings across a multi-location business
• Review and approve financial statements, schedules, and account reconciliations
• Ensure adherence to U.S. GAAP and industry accounting best practices; support transition to public-company reporting
• Maintain financial reporting packages, including management reports, balance sheets, income statements, and cash flow statements
• Coordinate and resolve complex accounting issues (e.g., revenue recognition, reserves, impairments, lease accounting)

Accounting Operations Oversight

• Lead the corporate accounting function across multiple locations, ensuring accurate, timely, and compliant reporting
• Manage accounting leadership, establishing close timelines, review checkpoints, and quality standards
• Define roles, segregation of duties, and coverage across A/P, A/R, payroll, GL, fixed assets, and inventory
• Build and strengthen the accounting team to support organizational growth and public-company readiness
• Establish performance metrics (close timelines, reconciliations, aging items) and oversee team development

Industry-Specific Accounting

• Oversee transactional accounting processes including sales postings, financing products, chargebacks, and fees
• Monitor operational areas such as service, margins, work-in-progress, warranties, and reserves
• Oversee inventory processes including counts, aging, valuation adjustments, and related financial impacts

Internal Controls and Compliance

• Design and maintain internal control frameworks aligned with pre-IPO requirements
• Develop SOX-compliant processes, documentation, and testing protocols
• Enforce controls related to cash handling, approvals, access management, payables processes, and reconciliations

Audit, Tax & External Advisors

• Manage annual financial audits, including preparation for public-company audit standards
• Oversee indirect and property tax processes; coordinate income tax activities with external advisors
• Support executive leadership with debt compliance, banking relationships, and financial reporting requirements

Budgeting, Forecasting & Operational Analytics

• Partner with executive leadership on budgeting, forecasting, and scenario planning
• Deliver variance analysis and insights to drive margin improvement and cost control
• Support operational leaders with financial guidance and performance insights

Policies, Systems & Data Integrity

• Develop and maintain accounting policies and standard operating procedures
• Oversee ERP systems, chart of accounts, and data governance
• Lead system enhancements and integrations (e.g., automation, reconciliation tools, asset management systems)

Public Offering Readiness

• Lead preparation for a future public offering, including:

o Building a scalable finance organization
o Establishing reporting infrastructure and governance frameworks
o Implementing SOX compliance programs

• Support regulatory readiness, including financial disclosures and reporting requirements
• Partner with external advisors on control design, testing, and remediation
• Assist in long-term organizational planning and strategic hiring within finance and accounting

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in Accounting or Finance required
• MBA or advanced degree preferred
• CPA or CMA designation required
• 8+ years of progressive accounting experience, including leadership roles
• Experience in multi-location or industry-specific accounting environments preferred
• Exposure to public-company readiness, SOX, or audit environments is a plus
• Strong leadership, process improvement, and cross-functional collaboration skills
• Excellent communication, analytical, and problem-solving abilities
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and accounting systems
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities
• Must meet employment eligibility requirements and pass applicable pre-employment screenings

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