Location: Boca Raton,FL, USA
Job Title: Financial Controller
Location: HQ is in Southeast Florida
Work Mode: Remote
Reports To: Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Experience Level: Senior
Job Type: This is a contract-to-hire role, candidates not willing and able to convert to a fulltime employee in approximately 6 months should not apply.
Compensation: Starts at $125k, has the potential to be awarded company equity contingent on experience.
Job Summary: A Southeast Florida-based IT Managed Service Provider is looking to bring on a Controller for their rapidly growing IT firm. This resource will oversee the company's accounting, financial reporting, and internal control functions, playing a key role in financial strategy and decision-making. This senior-level position is pivotal in performing and managing day-to-day financial operations while supporting the business through a phase of significant growth.
This role requires a seasoned finance professional with experience in expanding companies from small to large scale, ensuring financial rigor, compliance, and accuracy as the company grows. Candidates should be interested in, and capable of, performing duties consistent with that of a CFO as the company grows and that responsibility becomes increasingly important.
This candidate should bring a background of 10-15 years of experience and have a robust background of working within an organization scaling from 5-15mm in revenue, minimally. This resource will create a strategy to increase the company's available liquidity by consolidating the firm's finance operations, establishing SOPs, overseeing the finance department as it grows, and performing day-to-day financial operations. In addition, they will be overseeing bookkeeping resources across multiple time zones. They will also work directly with the CEO to optimize invoicing, consolidate P/L, establish collections operations and source additional capital options for the company.
Job Duties
* Perform and manage all accounting functions, including Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Invoicing, General Ledger, and Payroll.
* Perform small business financial operations such as, but not limited to: obtaining and managing small business loans, managing overall collections, managing taxes, etc.
* Analyze financial reports and provide insights and recommendations to the CEO.
* Manage financial audits and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.
* Monitor budget variances, analyze trends, and make adjustments to improve financial performance and efficiencies
* Ensure adherence to local, state, and federal regulatory requirements.
* Collaborate with the CEO and other leadership to develop financial strategies that support long-term business objectives and exponential growth.
* Play a critical role in scaling finance operations as the company grows, identifying potential financial risks, and implementing strategies for mitigation.
* Lead, manage, and mentor, existing team members, with a plan to develop a larger team of accounting and finance professionals, fostering a collaborative, results-driven environment.
Required Skills & Experience
* Demonstrated experience with companies that have scaled from small to large, particularly in high-growth environments.
* Strong background in financial planning, budgeting, and internal controls.
* Minimum 10 years applicable experience working in a similar capacity for both small ($15M/$75M) organizations
* Minimum 10 years of managing debt and borrowing for small businesses.
* Experience building financial strategy and scaling a growing company.
* Experience managing and hiring financial staff
* Understanding of tax laws across the United States
* Understanding of and experience using QuickBooks
* Ability to wear multiple hats, multitask, and work on needed tasks both independently and as a team.
Desired / Preferred Skills
* Experience working with other IT services organizations (other IT MSPs specifically a plus)
* Certified Public Accountant license and/or Accounting degree
* Understanding of and experience using AutoTask RMM
* Understanding of tax laws internationally (Netherlands, Czech Republic, Macedonia, Singapore, Canada, Spain, India, Germany, etc.)
Additional Details:
* Initial contract duration of 6 months, to hire as a full-time salaried employee of client thereafter
* Headquartered in Southeast Florida; travel to and from HQ a few times annually (paid for by client)
* 3 rounds of interviews; Initial 30-minute screen (followed by a skills test), followed by a virtual interview with management, followed by an in-person interview in Southeast Florida (paid for by the client)
* Position can be fully remote
* Benefits offered (medical, 401k with company match, disability insurance, etc.)