Corporate Controller (Morris Plains, NJ)

We're working with a private equity-backed professional services organization to find a Corporate Controller to lead accounting operations across multiple regional offices. This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who has run a controllership function inside a multi-entity, sponsor-backed environment and is comfortable being the operational center of gravity for close, consolidation, and audit.

What You’ll Do

• Manage corporate consolidation across multiple legal entities and offices, directing and collaborating with regional controllers
• Own the month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close process and deliver management reporting packages to the private equity sponsor
• Manage lender reporting requirements, including debt covenant compliance calculations and submissions
• Partner with senior finance leadership on the external group audit, acting as the operational liaison to auditors and coordinating deliverables across regions
• Oversee centralized accounting operations, including general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable, and payroll
• Design, implement, and maintain internal controls and accounting policies
• Use SAP to automate workflows and accelerate close and reporting cycles across regions
• Manage, mentor, and develop a corporate accounting team, working in a matrixed structure with regional finance leaders

What We’re Looking For

• 10-20 years of progressive accounting experience, including time in a Controller or senior accounting leadership role
• Background at another professional services firm
• Active CPA license required
• Advanced knowledge of US GAAP, including ASC 606, and financial statement consolidation
• Hands‑on experience with SAP or a comparable ERP
• Track record of hitting strict reporting and audit deadlines across decentralized teams

Preferred

• Experience in a PE-backed environment with sponsor-driven reporting deadlines
• Public accounting background

The Environment

A multi-office, PE-backed professional services organization with a centralized accounting function. Hybrid schedule based out of the NYC or Parsippany, NJ office.

Job location

Morris Plains, NJ (also open to NYC office)