About the Role We are hiring a Controller to lead the day-to-day accounting operations for our Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD) and In-Home Care (IHC) business units. This position manages multi-entity accounting, payroll operations, AP/AR, and external reporting across our locations. We are looking for an operationally minded leader who values clean books, structured systems, and reliable execution to support our mission-driven care teams.
What You'll Do In this role, you will hold end-to-end ownership of the accounting and payroll functions, ensuring high accuracy and consistent adherence to deadlines. You will guide, mentor, and delegate to the payroll manager and accounting staff - reviewing and approving their output while readily stepping in when complex challenges arise. Crucially, you will build and maintain the framework that keeps our operations seamless: instituting practical checklists, tracking tools, internal controls, and clear team accountability.
Team leadership
- Manage, train and develop the payroll and accounting team, and assign ownership of each recurring process.
- Review workflows within the finance and accounting operations to ensure timeliness and accuracy.
- Identify process gaps and implement improvements.
- Serve as the main contact for external partners including outside CPA firm and benefit and retirement plan providers. Payroll processing (Bi-Weekly)
- Oversee the end-to-end payroll process via our third-party payroll processor, ensuring all regular pay runs, final checks, and off-cycle payments are submitted accurately and on time. Month-End Close & General Ledger
- Own and execute the month-end close schedule, ensuring all deadlines, reconciliations, and reporting milestones are met.
- Prepare, calculate, and post standard and adjusting journal entries, recurring accruals, and prepayments.
- Perform detailed balance sheet reconciliations (cash, prepaid expenses, fixed assets, accruals) and resolve any ledger discrepancies promptly. Transaction Processing & Operations
- Accurately record, classify, and allocate operational transactions across appropriate accounts, departments, and cost centers.
- Manage billing by generating invoices and applying remittances. Multi-Entity Accounting
- Handle multi-entity general ledger activity, ensuring proper cost allocations, intercompany billings, and balancing reconciliations across all subsidiaries. External Reporting
- Prepare and deliver reports to external agencies.
- Partner with outside CPA firm on quarterly financial reviews, tax estimates and annual tax filings.
- Support annual financial audit.
- Support 401(k) plan setup and ongoing administration with plan providers. What You'll Bring Required
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting or related field
- [5+] years of progressive accounting experience, including [3+] years leading a team or function, ideally multi-entity or healthcare / home care
- Experience with payroll software platforms and comprehensive knowledge of payroll compliance, including federal, state, and local wage laws, tax withholdings, and statutory garnishments.
- Proven expertise operating within modern accounting software/ERP systems to manage the full monthly close cycle, general ledger journal entries, multi-entity intercompany accounting, and bank reconciliations.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel proficiency.
- Solid understanding of GAAP principles and accrual-based accounting
- High attention to detail and the discipline to hit recurring weekly and monthly deadlines
- Proven ability to lead, train, and mentor a team while driving accountability, backed by excellent communication skills across internal and external parters. Preferred
- Experience with home care scheduling and billing software
- Familiarity with Oregon and California payroll requirements
- Experience with Medicaid billing and remittance
- CPA designation is a plus.
- Experience with a multi-entity ERP such as NetSuite is also a plus
Compensation and Benefits
Competitive compensation based on experience and qualifications, along with Health Benefits, PTO and 401k.