Sr. Director, Controllership
US-MA-Boston
Job ID: 2026-7466 Type: Regular Full-Time # of Openings: 1 Category: FINANCE Remote - United States
Responsibilities
NWN is a ~$1.4B technology solutions and managed services business, and its controllership organization is scaling to match. The Senior Director owns the integrity, efficiency, and scalability of the company's accounting operations end to end. This is a builder's role for a technically excellent, process-driven leader who pairs deep accounting judgment with a systems-and-automation mindset. The role leads a large, multi-disciplinary organization, raises the technical and operational bar, and modernizes how the department works, including through practical, well-governed use of AI.
- Lead a large, multi-layered organization spanning revenue, corporate accounting, controllership excellence, accounts payable, and the order-to-cash team, *** including billing, collections, and cash applications.
- Build bench strength by developing managers, raising hiring and performance standards, and partnering with HR to hire, develop, and retain top talent.
- Own a deliberate workforce strategy across a blended team of employees and contractors, including the onshore and offshore model.
- Set a clear operating rhythm, hold the team accountable, and create a culture of ownership, rigor, and continuous improvement.
- Redesign and scale department processes so the business can grow without adding cost linearly; standardize and automate manual work across close, reconciliations, revenue, and order-to-cash.
- Lead the practical, well-controlled adoption of AI and automation to improve speed, accuracy, insight, and team capacity.
- Partner with Finance Systems and IT on the ERP and surrounding tooling roadmap, translating process needs into system requirements.
- Serve as the companys senior technical accounting authority, including ASC 606 revenue recognition, consolidations, technical accounting memos, new standards, goodwill and intangible impairment, and equity transactions.
- Lead accounting for acquisitions, including purchase accounting under ASC 805, opening balance sheets, diligence support, and post-close integration.
- Own the monthly, quarterly, and annual close, balance-sheet integrity, reconciliations, annual GAAP financial statements, and accurate, timely, decision-useful reporting.
- Lead the annual external audit end to end and drive year-round audit readiness through proactive documentation, technical memos, control evidence, and early issue resolution.
- Own the internal control framework, accounting policy and governance, chart of accounts, delegation of authority, and audit committee and board reporting on significant accounting matters.
- Serve as a credible deputy to the SVP and represent controllership to the CFO, auditors, executive leadership, and board.
- Partner with FP&A, Operations, Sales, Legal, and Revenue Operations on results, variances, commercial decisions, and complex or non-standard contracts.
- Establish and execute a prioritized transformation and AI roadmap, including measurable progress toward shortening the monthly close from 8 days toward a 5-day close.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
- Complies with all policies and standards.
- Demonstrated comfort with adopting emerging AI tools and technologies to optimize processes, improve collaboration, and drive operational effectiveness.
Qualifications
- Bachelors degree in accounting or finance.
- 10+ years of progressive accounting experience, including 5+ years leading managers and prior ownership of a full controllership or finance-operations function.
- Experience at a $1B+ multi-entity business in technology, telecom, managed services, or IT services, with recurring-revenue and billing complexity.
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