AVP, Controllership

Assistant Vice President, Controllership

Company Overview:

Our client is a well-established, Fortune 500 technology-enabled financial services organization experiencing ongoing growth and transformation. The company fosters a collaborative and dynamic culture with strong leadership and opportunities to impact enterprise-level accounting operations.

Job Overview

A large, established financial services organization is seeking a forward-thinking and results-driven Assistant Vice President of Controllership to join its Accounting leadership team. Reporting to the Vice President of Accounting, this individual will help shape the future of the accounting function through automation, artificial intelligence, advanced analytics, and modern finance transformation.

The Assistant Vice President will oversee General and Administrative accounting activities, monthly close processes, financial reporting support, and control execution. This leader will also drive transformational initiatives designed to modernize accounting operations, accelerate the close process, enhance control effectiveness, improve reporting quality, and expand the use of intelligent accounting solutions across the organization.

The ideal candidate is a strategic accounting leader with a strong foundation in U.S. GAAP, internal controls, and financial operations. This individual should also have a genuine interest in using technology, analytics, and artificial intelligence to improve efficiency, scalability, accuracy, and business insight.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and oversight for critical accounting operations, ensuring the accuracy, integrity, and timeliness of financial information.
• Lead accounting activities related to operating expenses while supporting broader close, reporting, and controllership responsibilities within a strong internal control environment.
• Help advance a modern, technology-enabled controllership operating model that incorporates automation, artificial intelligence, analytics, and data-driven insights.
• Lead finance transformation initiatives, including ERP implementation and optimization, close modernization, process standardization, reporting enhancements, and accounting automation.
• Identify opportunities to improve journal entry processing, accrual estimation, account reconciliations, variance analysis, exception management, and financial reporting.
• Use data analytics and intelligent automation to strengthen controls, improve accuracy, increase operational efficiency, and generate actionable business insights.
• Partner with FP&A, Treasury, Procurement, Finance Systems, Technology, Internal Audit, and external auditors to develop scalable, controlled, and efficient financial solutions.
• Serve as a key connection point between Accounting and Technology, translating accounting requirements into practical system, data, and process solutions.
• Balance innovation and continuous improvement with the organization’s requirements for compliance, governance, financial accuracy, and data integrity.
• Lead, coach, and develop accounting professionals while fostering a culture of accountability, ownership, collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.

Candidate Profile

The organization is seeking a highly motivated accounting leader who combines strong technical accounting knowledge with proven leadership capabilities and a passion for transformation.

The successful candidate will have a strong understanding of accounting operations, financial reporting, internal controls, and process improvement. This individual should also be comfortable using emerging technologies to address complex accounting challenges and deliver measurable business outcomes.

The ideal candidate thrives in a dynamic environment, enjoys solving complex problems, and has demonstrated the ability to lead teams through periods of growth and change while maintaining high standards of accuracy, compliance, and execution.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Data Analytics, or a related field.
• Seven or more years of progressive accounting or finance experience.
• Three or more years of leadership experience managing accounting professionals and financial processes.
• Experience leading accounting close, financial reporting, and process improvement initiatives.
• Demonstrated success improving operational efficiency and strengthening controls through process standardization and automation.
• Experience supporting finance transformation, ERP implementation, or close modernization programs.
• Ability to partner across Accounting, Finance Systems, and Technology teams to implement scalable solutions and drive organizational change.
• Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP, financial reporting requirements, and internal controls.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, communication, leadership, and stakeholder-management skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• CPA designation.
• Experience leading large-scale finance transformation initiatives and technology-enabled organizational change.
• Experience implementing or optimizing a cloud-based enterprise resource planning platform, preferably Oracle Fusion or a comparable system.
• Familiarity with artificial intelligence, machine learning, predictive analytics, and automation technologies within finance and accounting environments.
• Experience with enterprise data and analytics platforms such as Snowflake, AWS, Power BI, or comparable technologies.
• Public accounting experience.
• Experience working in a regulated financial services environment.

Why Consider This Opportunity?

This position offers an opportunity to help define the future of a large-scale accounting organization by integrating automation, artificial intelligence, advanced analytics, and modern technology into controllership processes.

The successful candidate will have the ability to lead meaningful transformation, influence the evolution of finance operations, develop future-ready accounting talent, and make a measurable impact on how accounting activities are performed across the organization.

This individual will join a collaborative, innovative leadership team focused on building a modern, scalable, and data-driven controllership function that supports the organization’s continued growth and long-term success.

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