Sitreps

Financial Controller

Arlington, VA

Sponsorship not specified$175k-$220kDetected 22 days ago

AccountingQuickBooksFP&AProcurementERPHRISNetSuite

About the role

As Controller, you will take the company from a QuickBooks-based finance function to an audit-ready, multi-entity, ERP-native business within roughly twelve months.
This is a hands-on builder's seat, not a steady-state controllership: the role exists to stand up durable processes that scale.

Set up and own project, contract, or program accounting that ties revenue, cost, and capitalized assets to specific deliverables.
Own the accounting policy and process for moving hardware from procurement into inventory and from inventory into capitalized assets in service.
Lead multi-entity reconciliation across U.S. and international entities in APAC and the Gulf.
Drive audit readiness, including preparation for federal contract audits such as DCAA.
Manage the relationship with an outsourced accounting consultancy and build an internal team to roughly four people within two years.
Partner with the Director of Finance on book-to-forecast translation and with the CEO on audit readiness and federal contract posture.
The business is scaling quickly and is entering a pivotal build year for its finance and accounting function.
Experience managing an outsourced accounting consultancy as part of a finance build.

a mix of Big 4 or national firm plus industry is ideal.
A track record of shortening a monthly close cycle from 10-plus days to 3 to 5 days.
8 to 14 years of total accounting and controllership experience

$175,000-$220,000 base, plus equity participation
Reports To: Director of Finance
About the Client
A venture-backed, dual-use defense-technology company with meaningful federal revenue and an international expansion already underway.
The business is scaling quickly and is entering a pivotal build year for its finance and accounting function.
Client name disclosed upon mutual interest.
$175,000 to $220,000 base salary.

citizen, eligible for federal work, and able to work the Arlington, VA hybrid schedule (3 days on-site)

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