Controller | Tampa Bay, FL | $140,000–$155,000 + 15% Bonus Target + Full Benefits

This is a rare, high-impact opportunity to step out of public accounting and into full ownership of the Controller function at a growing, mid-market organization navigating a significant period of transformation. A recent strategic acquisition has introduced meaningful complexity; a new audit relationship, a SOX program to build from the ground up, and sophisticated revenue accounting across multiple lines of business, and this role sits at the center of all of it. You will report directly to a well-regarded CFO who is collaborative, invested in your development, and will give you the autonomy to define what the Controller function looks like at this organization. There is no bureaucracy above you on the accounting side... you will own it.

The environment rewards technical depth, independent judgment, and the ability to communicate with clarity to executive leadership and external auditors alike. The combination of complexity, visibility, compensation, and long-term career growth here is genuinely difficult to match. If you are ready to stop supporting the function and start owning it, this is the role.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the full monthly and quarterly close process; package and communicate financial results to the Executive Leadership Team in clean, well-structured reporting packages.
• Maintain balance sheet integrity and oversee all account reconciliations across the organization.
• Own accounting for the most sensitive and complex revenue and expense areas, including highly regulated revenue streams, reinsurance and stop loss arrangements, and expense accruals.
• Apply and interpret accounting policy across the organization, ensuring consistent and compliant implementation.
• Lead and support the external audit process with a Big 4 firm, serving as the primary accounting point of contact and providing organized, technically sound documentation.
• Build and lead a formal SOX and internal controls environment from the ground up, creating process documentation, write-ups, and controls across the accounting function where little formal documentation currently exists.
• Maintain and strengthen internal controls on an ongoing basis as the organization scales and evolves.
• Own lease accounting under ASC 842, managing all compliance and accounting treatment across the portfolio.
• Handle day-to-day operational accounting decisions (vendor questions, lease and landlord inquiries, business insurance, and risk management escalations) independently and without requiring CFO involvement.
• Provide close oversight of treasury in coordination with senior finance leadership.

Requirements

• Big 4 or top-tier public accounting background at the Manager level; candidates coming directly from public accounting or with very recent public accounting experience strongly preferred.
• Strong technical accounting foundation with hands-on audit support experience.
• SOX and internal controls experience; formal program build-out experience is a significant differentiator.
• Revenue accounting experience in a complex, regulated environment.
• Proven ability to maintain balance sheet integrity and manage reconciliations at scale.
• Exceptional communication skills; this role interfaces regularly with executive leadership and external auditors.
• High degree of independence; must be capable of owning operational accounting decisions daily without escalation.
• Experience with complex, multi-stream revenue accounting including reinsurance, stop loss, or accrual-heavy expense environments.
• Ability to leverage operational data to build KPIs and construct volume-driven variance analysis.
• Familiarity with a major cloud-based ERP system.

Why you'll love working here

• Full ownership of the Controller function with no accounting bureaucracy above you; you will define what this role looks like and leave a lasting mark on the organization.
• A collaborative, well-regarded CFO who will be a genuine partner in your transition from public to industry and your long-term development.
• Rare complexity at the right scale; Big 4 audit relationship, SOX build-out, and sophisticated multi-stream revenue accounting, all in one seat.
• A recent strategic acquisition adds long-term career optionality and expands your professional platform well beyond this role.
• High-visibility environment with direct access to and regular interaction with executive leadership.
• Competitive compensation of $140,000–$155,000 base salary with a 15% annual bonus target, plus a full benefits package.

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