Private Investment Management Firm Seeking Director of Accounting Cliffside Park, NJ Job Details Full-time $200,000
- $250,000 a year 1 day ago Qualifications Accounting experience within construction industry Accounting systems Financial close processing Power BI Internal controls Financial data reconciliation Tax reporting CPA Accounts payable Variance analysis Automation Bachelor of Science Regulatory compliance Software implementation ASC 606 NetSuite 11+ years Financial software Financial performance report preparation Compliance management implementation Consolidated financial statement preparation Data quality management Team development Analysis skills Managing budgets in a finance role Accounting experience within manufacturing industry Financial control management ECMAScript QuickBooks Online Managing accounting teams Mentoring QuickBooks Cash management Financial regulatory compliance Sage 50 Accounting Construction Senior level Financial audit support Leadership Financial systems implementation TypeScript Manufacturing company experience Procurement management Communication skills Technical Proficiency Python ProCore Full Job Description Director of Accounting Overview We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Director of Accounting to lead our portfolio-grade platform accounting functions.
This role is critical in managing the financial multi-entity operations, reporting, and compliance for our diverse construction, manufacturing and service mix multi-systems driven environment spanning the Sunbelt of the USA. The ideal candidate will lead accounting execution across a diversified portfolio of operating companies from a remote job post. This role sits at the center of a multi-entity platform (30+ businesses) and is responsible for elevating accounting from transactional processing to GAAP-aligned, investor-grade financial reporting. This is not a traditional "close-the-books" role. This is a systems, control, and execution leadership position. You will operate directly under the CFO and oversee the Group Controller function, entity-level controllers, and accounting workflows, ensuring that financial data is accurate, timely, standardized, and decision-ready. We are seeking a well rounded, dynamic individual who has extraordinarily strong financial acumen to lead the process. One of the most important and cornerstone attributes we are seeking is a "self-starter." Due to our highly rapid growth environment, change requires systemization at a fast and rapid pace. Often this sort of environment breeds conditions that require system development and execution of that development as "we go." Working dynamics like this must be found exciting and desirable to the incoming candidate. This is an exciting time for our firm as we are emerging from a period of rapid seeded growth while working diligently towards a mature and scalable fully recapitalized model of our portfolio companies. We have an evolving plan to become a publicly traded company in the near future. Therefore, we are seeking a well-rounded, dynamic individual with exceptionally strong financial capabilities to lead this critical process. Key Responsibilities Financial Reporting and Oversight Oversee the preparation of financial statements and reports for the portfolio companies (30+entities) spanning construction, trades, manufacturing and services, including all consolidations, eliminations, intercompany transactions (receivablepayable), revenue recognition (WIP, POC(%) of completion, over/under billings), retention receivables, accruals and cutoffs with a team of CPAs and holding company resources in accordance with GAAP standardization, unified chart of accounts, and reporting structures. Manage the annual audit process for the portfolio companies, liaising with internal auditors and overtime develop external audit inquiry capabilities. Ensure timely and accurate delivery of management fees paid, and regular cash sweeps as per holding company management directives. Review and approve all journal entries, reconciliations, and closing procedures on a monthly basis working with the currently installed team of resources. Report directly to the CFO of the holding company with relation to compliance, audit reporting, gap variance experience, recommendations for development and course correct as well as financial statements and documentation. Continue to lead transition from cash and hybrid accounting models to full GAAP compliance
- own technical accounting application across WIP schedules, and contract accounting, ASC 606
- revenue recognition, ASC 310
- receivables, non-accrual considerations)
- continuance of internal accounting consultancy in developing support compilations, to review, to audit progression.
Operations and Compliance Continue to develop, implement, and maintain substantive and internal controls, improve or develop new accounting policies and procedures. Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, portfolio specific agreements, operating documentation and tax reporting obligations. Manage the relationship with external fund administrators, custodians, and tax advisors as directed by the CFO. Oversee the portfolio's expense management and accounts payable processes. Lead the transition from Decentralized to Centralized Cash Management. Participate in and possibly lead Construction Software implementations of new acquisitions and lingering business units on the accounting side only. Design and enforce tight monthly close across all entities, ensure all reporting ties to all accounting schedules BS, A/R, A/P and WIP and Inventory rollforwards, cash flow alignment. Deliver portfolio-level reporting packages to CFO, entity performance, variance analysis, and risk flags. Establish and oversee Centralized procurement processes. Leadership and Strategy Lead, mentor, and manage the accounting team, fostering a culture of accuracy, efficiency, and professional development including the Group Controller, Entity Controllers, AP/AR teams across the entities as well. Collaborate with the corporate team, operations, and legal departments on transaction support and operational structuring of portfolio finances, establish clear accountability and review layers as developmental needs evolve, convert CFO directives into executed accounting outputs. Contribute to strategic financial planning and budgeting for the management company, enforce deadlines, standards, and data quality. Qualifications Required Experience Minimum of 15+ years of progressive accounting experience, with at least 5 years in a leadership role. Extensive experience within a multi-entity or multi-divisional ledger that spans over various operational disciplines namely in construction, trades, manufacturing, and services with multi-tax jurisdictional workflow or public accounting serving multi-operational and multi-layered business units that comprise of various vertical and horizontal business units for multi-disciplinary experience is essential. CPA designation required. SystemsProcess Architecture Know accounting infrastructure in modern day api and mcp based systems with developer environments for automation and workflow identification skills. Knowledgebase in Quickbooks Desktop, Quickbooks Online, Sage 50, Sage 300, Made2Manage, NetSuite, SAPOne, GSuite, MSOffice365, Excel, ProCore, etc. AI chat proficient, new data flows, reporting pipelines, reconciliation processes and any FP&A tools, i.e. PowerBI, Tabula, etc. Manage complex intercompany activity across entities, loans vs equity, loss support classifications, PIK tracking, and interest allocations, ensure proper documentation and accounting treatment for capital contributions, distributions, contract entries, and internal funding flows. Skills and Attributes Deep understanding of partnership accounting, corporate accounting and uses of IRC codes 336(e) and 338(h)10, identify VIEs if necessary, strong sense of code application Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, moving financials from inconsistent, to standardized, to investor-grade. Accuracy, defensible, organized, reliable, construction, manufacturing, work-in-process, work-in-progress, deep understanding of US GAAP, proven experience managing teams and enforcing deadlines. Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present complex financial information clearly, experience scaling accounting functions across multiple entities, familiarity with systems integrations and reporting automation Proficiency with financial software and accounting systems (experience with NetSuite, QBO, QBD or similar accounting software is a plus). Leadership
- this role will require you to think like an operator, not just an accountant, must force standards across multiple companies, is comfortable in controlled chaos and scaling environments, turns ambiguity into structured execution, can deliver CFO directives into team-level output Any coding language
- python, javascript, typescript, etc is highly viewed upon.
Compensation Competitive base payment Performance-based bonus determined by milestones Long-term growth opportunity within platform leadership, lengthy commitment required. Location This position is remote, some travel may be required.
