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Connect Search, LLC
Controller | PE Backed Portfolio
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A Controller directs and oversees the treasury of a government, private corporation or non-profit organization, and may oversee the investment of funds. Supervises the quality of accounting and financial reporting within an organization, and directs preparation of reports that show the financial position of an organization.
$152,686 / year median in Illinois
+6% projected growth
Job Description
Controller | PE Backed Portfolio at Connect Search, LLC Controller | PE Backed Portfolio at Connect Search, LLC in Clarendon Hills, Illinois Posted in 3 days ago.
Type:
full-timeJob Description:
Controller | Own a Finance Function Across a PE-Backed Portfolio | Western Chicago Suburbs (Hybrid) Spent 8-12+ years building your technical accounting chops and ready to actually own a finance function instead of running someone else's playbook? Worth a conversation. Our client is a financial advisory firm serving as the embedded finance team for a portfolio of PE-backed restaurant and franchise companies. You'd work directly with the firm's CPA/CMA owner, hands-on with the numbers, building the close process, controls, and systems across multiple operating companies- plus getting exposure to buy
- and sell-side deal work. What you'll own: Monthly close & financial reporting across a multi-entity portfolio Internal controls design
- cash, assets, segregation of duties AP oversight and disbursement approval workflows Buy
- and sell-side transaction support (true-ups, acquisition accounting, diligence) Accounting/ERP and inventory system rollouts ASC 606 revenue recognition methodology What you bring: 8-12+ years of progressive accounting/controllership experience CPA preferred A real track record of building
- not just maintaining
- a finance function Comfort operating independently with limited structure Ability to work in western suburban office approximately 2x/week
Nice-to-haves:
R365, Sage, or QBO; restaurant/hospitality/franchise background; buy- or sell-side transaction exposure