Sr. Controller - General Ledger Shared Services

About the Role

My Financial Partner delivers high quality, fast-paced fractional Controller, AP, and GL services to 70+ network companies across the Teams portfolio. We're a wholly owned subsidiary of Teams, Inc. — a publicly traded company built to keep great small businesses thriving, one acquisition at a time.

Key Responsibilities

1. Close and general ledger operations (about 40%)
   • Own the monthly, quarterly and annual close calendar across all Network Companies, delivering a consistent close within 8-10 business days.
   • Review and approve journal entries, account reconciliations and flux analysis before submission to consolidation if needed, alongside the Industry Controller review.
   • Stay hands-on: prepare or step in on complex entries, reconciliations and technical accounting memos when the team needs it.
   • Oversee core GL activity, including:
   • Balance sheet reconciliations (cash, credit card, A/R, A/P, intercompany, clearing accounts)
   • Fixed assets, depreciation and disposals
   • Prepaid expenses and amortization
   • Payroll, bonus, revenue and expense accruals
   • Deferred revenue entries and reversals
   • Income tax entries provided by Teams Tax
   • Inventory adjustments tied to annual physical counts
   • Year-end adjustments and audit workpapers
   • Ensure trial balances, variance analysis and close checklists are loaded to OneStream accurately and on time.
   • Maintain the chart of accounts standard and approve new account requests.
2. SOX compliance and internal controls (about 10%)
   • Support and adhere to the Teams R2R controls to a public company (SOX 404) standard.
   • Own GL control matrix, process narratives and flowcharts.
   • Enforce segregation of duties, journal entry approval thresholds and reconciliation sign-off standards.
   • Partner with Internal Audit and external auditors on walkthroughs, testing, audit requests and deficiency remediation.
3. People leadership and offshore team management (about 20%)
   • Lead, coach and develop a growing team of both Senior and General Ledger.
   • Direct the offshore GL team and partner in Colombia: define work allocation, standard work instructions, review points and quality metrics.
   • Build the team structure, job levels, onshore/offshore mix and hiring plan to reach 10-15 staff by 2027 and scale with acquisitions.
   • Set goals, run performance reviews and create development paths that retain strong performers.
   • Build a culture of accountability, documentation and continuous improvement across time zones.
4. Acquisitions and integration (about 10%)
   • Lead the general ledger workstream for onboarding new Network Companies into MFP d Services.
   • Work with MFP’s Sr. Transition Controller to take responsibility for GL staffing plans based on MFP’s integration playbook.
   • Collaborate to refine the integration playbook after each onboarding so the next one is faster.
5. Systems, automation and change management (about 10%)
   • Act as the R2R liaison for OneStream (close checklists, account reconciliation module, reporting) and for GL processes across the ERPs used by Network Companies.
   • Represent R2R in future ERP and systems initiatives, including requirements, design, testing (UAT) and post-go-live stabilization.
   • Identify and deliver automation, such as reconciliation tools, recurring entries and standardized templates.
   • Working with the d Services Lead, assist in change management for process and system changes: stakeholder communication, training, documentation and adoption tracking.
6. Stakeholder partnership and reporting (about 10%)
   • Member of MFP’s Core Team to contribute to the input to the strategic design, operational execution and teaming of the d services leadership team.
   • Partner with MFP Industry Controllers, FP&A, Tax and Treasury to meet service expectations.
   • Develop and maintain Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and report monthly on close KPIs.
   • Respond to requests from the CFO, Chief Accounting Officer and d Services leadership, and raise risks to deadlines early.

Required Qualifications

• Active, unrestricted CPA license (in good standing).
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance.
• 10+ years of progressive accounting experience, including 5+ years leading teams.
• 4+ years of direct experience leading a GL or R2R function inside a d services center (SSC or GBS) that supports multiple entities or business units.
• Hands-on OneStream experience (preferred), or Oracle Hyperion/HFM or another comparable CPM tool, in a close, consolidation or reporting role (not only as a report consumer).
• Public company experience with SOX 404: designing, documenting, operating and remediating R2R controls, and working directly with external auditors.
• Experience managing offshore or outsourced accounting teams, including work transition, quality review and cross-time-zone coordination.
• Experience with at least two acquisition integrations, covering chart of accounts mapping, opening balances, data conversion and first close.
• Experience building a high performing team and in-depth knowledge of staffing models and scaling teams in a d services environment to include hiring, restructuring roles and developing GL team leaders.
• Proven change leadership on a major process or system change (for example an ERP implementation, close transformation or d services transition).
• Strong U.S. GAAP knowledge across accruals, fixed assets, leases (ASC 842), revenue (ASC 606) and business combinations (ASC 805).
• Advanced Excel skills and comfort working in large, multi-entity data sets.

Preferred Qualifications

• Operational and hands-on experience working for start-ups and small businesses in a back-office support environment.
• NetSuite and QuickBooks Online experience, ideally across many entities.
• Experience leading nearshore teams in Latin America.
• Experience in a private equity-backed, roll-up or serial-acquirer environment with many small entities.
• Experience supporting a company through IPO readiness or the first years of SOX compliance.
• Exposure to close and reconciliation tools such as BlackLine, FloQast or OneStream Account Reconciliations.
• Lean, Six Sigma or similar process improvement training.

Systems & Tools

• NetSuite ERP - Prior experience preferred
• Quickbooks Online - Legacy ERP at many acquired companies
• Bill.com - Accounts payable and payments
• Gusto - Payroll
• AI Tools - Leveraging toolsets such as ChatGPT, Claude, Co-Pilot
• Microsoft Office Suite - Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Teams

Competencies

• Hands-on leadership: leads from the front and still does the work when the close requires it.
• Operational execution ‘know-how’: clearly understands how to turn strategy into operational tasks and can build standard operating procedures while ing a ‘just do it’ attitude.
• Control mindset: documents, evidence and reviews by default.
• Scalability thinking: designs processes that absorb the next acquisition without rework.
• Clear communication: explains accounting issues to non-accountants, presidents and executives.
• Cross-cultural team leadership: builds trust and accountability with offshore colleagues.
• Composure under deadlines: manages multiple close calendars and integrations at the same time.

Our Values

• Value What it looks like in this role
• Trust Comes First - Builds trust with Network Company presidents, controllers, auditors and the GL team through accurate numbers, transparency about issues and following through on commitments
• Take Initiative - Spots gaps in the close, controls or team before they become problems, and acts without waiting to be asked
• Show Empathy - Understands the pressures on small business owners, acquired-company staff and offshore colleagues, and leads change with patience and respect
• Make Things Better - Continuously improves the close, controls and integration playbook so each month and each acquisition goes better than the last
• Act Thoughtfully - Weighs risk, controls and people impact before making changes, and makes sound, well-documented judgments
• Be Dependable - Delivers an accurate and timely close, meets audit commitments and is someone the team and leadership can count on

What Success Looks Like

• Timeframe Outcomes
• First 90 days - Assess the current close, team, controls and offshore model; publish a prioritized R2R roadmap; own the close calendar end to end
• First 6 months - Standard close checklist and reconciliation policy live for all Network Companies; R2R risk and control matrix complete; integration playbook documented
• First 12 months - Close consistently within Teams deadlines and targeting approximately 50-60% of close activities in 2026 across all Network Companies; zero material weaknesses or significant deficiencies in R2R; team on track to 10-15 staff by 2027, with a defined onshore/offshore team split

Work Hours/ Benefits

Fully remote, with daily collaboration with the Colombia-based team, which largely s Eastern business hours. Extended hours during close and year-end, and occasional early or late calls with offshore teams. Travel up to 15%.

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision, with FSA/HSA options.
• Most plans are 100% of employer paid premiums for employees.
• 15 vacation days, 12 paid holidays, 5 sick days and 3 floating holidays (this is accrued, limits with carryover).
• Ongoing support from Teams accounting, finance and small business experts.
• Work from anywhere in the continental U.S. (no international countries permitted for this employment).