What are the responsibilities and job description for the Financial Controller position at AquantUs, LLC?
Controller with a private-equity backed company in rapid growth mode.
Summary
This is a hands-on Controller opportunity for someone excited to roll up sleeves to improve processes, implement controls, modernize systems, and elevate reporting. The Controller will play a key role in an upcoming ERP selection and implementation (targeting the next 6-9 months).
Responsibilities
Accounting Leadership & Close
Summary
This is a hands-on Controller opportunity for someone excited to roll up sleeves to improve processes, implement controls, modernize systems, and elevate reporting. The Controller will play a key role in an upcoming ERP selection and implementation (targeting the next 6-9 months).
Responsibilities
Accounting Leadership & Close
- Own the monthly/quarterly/year-end close, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and clarity of results.
- Lead and develop a lean accounting function (currently ~7 accounting staff split between two locations).
- Strengthen core accounting fundamentals: reconciliations, accruals, inventory/cost accounting (as applicable), and balance sheet governance.
- Implement and enhance internal controls, policies, and scalable workflows as the business consolidates entities and matures.
- Partner with operations and leadership to improve end-to-end processes (Order-to-Cash, Procure-to-Pay, inventory, etc.).
- Leverage automation initiatives already underway (e.g., AP/AR automation agents) to redeploy capacity toward higher-value activities (analytics, controls, process redesign).
- Serve as a key finance workstream leader for ERP selection and implementation for a mid-sized enterprise environment.
- Translate requirements into workflows, reporting needs, controls, and data structures.
- Support change management, testing, training, and go-live stabilization.
- Coordinate with outsourced providers for tax and audit; ensure the company is prepared for external requests and PE-level reporting expectations.
- 8 years of progressive accounting experience, with prior controllership experience a plus.
- Experience in a mid-sized, fast-growing environment where processes and controls needed to be built or rebuilt.
- ERP implementation experience (selection through go-live) strongly preferred, especially in a mid-market company.
- Strong working knowledge of GAAP, close processes, and internal controls.
- Prior experience in a PE-backed environment or working directly with PE stakeholders is a plus.
- Manufacturing/plant, multi-entity, or operationally complex business experience is helpful.