Controller

Fund Controller. Savory Fund. Draper, UT.

Savory Fund is a private equity firm focused on scaling high-growth restaurant brands. We’re hiring a Fund Controller who can take ownership of financial reporting, portfolio valuation, and internal systems. The focus of this role will be on high-value analytics, clean reporting, and elevating our internal finance stack.

Key Responsibilities

Financial Reporting

• Own the monthly and quarterly close process for management entities.
• Maintain GL accuracy, account reconciliations, and support schedules.
• Review and validate reporting packages from the external fund administrator.
• Prepare internal management reports and support LP reporting cycles.
  
  

Quarterly Valuation Process

• Lead the quarterly valuation workflow across all portfolio brands.
• Maintain valuation models, inputs, KPIs, and support files.
• Coordinate with investment and operations teams to gather performance data.
• Prepare valuation memos and support audit review.
  
  

Portfolio & Data Support

• Reconcile portfolio company financial statements and KPIs with internal models.
• Maintain consistent data structures for brand-level reporting.
• Build and maintain dashboards and summary files for executive review.
  
  

Systems & Process Improvements

• Improve and standardize our finance stack.
• Build cleaner schemas, better dimensional data, and more automated workflows.
• Implement tools that streamline quarterly close, valuation prep, and reporting.
  
  

Audit & Compliance Support

• Coordinate deliverables for annual audits, tax preparation, and regulatory filings (Form ADV).
• Maintain documentation, control standards, and policy adherence.
• Ensure reporting aligns with partnership agreements and internal policies.
  
  

Qualifications

• 4–8 years in fund accounting, valuation, audit, or PE/VC finance roles.
• Strong understanding of valuation methods and portfolio analytics.
• Solid GAAP knowledge, including partnership accounting fundamentals.
• High proficiency with Excel; comfort with building structured data models.
• Experience working with or managing an external fund administrator is a plus.
• Detail-driven, organized, and able to own recurring processes end-to-end.
• Comfortable in a dynamic environment with evolving systems.
  
  

Why Join Savory

• High-impact role focused on valuation, reporting, and systems — not repetitive admin tasks.
• Exposure to senior leadership and active operators across multiple brands.
• Opportunity to modernize how the finance function operates as the firm scales.
  
  

Savory Restaurant Fund Company Culture Highlights

• Winner of Comparably's Award for Best Places to Work in Salt Lake City 2022
• Winner of Comparably's Award for Best CEOs for Women 2022
• Winner of Comparably's Award for Best Career Growth 2022
• Winner of Comparably's Award for Best Company Outlook 2022
• Savory Restaurant Fund is ranked in the top 5% of companies for Overall Culture on Comparably.
• Savory Restaurant Fund is ranked in the top 5% of companies for Manager Score on Comparably.
  
  

Check us out on Comparably: https://www.comparably.com/companies/savory-restaurant-fund

Skills

Auditing

Accouting

General Ledger

finance