What are the responsibilities and job description for the Corporate Controller position at Southeast Lineman Training Center - SLTC?
About the Role
SLTC Ultimate Holdings, a private equity-backed, multi-state operating company, is looking for an experienced Corporate Controller to lead our accounting function during a period of significant growth. We're expanding through both acquisitions and greenfield locations, and we need a hands-on leader who can build the systems, controls, and team structure to support that scale.
This role reports directly to the CFO and serves as a key point of contact for our PE sponsor, auditors, tax advisors, and lenders.
What You'll Do
Financial Reporting & Close
- Own the monthly, quarterly, and annual close process across all locations
- Prepare board reporting, KPI dashboards, and covenant compliance packages for the PE sponsor
- Ensure consistent GAAP application across all entities and locations
- Manage multi-entity, multi-state consolidation, including intercompany eliminations
Team Leadership
- Supervise and develop staff accountants, AR specialists, and AP staff across the corporate office and other locations
- Standardize accounting policies, procedures, and chart of accounts as new locations come online
- Building reporting cadences to manage a distributed, multi-site team
M&A Integration
- Support financial due diligence on acquisition targets
- Lead accounting integration for newly acquired businesses - opening balance sheets, systems conversion, chart of accounts mapping, and policy alignment
- Build standardized integration playbooks to speed up onboarding of acquired entities
Greenfield Expansion
- Design scalable accounting processes and controls for new locations
- Coordinate banking, tax registration, payroll, and systems setup for new sites
- Train new-location accounting staff on corporate policy and systems
Controls & Compliance
- Implement and monitor internal controls companywide
- Manage the external audit relationship and lead the annual audit process
- Ensure multi-state tax compliance (income, sales/use, payroll) alongside tax advisors
Systems & Process Improvement
- Drive ERP optimization and standardization across a growing multi-location environment
- Lead process improvement initiatives to speed up close and reconciliation cycles
Treasury & Analysis
- Support cash management across multiple entities and bank accounts
- Partner with the CFO on budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis
What We're Looking For
- Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or a related field (Master's preferred)
- 10 years of progressive accounting experience, including multi-entity or multi-location environments
- 5 years in a Controller or senior accounting leadership role
- Private equity-backed company experience strongly preferred
- Hands-on experience with M&A due diligence and post-acquisition integration
- Proven experience managing accounting teams
- Strong command of GAAP, internal controls, and multi-state tax compliance
- Advanced Excel skills; strong Netsuite experience
- ERP conversion/implemention experience
What Makes You a Great Fit
- A leader who can manage and grow teams across multiple sites
- Comfortable with the pace and ambiguity of a high-growth, PE-backed environment
- Able to explain complex accounting concepts to non-financial stakeholders
- Detail-oriented but equally capable of strategic, big-picture thinking on scaling systems
- High integrity, sound judgment, and a strong sense of ownership