Controller

MSG Companies is hiring a Controller to own accounting and financial reporting across seven affiliated cybersecurity and technology companies.

You will own the monthly close, consolidated financial reporting, intercompany accounting, cash reporting and forecasting, AR/AP oversight, accounting controls, and the day-to-day operation of the accounting function. You will work at both levels: reviewing consolidated financial statements and tracing discrepancies through the general ledger to the underlying transactions.

Our structure includes a holding company, operating company, and multiple subsidiaries. As companies are acquired or formed, the Controller will be responsible for bringing them into a repeatable accounting and reporting structure.

• →Own the monthly, quarterly, and annual close across seven legal entities.

• →Prepare and review entity-level and consolidated financial statements in accordance with GAAP.

• →Maintain the general ledger and review journal entries, accruals, balance-sheet reconciliations, and supporting schedules.

• →Own intercompany accounting, allocations, reconciliations, and eliminations.

• →Establish the close calendar, accounting procedures, review steps, and internal controls.

• →Investigate accounting discrepancies and make sure material balances can be supported and explained.

• Maintain visibility into cash across all entities, including expected receipts and scheduled disbursements.

• Build and maintain a rolling 13-week cash forecast and compare forecasted activity with actual results.

• Oversee invoicing, collections, aging, cash application, vendor payments, and related reconciliations.

• Establish approval controls and review standards for transactional accounting.

• Remain hands-on enough to investigate exceptions and complete transactional work when required.

• MRR and ARR reporting.

• Recurring agreement billing and true-ups.

• Software and license reconciliation.

• Deferred and unbilled revenue.

• ASC 606 revenue recognition.

• Job and project costing.

• Customer and service-line profitability.

• Identification of missed billing and margin leakage.

• Deliver monthly management reporting, including budget-to-actual results and variance commentary.

• Analyze revenue, gross margin, working capital, and profitability.

• Support annual budgeting, rolling forecasts, and scenario analysis.

• Support the CFO with lender reporting, covenant calculations, pricing analysis, acquisitions, and other projects requiring reliable financial information.

• Coordinate recurring operational tax compliance across the organization.

• Maintain sales-tax nexus, registration, and exemption-certificate processes.

• Coordinate specialist tax matters with outside advisors.

• Maintain the accounting schedules and documentation required for tax, audit, lender, and transaction-related requests.

• Our current systems include HaloPSA, QuickBooks Enterprise, Rippling, HubSpot, and Microsoft 365.

• Experience with our exact technology stack is not required. You should have hands-on experience with QuickBooks or a comparable accounting system.

• You should understand how financial information moves between operating systems and the general ledger, how to reconcile it, and how to identify when something is wrong.

• Identify recurring accounting work that can be standardized or automated without weakening accounting controls or review.
  
  What We Are Looking For

• You should have 6+ years of progressive accounting experience, including experience owning or materially leading a monthly close.
• Multi-entity accounting.

• Consolidated financial statements.

• Intercompany accounting and eliminations.

• General-ledger accounting and balance-sheet reconciliations.

• GAAP financial reporting.

• AR/AP oversight.

• Cash reporting and forecasting.

• Practical multistate sales and use tax experience, including nexus, taxability, exemption certificates, registrations, and recurring compliance.

• Reviewing or managing the work of accounting staff.

• Advanced Excel.

• A bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or a related field is preferred. Equivalent relevant experience will also be considered.

• CPA or CMA credentials are valued but not required.

You don't need to check every box below.

• PE-backed or multi-company organizations.

• MSP, MSSP, IT-services, or cybersecurity companies.

• Recurring-revenue accounting.

• ASC 606.

• Job costing or project accounting.

• M&A or post-acquisition integration.

• QuickBooks Enterprise.

• Government contractors or Defense Industrial Base customers.

Within your first 90 days, you should understand the accounting structure, material balance-sheet accounts, intercompany relationships, cash position, billing processes, systems, and close procedures across all seven entities.

Within six months, we expect a documented monthly close with defined responsibilities and review steps; reconciled material balance-sheet and intercompany accounts; a reliable 13-week cash forecast; consistent entity-level and consolidated financial reporting; and documented controls for the highest-risk accounting processes.

Within your first year, the accounting function should be able to add another entity without rebuilding its core processes from scratch.

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including an HSA-compatible option.

• 401(k) with company match.

• 18 days of paid time off.

• 12 paid holidays.

• Company-paid group life insurance.

• Company-paid short-term and long-term disability.

• Reimbursement for approved training and advanced certifications.

• On-campus gym access for employees working near the office.