[Remote] Financial Controller
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. TEAL Staffing is a partner to private equity firms, family offices, and venture investors, focusing on enhancing finance and accounting functions for portfolio companies. The Financial Controller will manage engagements, lead teams, and ensure high-quality deliverables while working closely with clients and overseeing the financial operations of complex entities.
Responsibilities
- Scope and plan engagements, including budgets and work plans, and manage them to on-time, on-budget delivery
- Own staffing decisions on your engagements and supervise assigned Senior Consultants and Consultants
- Serve as the day-to-day client lead with executive presence in front of C-level personnel and sponsors
- Review deliverables to a client-ready standard before they leave the building
- Manage project workstreams across engagements, including post-close integration
- Identify scope expansion opportunities and support pursuit with Directors
- Lead internal initiatives, including methodology, tooling, and AI enablement
Skills
- Bachelor's degree, preferably in accounting or finance
- 5+ years of overall experience, including 2+ years serving PE-backed portfolio companies in financial reporting, operational accounting, or FP&A
- CPA strongly preferred; CMA, CFA, or MBA also valued
- Hands-on experience with systems such as QuickBooks Online, NetSuite, Sage, or Dynamics 365
- Project management depth: scope, schedule, risk, and stakeholder management
- Demonstrated ability to lead teams and develop junior staff
- FP&A and Modeling
- Power BI or Tableau strongly preferred
- Experience using AI tools such as Claude to accelerate analysis, review, and deliverable development is a plus
Benefits
- We pay for cell phone and internet, training, and professional dues
- We invest in mentorship as a practice, not a perk
- Remote but typically 20 - 25% travel, all paid for
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