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About the Role

Own the integrity of Mile Marker's financial reporting, accounting operations, and control environment. This hands-on leadership role requires managing day-to-day accounting excellence while building a high-performing team and scalable processes to support company growth and M&A activity.

Responsibilities

• Own the month-end close process, driving toward a faster, cleaner, and more predictable close with well-documented reconciliations.
• Own GL accounting and journal entries, standard accruals, and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Own revenue recognition (ASC 606) in a project- and services-based environment, including WIP, prebill, and interco netting.
• Manage payroll accounting and accruals, and lead capex planning, depreciation, and the fixed-asset subledger.
• Lead the annual GAAP financial audit, including PBC planning and tie-outs, as the primary point of contact for external auditors.
• Design, implement, and maintain internal financial controls (SOX-lite), including control walkthroughs and remediation.
• Own expense management policy and compliance, including credit card and expense report review and enforcement.
• Own treasury oversight, including cash controls, wires, and banking administration.
• Own short-term (13-week) and long-term/indirect cash flow forecasting.
• Manage working capital across AR, AP, and WIP, including AR aging follow-up, AP lookahead, and reserve reviews.
• Own debt covenant reporting and forward covenant forecasting.
• Prepare the quarterly lender compliance pack, including compilation and narrative tailoring.
• Lead PE reporting and analysis, including covenant and addback reviews and lender/PE briefings.
• Own the financial commentary and KPI trends within board reporting, and maintain executive scorecard tracking.
• Lead initial financial diligence, data room preparation, purchase price accounting (PPA), and opening balance sheet setup.
• Drive ERP and financial systems integration, chart of accounts harmonization, and integration of the financial reporting cadence.
• Develop and track earnout models, accruals, and true-ups.
• Own the finance systems environment (ERP and planning tools such as WorkBook and Ramp), including releases and UAT.
• Lead, mentor, and develop the accounting team, establishing clear task ownership, delegation, and cross-training with FP&A.
• Partner with FP&A on budgeting, forecasting, business-unit P&L, variance analysis, KPI dashboarding, and the cost-to-serve model.

Requirements

• 10+ years of progressive accounting experience, including several years in a Controller or Assistant Controller capacity.
• Deep technical GAAP knowledge, including ASC 606 revenue recognition.
• Experience in a private-equity-backed or leveraged environment, including covenant compliance, lender reporting, and PE/portfolio reporting.
• M&A experience spanning diligence, purchase accounting, and post-close integration.
• Strong treasury and cash management skills, including 13-week cash forecasting and working capital optimization.
• Proven leader of accounting teams with a track record of delegating effectively, developing staff, and improving processes and systems.
• Strong systems acumen, including ERP implementation or optimization.
• High EQ and exceptional communication skills, with the ability to present clearly to executive leadership, the board, lenders, and PE sponsors.

Skills

• ASC 606 revenue recognition
• Project-based accounting
• Services-based accounting
• Percentage-of-completion accounting
• Agency accounting
• Professional-services accounting
• Covenant compliance
• Lender reporting
• PE/portfolio reporting
• M&A diligence
• Purchase accounting
• Post-close integration
• Treasury oversight
• Cash management
• 13-week cash forecasting
• Working capital optimization
• Team leadership
• Staff development
• Process improvement
• Systems improvement
• ERP implementation
• ERP optimization
• Advanced Excel
• WorkBook
• Ramp
• Executive communication
• Board reporting
• Lender communication
• PE sponsor communication

Location

• New York, NY

Work Type

• Full-time

Experience Level

• Senior Director
• 10+ years
• Several years in Controller or Assistant Controller capacity

Education Level

• CPA required
• MBA a plus

Salary/Compensations

• $160,000 - $180,000 per year