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About the Role
The Corporate Controller will own accounting, consolidation, and financial reporting for Meet The People's 13 legal entities across the United States and Canada. This role produces accurate, timely consolidated financials, owns the close, internal controls, and external audit, and sets accounting policies and standards. The Controller will also serve as interim head of finance for one of MTP's agencies, spending roughly 30–40% of their time running that agency's finance function and developing its Director of Finance.
Responsibilities
- Consolidate all 13 US and Canadian entities into accurate, timely consolidated financial statements under US GAAP.
- Run intercompany accounting, including transactions, cross-charges, reconciliations, and elimination entries across all entities.
- Maintain a consistent chart of accounts, accounting policies, and close procedures across every entity.
- Set group-wide close calendars, reporting packages, and review standards for pillar and entity finance teams, and review their submissions before consolidation.
- Build scalable consolidation processes and tools that can absorb new entities as MTP grows.
- Run the monthly, quarterly, and annual close for all entities on a defined, predictable calendar.
- Prepare consolidated and entity-level financial statements, including P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow.
- Oversee transactional accounting across entities; own balance sheet integrity, including intercompany transaction reconciliations.
- Partner with operations, HR, and IT so transactional data flows cleanly and accurately into the accounting records.
- Provide the CFO and leadership with accurate actuals, account analysis, and variance explanations for management reporting.
- Establish, document, and maintain accounting policies, procedures, and internal controls.
- Own the internal control environment and risk assessment over financial reporting.
- Oversee technical accounting, including revenue recognition (ASC 606), leases (ASC 842), and business combinations (ASC 805).
- Coordinate the annual external audit and act as the auditors' primary day-to-day contact; resolve audit findings and implement corrective actions promptly.
- Coordinate US and Canadian tax compliance with external tax advisors, including income tax, sales tax, GST/HST, and 1099 information reporting.
- Support the CFO on tax planning and in relationships with tax advisors, banks, and other financial partners.
- Support financial due diligence for acquisitions if needed, focusing on the quality of the target's accounting, controls, and close.
- Run accounting integration of acquired companies, including purchase accounting and opening balance sheets.
- Account for earnouts and contingent consideration, including periodic remeasurement.
- Bring new entities into the consolidation, close calendar, and control environment quickly.
- Serve as interim head of finance for one of MTP's pillars, overseeing the pillar's accounting, close, and financial reporting until the existing director of finance is ready for the role.
- Deliver accurate, on-time monthly financial statements and reporting packages for the agency leadership.
- Partner with agency leadership on financial performance, margins, and client profitability, and oversee billing, collections, and payables.
- Mentor and develop existing Director of Finance, coaching on close discipline, reconciliations, technical accounting, and reporting quality.
- Own the general ledger, consolidation, and close tools for HoldCo, including system access and controls, and drive ERP optimization, automation, and process standardization across entities.
- Support the CFO in building finance succession and development plans, and drive a culture of accountability, accuracy, and continuous improvement.
- Partner with the CFO and IT on financial systems strategy and data integrity.
Requirements
- 12+ years of progressive accounting and finance experience.
- 5+ years in a Controller, Assistant Controller, or equivalent senior accounting leadership role.
- Proven experience consolidating 5+ legal entities, including at least one entity outside the US.
- Hands-on experience with intercompany accounting, eliminations, and foreign currency translation.
- Experience in a corporate or group controller role overseeing the accounting of multiple business units or pillars.
- Experience leading external audits and partnering closely with a CFO.
- Track record of mentoring and developing finance leaders, not only staff accountants.
- Experience leading the finance function of an operating business or agency, partnering directly with its leadership.
- Deep knowledge of US GAAP, consolidations, and financial reporting.
- Strong working knowledge of revenue recognition (ASC 606), including principal-versus-agent considerations common in media and agency businesses.
- Strong knowledge of internal controls, compliance, and financial governance.
- Understanding of US and Canadian tax compliance for a cross-border group.
- Advanced ERP and consolidation systems skills, with advanced Excel.
- Builds, develops, and retains high-performing accounting teams.
- Hands-on and detail-oriented; comfortable doing the work as well as reviewing it.
- Delivers under tight deadlines while managing multiple priorities.
- Comfortable with ambiguity, change, and a growing, acquisitive organization.
- Strong problem-solving, analytical, and decision-making skills.
- Builds working relationships across all levels of the organization.
- Experience in marketing, advertising, media, or professional services agencies.
- Public accounting experience with a national or regional firm.
- Experience in private equity-backed organizations.
- Experience with post-acquisition accounting integration, including purchase accounting and earnouts.
- Experience with cross-border US/Canada operations.
- Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States on a permanent basis without requiring employer sponsorship.
Skills
- US GAAP
- Consolidations
- Financial reporting
- Revenue recognition (ASC 606)
- Internal controls
- Financial governance
- US and Canadian tax compliance
- ERP systems
- Consolidation systems
- Advanced Excel
- Problem-solving
- Analytical skills
- Decision-making
- Team leadership
- Mentoring
- Intercompany accounting
- Foreign currency translation
- Purchase accounting
- Earnouts
- MediaOcean
- Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
Location
- New York
- Chicago
Work Type
- Onsite
Experience Level
- 12+ years of progressive accounting and finance experience
- 5+ years in a Controller, Assistant Controller, or equivalent senior accounting leadership role
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field required
- Active CPA (or Canadian CPA) required
- MBA or master's degree in Accounting or Finance preferred
Salary/Compensations
- $180,000—$200,000 USD
About the Company
- Meet The People (MTP) is a growing, acquisitive organization.
Equal Opportunity
- This employer participates in E-Verify.
- For more information, see the E-Verify Participation Poster and Right to Work Notice (English and Spanish).