Controller

🕒 September 25

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

⛔️ Financial Controller

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CeriFi

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201 - 500 employees

💼 Consulting

🏥 Healthcare

⚖️ Legal

Consulting • Healthcare • Legal

CeriFi is a company focused on professional education and training across various fields, including financial planning, tax and accounting, insurance, financial crimes, and legal education. With brands such as West LegalEdcenter, CheckPoint Learning, Bionic Turtle, Mark Meldrum Financial Planning, Dalton Education, and others under its umbrella, CeriFi offers continuing education and certification programs. The company emphasizes tech and innovation to enhance its educational platforms and services.

📋 Description

• Lead monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes in accordance with GAAP • Oversee journal entries, account reconciliations, accruals, and close documentation • Prepare and review consolidated financial statements, including income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow reporting • Deliver balance sheet and P&L variance analysis for leadership • Establish and improve accounting policies, procedures, and internal controls • Ensure consistent accounting practices across the organization and portfolio of brands • Review reconciliations and resolve discrepancies • Support cash flow analysis, budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning • Coordinate annual audits, quarterly reviews, and related testing • Prepare auditor schedules, documentation, and supporting materials • Identify financial, operational, and control risks and recommend solutions • Improve accounting workflows and champion automation across close, reconciliation, consolidation, and reporting • Partner with Finance, Technology, and business stakeholders on systems, reporting, and data integrity • Support system implementations, integrations, enhancements, special projects, acquisitions, and strategic initiatives • Provide financial guidance and communicate results to financial and non-financial audiences • Build trusted relationships across the organization while maintaining accountability and service • Strengthen close processes, reconciliations, controls, reporting, audit readiness, and accounting workflows during the first nine months

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field • CPA strongly preferred • Progressive accounting experience, including significant ownership of month-end close, financial reporting, reconciliations, and audit preparation • Strong knowledge of GAAP and internal control principles • Experience preparing consolidated financial statements and analyzing financial performance • Strong analytical skills with exceptional attention to detail and accuracy • Ability to manage competing priorities and meet critical deadlines in a fast-moving environment • Excellent written and verbal communication skills • Proactive, hands-on approach and willingness to step beyond traditional role boundaries when needed • Experience in a multi-entity, private equity-backed, technology, education, or high-growth environment is highly valued • Hands-on NetSuite experience required • Familiarity with Salesforce, Accounting Seed, or similar integrated financial and business systems is a plus • Strong revenue recognition experience required • Familiarity with acquisition integration is preferred

🏖️ Benefits

• Fully remote work arrangement