Consulting Controller – Client Advisory Services

🕒 July 29

🌵 Arizona, California, +3 more states – Remote

🌵 Arizona – Remote 🏄 California – Remote 🥔 Idaho – Remote 🎰 Nevada – Remote 🤠 Texas – Remote

💵 $105k - $130k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🔴 Lead

⛔️ Financial Controller

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Vessel Advisors

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 2016

💸 Finance

💼 Consulting

🤝 B2B

Finance • Consulting • B2B

Vessel Advisors is a finance and accounting advisory firm that provides fractional and interim CFOs, controllers, and accounting staff along with financial diagnostics, executive recruiting, mentoring, and board advisory services. They deliver Financial Discovery Assessments™, a proprietary Financial Heat Map System™, and a 'CFO Power Team' model to diagnose, prioritize, and fix finance function gaps for growing businesses and non-profits across the US and Canada. The firm emphasizes rapid deployment for interim needs, ongoing fractional leadership to support scaling or turnaround situations, and measurable, dollarized improvements; it operates from multiple U. S. offices (Irvine HQ, Las Vegas, Nashville, Louisville) and reports metrics such as 80+ US-based team members and 290+ client engagements.

📋 Description

• Lead Onsite Financial Assessments: Facilitate 2–3 day in-person discovery sessions with growth-stage CEOs and executive teams to evaluate financial health, internal controls, and operational bottlenecks. • Deliver Strategic Recommendations: Author comprehensive assessment reports and partner with Vessel CFOs/Advisors to present actionable financial roadmaps to client leadership. • Fractional Controller Leadership: Serve as the lead Controller across a portfolio of recurring clients, managing month-end close quality, budget/forecast builds, and accounting system optimizations. • Drive Clean-Up & Integration: Step into complex financial setups, identify risk areas, and establish internal controls to make client books "audit-ready." • Lead Teams & Contractors: Direct and review the work of supporting accounting staff and specialized contractors to ensure quality, budget, and scope targets are met.

🎯 Requirements

• Public Accounting Roots: 3–5+ years of foundational experience in financial audit, assurance, or risk advisory at a public accounting firm. CPA license is a bonus, okay if inactive. • Controller / Advisory Experience: 8+ years in progressive accounting roles, including proven experience managing multi-client engagements or corporate financial operations. • Room Facilitator & Executive Presence: Exceptional ability to lead in-person discovery meetings, command a room of executive stakeholders, and navigate complex conversations with composure. • Tech-Savvy & Systems Mindset: High proficiency in cloud accounting platforms (QuickBooks Online, NetSuite, Sage Intacct) and modern finance tech stacks. • Proactive Project Manager: Obsessively organized, agile when travel schedules shift, and comfortable operating in a 95% Slack / 70% client email environment.

🏖️ Benefits

• Base Salary: $105,000 – $130,000 (Commensurate with experience) • Performance Bonus: Up to 10% annual bonus target • Time Off: 10 Days PTO + 10 Paid Holidays • Benefits: Monthly healthcare stipend option • Work Setup: 100% Remote work-from-home arrangement when not traveling