Vice President, Finance – Controller

🕒 July 9

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Palco, Inc.

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51 - 200 employees

💸 Finance

💳 Fintech

🏥 Healthcare

Finance • Fintech • Healthcare

Palco, Inc. is a pioneer in the financial services sector, recognized as the first company in the United States to offer fiscal/employer agent (F/EA) services for self-directed programs. With a commitment to transparency and integrity, Palco empowers individuals to take control of their own care while setting industry best practices. As a leader in this field, the company plays a critical role in facilitating self-directed care solutions for its clients.

📋 Description

• Oversee the company’s accounting and financial operations, ensuring accurate reporting, compliance, and financial integrity across all business functions. • Manage the accounting team and lead the processes for financial close, audits, budgeting, and internal controls. • Own the monthly, quarterly, and annual close process end-to-end, ensuring financials are accurate, complete, and delivered on a consistent, reliable timeline. • Establish and enforce a disciplined close calendar with clear deadlines, ownership, and review controls. • Review and approve all journal entries, accruals, and financial statements, ensuring they are fully supported and aligned with GAAP. • Identify breakdowns in the close process and implement improvements that increase accuracy, speed, and consistency. • Deliver financial reporting that is clear, explainable, and actionable for leadership. • Ensure all balance sheet accounts are fully reconciled monthly, supported, and reviewed, with no aged or unexplained balances. • Build and enforce standardized reconciliation processes, including documentation, review, and approval workflows. • Investigate and resolve discrepancies across systems (GL, payroll, billing, bank activity) to ensure full alignment. • Maintain clear, accurate visibility into cash and financial position at all times. • Own all treasury functions, including cash management, banking relationships, and liquidity oversight. • Monitor cash flow, forecast needs, and ensure sufficient funding across accounts and programs. • Oversee bank reconciliations, cash movement, and controls around disbursements and receipts. • Develop, own, and continuously improve the company’s internal control environment across all financial operations. • Establish clear ownership, segregation of duties, and approval structures to reduce risk and ensure accountability. • Proactively identify control gaps and implement practical, sustainable solutions. • Ensure audit readiness at all times with clean documentation and support. • Serve as the primary lead for audits and regulatory reviews. • Own and oversee all accounting functions, including GL, AP, AR, payroll accounting, and financial reporting for all entities. • Take accountability and provide hands-on leadership for the quality, accuracy, and timeliness of all financial operations. • Ensure strong coordination between accounting, billing, payroll, and operations to support clean financial outcomes. • Continuously evaluate and improve accounting processes using current technologies, automation, and best practices. • Make practical recommendations to leadership on tools, systems, and process changes that improve efficiency and control. • Partner with IT and operational teams to streamline data flow and eliminate system gaps. • Build scalable, repeatable processes that reduce manual work and reliance on individuals. • Develop and maintain dashboards, KPIs, and reporting tools that provide visibility into financial performance. • Create clear metrics around profitability, cost drivers, and operational efficiency. • Deliver insights that help leadership understand performance and make informed decisions. • Lead, manage, and develop the accounting team, establishing clear expectations, ownership, and accountability. • Train and mentor staff, strengthening technical skills, consistency, and performance over time. • Build a team that can execute a disciplined close, strong reconciliations, and reliable reporting. • Foster a culture of accountability, accuracy, and continuous improvement. • Serve as a key financial partner across the organization, working closely with operations, leadership, and other departments. • Communicate financial information clearly and effectively to both internal and external stakeholders. • Participate in client-facing discussions as needed, representing the financial function with credibility and clarity.

🎯 Requirements

• CPA required. Does not need to be current. • 7+ years of progressive accounting experience, including at least 3 years in a supervisory or leadership role • Deep understanding of GAAP, internal controls, and financial reporting • Experience managing audits and working with external auditors • Strong systems orientation with experience in NetSuite or similar accounting software; ability to evaluate and improve workflows • Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Office Suite • Remote work experience required • Excellent analytical, communication, and leadership skills • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business or related field preferred • Experience in healthcare, Medicaid, or government-funded programs preferred.

🏖️ Benefits

• Generous Paid time off • Annual bonus potential • Retirement Savings: We will support you as you save for your future. • Career Growth Opportunities: We help you thrive, so together, we can grow. • Paid Training: Earn while you learn and continue to grow with access to internal and external learning opportunities. • Great Work Environment: We are proud of our company culture of collaboration and the recognition we have received for our diversity efforts. • Employer shared Health Insurance cost • Employer paid Disability Insurance • Employer paid Life and AD&D Insurance • Vision Insurance • Cancer Insurance • Voluntary Life Insurance • Paid Time Off • Remote work environment • Paid holidays