Job Description
Title: Interim Controller
Reports to: CFO
Hourly Rate: $100–$125/hour (w2 rate)
Location: Must be based EST time zone - can be remote
Company:
A private equity-backed business services organization is undergoing a confidential carve-out acquisition and has partnered with Conexus to identify an Interim Controller to support the transaction and operational transition process. This engagement will play a critical role in helping coordinate accounting, payroll, employee migration, and finance-related integration activities tied to the acquisition. The environment is fast-paced, highly collaborative, and requires someone comfortable operating across multiple stakeholders during a complex transition period.
Purpose Of Your Position:
The Interim Controller will serve as the primary accounting and finance lead supporting a confidential acquisition and carve-out integration effort.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Act as the lead accounting and finance liaison supporting a confidential carve-out acquisition and transition process
- Partner closely with leadership teams, external stakeholders, and operational personnel to coordinate accounting and integration workstreams
- Assist with transition service agreement planning and execution, helping ensure continuity across accounting, payroll, reporting, and operational support functions
- Support employee and payroll transition activities associated with a large-scale workforce migration
- Reconcile payroll-related data, employee records, and accounting information throughout the transition process
- Coordinate transaction-related accounting activities, timelines, reconciliations, and reporting requirements across multiple teams
- Facilitate communication between stakeholders to ensure deadlines, dependencies, and deliverables remain on track during the integration
- Utilize Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central to support reporting, reconciliations, and accounting transition activities
- Assist leadership with identifying process gaps, operational risks, and areas requiring additional coordination during the carve-out process
- Support ad hoc finance and accounting initiatives tied to the acquisition and broader integration effort
Must Have Requirements:
- Prior experience serving as an Interim Controller or senior accounting leader within a transaction-driven environment
- Experience supporting acquisitions, carve-outs, integrations, or other complex transition-related initiatives
- Direct exposure to Transition Service Agreements (TSAs) and related operational coordination activities
- Strong Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central experience required
- Ability to work cross-functionally and manage communication across multiple stakeholders and leadership teams
- Strong organizational and project coordination skills within fast-moving environments
- Experience operating within mid-sized organizations with meaningful operational complexity
- Must be located within the Eastern time zone
- Available to begin within approximately two weeks
- Able to commit to a minimum 10–12 week engagement
- Comfortable working within a highly confidential environment and signing NDAs as required
Preferred Qualifications:
- Professional services or project-based business model experience
- Exposure to unbilled revenue or work-in-process style reporting environments
- Prior private equity-backed company experience
- Experience supporting payroll system integrations or employee data transitions during acquisitions
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