Vice President, Finance – Controller

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Bachelor Degree7 yrs expEnglish

Job Description

Vice President, Finance – Controller

Palco, Inc.

• 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.

Job 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

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