Job Description

Job Location: Atlanta - Atlanta, GA
Position Type: Full TimeEducation
Level: 4 Year Degree
Job Category: FinanceWe are seeking a highly experienced, hands-on Controller to lead and professionalize the accounting and financial control function for a growing, multi-entity healthcare platform operating across multiple states and service lines, including hospice and multispecialty services.  This position is hybrid in the metro Atlanta area.
This role is not a maintenance position. The Controller will be responsible for strengthening the company’s accounting infrastructure, remediating audit and control gaps, standardizing financial processes across entities, and building a scalable, disciplined close and reporting environment capable of supporting growth, acquisitions, and increasing lender and regulatory scrutiny.
Reporting directly to the CFO, the Controller will serve as the owner of accounting integrity, balance sheet accuracy, audit readiness, and financial controls across all subsidiaries.
Key Responsibilities
Financial Reporting & Close
- Own the monthly, quarterly, and annual close process across a multi-entity structure, ensuring timely, accurate, GAAP-compliant financial statements.
- Ensure balance sheet integrity, including rigorous reconciliations, accruals, reserves, intercompany accounting, and consolidation eliminations.
- Establish and enforce standard close calendars, checklists, and documentation requirements across all entities.
- Oversee preparation of consolidated financial statements and supporting schedules.
Audit, Controls & Technical Accounting
- Serve as the primary owner of audit readiness and audit execution, including coordination with external auditors and lenders.
- Lead the remediation of material weaknesses and control deficiencies through improved processes, documentation, and review structures.
- Own and maintain accounting policies, revenue recognition methodologies, and critical estimates in accordance with GAAP and healthcare-specific requirements.
- Build and enforce a strong internal control environment appropriate for a multi-entity, lender-backed healthcare organization.
Revenue, AR & Working Capital Oversight
- Partner with revenue cycle leadership to ensure accurate revenue recognition, AR aging integrity, reserve methodology, and cutoff discipline.
- Oversee balance sheet exposures related to AR, cap liabilities, accruals, and estimates.
- Support CFO with cash flow forecasting, working capital management, and liquidity visibility.
Systems, Process & Finance Transformation
- Lead standardization and modernization of accounting processes across legacy entities, acquisitions, and new de novo operations.
- Drive system implementations, cleanups, integrations, and controls across the financial technology stack.
- Design scalable workflows that support growth, acquisitions, and increasing reporting complexity.
- Build a culture of documentation, discipline, and continuous improvement within the accounting team.
Team Leadership & Development
- Lead, develop, and hold accountable the accounting team, including GL, AP, AR, and close functions.
- Establish clear roles, performance standards, review structures, and professional development paths.
- Upgrade talent and structure as needed to support a best-in-class finance function.
Budgeting, Forecasting & Executive Support
- Partner with the CFO on annual budgeting, reforecasting, and long-range financial planning.
- Provide leadership with clear, reliable, decision-useful financial reporting and analysis.
- Support due diligence, integration, and accounting work for acquisitions and de novo expansions.

Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree; CPA strongly preferred; MBA a plus.
- 10+ years of progressive accounting and finance experience, including senior leadership in multi-entity environments. PE experience preferred;
- Significant experience in healthcare services, preferably hospice, or multi-specialty platforms.
- Proven track record owning audits, fixing broken close processes, and strengthening control environments.
- Deep understanding of GAAP, revenue recognition, estimates, reserves, and balance sheet management.
- Experience with multi-entity consolidations, intercompany accounting, and M&A integration.
- Strong systems experience (e.g., NetSuite, PowerBI, or similar).
- High ownership mindset, detail orientation, and the ability to operate in a high-accountability, high-change environment.