Controller

GHJ Search and Staffing serves as the recruitment division of GHJ, a prominent national accounting and advisory firm. Our team provides qualified Accounting and Finance professionals on a temporary and permanent basis across a broad range of industries. GHJ’s relationship with our Global Advisory and Accounting Network provides the resources needed to better understand client’s needs, attract a higher caliber of candidates and assess candidate potential.

GHJ Search and Staffing serves as the recruitment division of GHJ, a prominent national accounting and advisory firm. Our team provides qualified Accounting and Finance professionals on a temporary and permanent basis across a broad range of industries. GHJ’s relationship with our Global Advisory and Accounting Network provides the resources needed to better understand client’s needs, attract a higher caliber of candidates and assess candidate potential.

Key Responsibilities • Lead day-to-day accounting operations and ensure accurate, timely financial reporting

• Own and continuously improve the month-end close process

• Provide leadership, guidance, and development to the accounting team

• Strengthen accounting processes, internal controls, and operational efficiency

• Identify and implement opportunities for automation and improved reporting

• Partner with the Managing Partner and senior leadership on financial and operational priorities

• Help build scalable accounting processes to support continued organizational growth

• Support accounting technology initiatives, system enhancements, and potential ERP implementations

• Bring a hands-on approach to operational accounting while contributing strategic ideas and solutions

Qualifications • Significant progressive accounting and finance experience with demonstrated leadership responsibility

• Professional services industry experience required

• Strong operational accounting and month-end close expertise

• Experience managing and developing accounting teams

• Proven success improving processes, controls, and accounting workflows

• Strong technology orientation with experience leveraging automation and accounting systems

• Excellent communication skills and executive presence

• Ability to thrive in a fast-growing, evolving organization

• Law firm experience strongly preferred

• CPA preferred

• ProLaw, Aderant, ERP implementation, or systems conversion experience is a plus

Why Join? • Join a rapidly growing firm that has approximately doubled in size over the past several years

• Report directly to the Managing Partner in a highly visible leadership position

• Opportunity to modernize the accounting function through automation, technology, and process improvement

• Strong culture with significant opportunity to grow alongside the organization

• Potential long-term path to the CFO role