Vice President, Controller - Corporate Accounting and Close

About Acrisure

A global fintech leader, Acrisure empowers millions of ambitious businesses and individuals with the right solutions to grow boldly forward. Bringing cutting-edge technology and top-tier human support together, we connect clients with customized solutions across a range of insurance, reinsurance, payroll, benefits, cybersecurity, mortgage services – and more.

In the last eleven years, Acrisure has grown in revenue from $38 million to almost $5 billion and employs over 19,000 colleagues in more than 20 countries. Our culture is defined by our entrepreneurial spirit and all that comes with it: innovation, client centricity and an indomitable will to win.

Job Summary:

The Vice President, Controller – Corporate Accounting & Close is a leadership position responsible for managing the global financial close process, ensuring the integrity of the consolidated financial statements, and overseeing critical areas of accounting operations, including fixed assets, leases, compensation, and intercompany transactions. This role coordinates with regional and legal entity controllers, ensures compliance with U.S. GAAP, and delivers high-quality internal financial reporting, complete with variance analysis and executive-ready commentary. The Controller will also drive process improvements, strengthen controls, and ensure consistency in accounting across global operations. 

Responsibilities:

• Provide executive leadership for the global month-end and quarter-end financial close processes, ensuring accuracy, efficiency, and transparency.
• Oversee the integrity of the company’s consolidated financial statements, including all elimination and consolidation entries, in compliance with U.S. GAAP.
• Lead coordination across regional and legal entity controllers to ensure alignment and consistency in financial reporting.
• Enhance and optimize the organization’s month-end closing process.
• Drive the preparation and delivery of high-impact internal management reporting packages, including variance analysis and commentary tailored for executive and board-level stakeholders.
• Serve as a strategic partner to FP&A, Treasury, Tax, and Investor Relations, providing timely and insightful financial data to support decision-making and external disclosures.
• Ownership over external reporting and SEC filings by collaborating closely with reporting and legal teams.
• Ensure completion and review of balance sheet reconciliations across legal entities, maintaining rigorous adherence to internal controls and accounting policies.
• Oversee the global intercompany accounting framework, including transaction execution, reconciliation, and settlement.
• Own the structure and governance of legal entity data within Workday and other financial systems to ensure accuracy and scalability.
• Lead the global consolidation process in Workday, ensuring alignment with internal and external reporting requirements.
• Build, mentor, and retain a high-performing, globally distributed accounting team, fostering a culture of accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Champion cross-functional collaboration with Tax, Treasury, FP&A, HR, and Technology teams to drive integrated financial operations.
• Sponsor key finance transformation initiatives, including system implementations, process automation, and organizational redesign, with a focus on Workday and consolidation platforms.

Key Competencies:

• Proven ability to manage and lead global teams in a fast-paced, complex, and matrixed environment
• Exceptional analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills
• Strong executive presence and communication skills, with the ability to deliver insights and strategic recommendations to C-level executives and boards.

This description is not meant to be all-inclusive and may be modified from time to time at the discretion of leadership.  

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance; Master’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business Administration (MBA) preferred.
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) designation preferred (or equivalent international certification).
• 15+ years of progressive accounting experience, with at least 3-5 years in a corporate controller or senior accounting leadership role in a global, publicly traded, financial services organization.
• Proven experience taking a company through a successful IPO transformation.
• Deep expertise in U.S. GAAP, regulatory compliance (including SEC and SOX), and working with external auditors. Proven ability to lead complex global close processes, internal reporting, and balance sheet governance at scale.
• Extensive experience with enterprise finan