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About Avid

Avid Technology is the global leader in media technology solutions, powering the creation of the most listened-to, most watched, and most loved content in the world. Avid's industry-leading hardware and software solutions are used by the world's top creative professionals — from Hollywood studios and major broadcasters to independent artists and musicians — across audio and video production, post-production, and media management.

Avid is a private-equity-backed company at an important inflection point. We are building a world-class Finance and Accounting organization, investing in the infrastructure required to support a complex global business, and positioning ourselves for long-term growth. The Global Controller is a foundational hire in that build.

The opportunity

This is a senior accounting leadership role for an experienced controller who has operated at the intersection of technical accounting depth, operational rigor, and PE-backed reporting complexity. You will own the full accounting operation globally — the close process, the audit relationship, the compliance certificate, the technical accounting research function, and the team that executes across all of it.

You are joining at a moment when the accounting foundation needs to be rebuilt and strengthened. The close book requires a QC overhaul. The revenue recognition framework — including the 606-to-billings reconciliation, contract asset and deferred revenue bifurcation by product, and SSP carve methodology — requires an expert who can drive it to resolution. The lender compliance certificate needs an internal owner who can produce it without external support. These are active workstreams that need a strong operator from day one.

This role is for someone who has been in a broken or rebuilding accounting environment before and knows what to do first. If you have always inherited a clean, well-functioning accounting function and have never had to diagnose and fix one, this is not the right fit.

What you will own

Financial close & reporting

• Lead the full monthly, quarterly, and annual close process globally — with a hard close cadence, defined sign-off checkpoints, and a QC framework that ensures figures tie end-to-end before any number leaves the accounting team

• Rebuild the close book to eliminate manual maintenance, inconsistent formulas, and untied figures — establishing it as a reliable, system-driven source of truth for ARR, revenue, EBITDA, and cash flow

• Produce and review monthly and quarterly reporting packages for executive management, the PE sponsor, and external parties including detailed analytical reviews with clear variance narrative

• Own the Non-GAAP P&L for lender reporting — ensuring it reconciles correctly to the management P&L and that all addbacks are documented, supported, and consistent with the compliance certificate

Revenue recognition & technical accounting

• Own the 606-to-billings reconciliation — driving the bridge between ASC 606 GAAP recognized revenue, contract assets, deferred revenue, and actual billings to close consistently on a monthly basis

• Lead the SSP carve analysis — investigating and correcting historical allocation errors, pushing corrections into the historical dataset, and establishing a go-forward RevPro process that produces clean output

• Own deferred revenue bifurcation by product — implementing systematic tracking in RevPro and establishing the go-forward process for recording deferred revenue and contract assets at the product level

• Manage staged billings — the full population, the runoff schedule, and the impact on the 606 reconciliation — with clear documentation and a confirmed go-forward process owner

• Research technical accounting matters and emerging guidance; assess business impact and communicate implications clearly to the CFO, FP&A, and commercial teams

• Partner with the CFO and Head of Tax on accounting and tax implications of complex business transactions

Lender & compliance reporting

• Own the quarterly compliance certificate process end to end — preparing the certificate, maintaining all supporting workpapers, calculating addback categories, and ensuring the Non-GAAP P&L ties correctly to lender reporting

• Serve as the primary internal contact for lender agents on all accounting and compliance matters — reducing dependence on external adv