Assistant Controller

About the role

We are a private equity-backed multi-entity emergency care and community health platform looking for a hands-on Assistant Controller to own the execution and quality of our close. You will lead a back-office accounting team, review facility books, consolidation and intercompany, and make sure results are timely, accurate and GAAP-compliant. You will also be the internal point of contact for our external tax advisors.

Reports to: Controller

Location: Houston, TX / hybrid

Responsibilities

• Close and facility books: Lead the monthly, quarterly and annual close across all entities and own the close calendar; review back-office entries, facility trial balances, P&L trends and balance sheet reconciliations; resolve anomalies and aged items before close; review accruals, prepaids, fixed assets, lease accounting (ASC 842) and payroll and incentive accruals; review budget-to-actual and month-over-month flux and explain significant variances.
• Consolidation and intercompany: Review the consolidation, eliminations, non-controlling interest and the consolidated equity roll forward; prepare the consolidated cash flow statement and review the consolidated financial statements before Controller sign-off; evaluate accounting for new entities, acquisitions and divestitures, including consolidation and purchase accounting; prepare the monthly intercompany reconciliation and confirm charges follow approved intercompany arrangements.
• Revenue recognition: Review net patient revenue under ASC 606, including implicit price concessions, true-ups and personal injury revenue and reserves; review billing system (GoRev) and cash receipt reconciliations to the GL and partner with Revenue Cycle on collection trends.
• AP, treasury and tax oversight: Oversee the AP and treasury functions' accounting: AP subledger and bank reconciliations, reconciling items, and support for borrowing base and covenant reporting; act as the internal point of contact for external tax advisors: return and K-1 tracking, estimates, notices and workpapers.
• Controls, audit and systems: Run internal accounting controls, the annual audit and PBC deliverables, disclosures and remediation of findings; research technical accounting matters and write memos for Controller review; support NetSuite integrity, cost allocations, entity profitability reporting and close automation.
• Team leadership: Direct, train and review the back-office bookkeeping team and outsourced accounting partners; partner with FP&A and operations, and serve as the Controller's backup.

Requirements

• Bachelor's in accounting
• 7+ years in accounting, including public accounting and 2+ years leading a close team
• Multi-entity consolidation experience, including intercompany and non-controlling interest
• Strong US GAAP knowledge, including ASC 606 and ASC 842
• NetSuite or a similar ERP; advanced Excel

Preferred qualifications

• Healthcare revenue recognition (net patient revenue, implicit price concessions)
• Big 4 background
• Acquisition and purchase accounting
• Experience managing offshore or outsourced teams