Controller

Key Responsibilities

• Lead monthly, quarterly, and annual close across all entities, ensuring accurate and timely reporting in accordance with U.S. GAAP
• Own preparation and analysis of consolidated and entity-level financial statements, management reporting, and KPIs
• Drive close efficiency, process standardization, and scalable improvements as the portfolio grows
• Establish a consistent reporting cadence that improves financial visibility for executive leadership and brand operators
• Own consolidations across the AHG shared-services entity and portfolio brands, including intercompany transactions, allocations, and eliminations
• Develop and maintain shared-services cost-allocation methodologies that fairly attribute costs across brands
• Maintain entity-level books supporting clear brand-level P&L visibility and decision-making
• Support new entity setup and integration as the portfolio expands (new brand launches, acquisitions)
• Design, document, and maintain a scalable internal control environment appropriate to a growing private company
• Develop and maintain accounting policies, procedures, and supporting documentation
• Ensure compliance with U.S. GAAP, tax, and regulatory requirements across all entities and jurisdictions
• Develop processes to prepare for external financial audits
• Strengthen segregation of duties, approval workflows, and system-access controls
• Collaborate with CFO on treasury operations including banking relationships, cash management, cash-flow forecasting, and liquidity planning across entities
• Oversee payment operations and corporate card/spend-management programs
• Partner with the CFO on capital planning, working capital, and cash strategy
• Lead the conversion from cash-based to accrual accounting — go live by 1/1/2027
• Oversee general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll accounting, fixed assets, and revenue recognition
• Support healthcare- and pharmacy-specific accounting matters, including revenue recognition and inventory where applicable
• Partner with operations and brand leaders to tie financial insights to operational performance
• Manage relationships with external auditors, tax advisors, banks, and other third-party partners
• Drive automation and process improvement across the ERP (NetSuite) and broader finance tech stack
• Lead or support systems implementations and the finance technology roadmap (expense management, billing, payroll, reporting tools)
• Champion AI-enabled tools and automation to reduce manual effort, strengthen controls, and improve reporting accuracy
• Build, mentor, and develop a high-performing accounting team as the organization scales
• Serve as a strategic business partner to the CFO, executive leadership, and brand CEOs
• Support strategic initiatives including brand launches, integrations, and organizational scaling

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field
• CPA required
• 10+ years of progressive accounting/finance experience, including accounting leadership roles
• Prior Controller experience
• 5+ years in inventory and cost accounting within a pharmaceutical, or other high-volume environment, including inventory reconciliation, inventory valuation, inventory controls, ERP systems, and physical inventory management.
• Strong working knowledge of U.S. GAAP and multi-entity consolidations
• ERP experience (NetSuite strongly preferred)
• Demonstrated ability to build scalable processes, controls, and teams
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills, including executive presentation
• Current authorization to work in the United States without the need for present or future sponsorship

Preferred Qualifications

• CPA with Big 4 / public accounting background
• Experience within healthcare, pharmacy, life sciences, multi-site services, or high-growth/investor-backed environments
• Experience supporting a multi-brand or shared-services operating model
• Familiarity with NetSuite, Concur, and modern finance automation tools
• Experience standing up finance infrastructure in a high-growth or early-stage company