Controller
Ardent Global Logistics · Virginia Beach, VA · 3 wk ago
On-siteAccountingFull-time
Key Responsibilities
- Lead monthly, quarterly, and annual financial close processes
- Prepare timely and accurate financial statements
- Deliver monthly management reporting packages with KPIs and commentary
- Ensure balance sheet integrity and clean reconciliations
- Maintain general ledger accuracy and accounting controls
- Manage cash flow forecasting and liquidity planning
- Monitor AR, AP, collections, and billing cycles
- Improve invoicing timeliness and cash conversion
- Build reporting around DSO, margins, and customer profitability
- Partner with operations and sales leadership on gross profit reporting
- Analyze lane profitability, customer margins, and service line performance
- Support pricing, commissions, and incentive plan analysis
- Develop dashboards for business performance metrics
- Build scalable SOPs, approval workflows, and internal controls
- Improve accounting processes and month-end close speed
- Drive process discipline across billing and cost capture
- Support audit, banking, insurance, and compliance requirements
- Assist with annual budgeting and rolling forecasts
- Support board, lender, and investor reporting
- Help leadership evaluate growth investments and hiring plans
- Provide financial modeling support for acquisitions and branch expansion
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field
- CPA strongly preferred
- 5+ years of progressive accounting / finance experience
- Experience as Controller, Assistant Controller, or senior accounting lead
- Experience in logistics, freight forwarding, transportation, or service businesses strongly preferred
- Strong command of financial statements and accrual accounting
- Advanced Excel / financial modeling skills
- Experience with ERP / accounting systems (experience with logistics platforms a plus)
- Strong attention to detail and process orientation