Corporate Controller

About the role

Under the direction of the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians (HMFP) at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), the Corporate Controller will ensure the integrity, accuracy, and stewardship of HMFP’s financial reporting, accounting operations, internal controls, technical accounting, and treasury accounting policies across a multi-TIN academic physician organization.

This role ensures compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), regulatory requirements, audit expectations, and organizational policies. The Controller leads the close process, financial reporting cycles, and Workday Financials governance (from a controls and accounting configuration perspective), while maintaining strong collaboration with all finance leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee HMFP’s accounting operations including accounts payable (AP), general ledger (GL), payroll accounting, fixed assets, intercompany, and treasury accounting.
• Direct the monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes ensuring timely, accurate, and complete financial results that reconcile to Workday Financials.
• Own external financial reporting, technical accounting positions, and coordination with external auditors.
• Establish, maintain, and enforce internal controls, accounting policies, financial governance structures, and audit readiness.
• Oversee Workday Financials accounting configuration, Chart of Accounts (COA) stewardship, workflow governance, and system controls in partnership with Associate CFO, Strategic Finance and Analytics.
• Provide executive oversight of tax and regulatory compliance, including completion and filing of Form 990s, MA PCs, 1099s, and other regulatory filings.
• Provide executive oversight of treasury accounting, including cash reconciliation, investment accounting, and compliance with the investment policy.
• Ensure compliance with federal, state, and institutional financial regulations and reporting requirements.
• Partner with ACFO-SFA to ensure accurate integration of actuals into forecasts, budgets, and long-range plans.
• Collaborate with Revenue Cycle Performance leadership to validate net revenue accounting, adjustments, reserves, and contract-related impacts.
• Lead the preparation and delivery of financial statements, audit reports, and Board/Committee materials as required.
• Partner with ACFOs to align actuals/policy with forecasts, service-line design, and department reporting standards.
• Oversee Retirement Plans Financial Statement Audits.
• Finance Transformation Co-Ownership
• Co-sponsor control/design changes required by transformation initiatives; ensure accounting integrity through releases.
• Advance automation and close efficiency; reduce manual adjustments and control exceptions.
• Collaboration and Governance
• Partner with ACFO–SFA on general ledger-to-report standards, KPI tie-outs, and board reporting integrity.
• Partner with ACFO–FO on department cost attribution, capitalization, and timing policies.
• Partner with CRCO on net revenue accounting, reserves, and adjustments.
• Leadership, culture, and talent development
• Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing team of technical accountants.
• Promote a culture of collaboration, accountability, innovation, and operational/technical excellence.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required. Master’s Degree preferred.
• Certification: Certified Public Accountant (CPA) strongly preferred.
• 12+ years related work experience in accounting/controllership required.
• Experience in academic medicine, faculty practice plans, or large integrated healthcare organizations strongly preferred.
• Multi-entity healthcare or Academic Medical Center (AMC) experience preferred.
• Workday Financials (or equivalent enterprise resource planning) and close automation experience.
• Proven internal controls, policy, and external reporting leadership.