Director of Accounting

About the role

Greenlight Networks is searching for a dynamic and experienced Director of Accounting to join our high performing team. We are embarking on an aggressive consolidation and growth phase via announced acquisitions and mergers (Fast Bridge Fiber, GoNetSpeed, and T-Mobile) and are looking for a strategic leader to help drive planning, forecasting, and providing financial insights to support this consolidation.

Responsibilities

• Support the CFO, VP Finance/Controller in managing the monthly, quarterly, and annual financial close processes, ensuring timely and accurate financial reporting.
• Oversee day-to-day accounting operations, including general ledger activities, account reconciliations, and financial statement preparation.
• Prepare and review consolidated financial statements and supporting schedules.
• Avoidance of compliance with established accounting policies, procedures, and internal controls.
• Identify opportunities to improve accounting processes, workflows, and reporting efficiency across the organization.
• Support the continued development of a scalable accounting infrastructure to meet the needs of a growing business.
• Partner with external advisors and auditors on complex accounting transactions and reporting requirements.
• Maintain accounting policies and procedures to support evolving business needs and regulatory requirements.
• Support the annual financial statement audit and serve as a primary liaison with external auditors.
• Cover audit requests, testing, documentation, and issue resolution.
• Support the continued development of a scalable accounting infrastructure to meet the needs of a growing business.
• Coordinate audit requests, testing, documentation, and issue resolution.
• Help mentor, develop, and support members of the accounting team.

Requirements

The ideal candidate is a hands-on accounting leader with strong technical accounting expertise, experience operating in a fast-paced environment, and a proven ability to drive accurate and timely financial reporting. This individual will serve as a trusted partner and collaborate closely with leadership, ownership groups, lenders, auditors, and cross-functional business teams.

Skills and Abilities

• Proven cross-functional collaboration experience as position requires frequent interactions with Accounting, Treasury, FP&A, and Business Operations teams.
• In-depth knowledge of financial reporting systems including A/P, A/R, G/L and payroll.
• Ability to deliver high quality work product while meeting deadlines.
• Strong desire to be on a high growth, winning team, working with passionate, purposeful people; naturally curious.
• Prior accounting experience with mergers & acquisitions.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills across all levels of an organization.
• Self-starter and finisher; proven experience taking significant initiative.
• Work independently with appropriate allocation of time management and organization.
• Proven orientation towards detail coupled with an extremely high ability to self-check own work and attention to accuracy; innate big picture sensibility when required.
• Ability to iterate, think independently, confidently suggest and implement change to improve timing, processes, outcomes.
• Strong interpersonal skillset with an ability to support and interact with executive management and investors.
• Highest ethical and professional conduct.
• Excellent communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills.

Knowledge

Proven ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, while managing multiple priorities.

Education and Experience

• Minimum of 7 years experience in progressive accounting roles; must include management and external reporting experience.
• Active CPA designation.
• Big 4 public accounting experience required.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel.
• Prior accounting experience with mergers & acquisitions.