Controller

Location: San Diego, CA (Hybrid/Flexible)
Compensation: $150,000-$180,000 base + discretionary bonus
Employment Type: Direct Hire or Temp-to-Hire

Position Overview

The Controller will oversee the company's accounting operations and financial reporting processes, ensuring compliance, accuracy, and efficiency. Reporting directly to the CEO, this role will lead a remote accounting team, manage monthly, quarterly, and annual closes, and serve as a key liaison between leadership, auditors, and internal stakeholders. The ideal candidate will be a hands-on financial leader with strong technical accounting skills, a background in mortgage or lending industries, and experience supporting a growing organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and support the accounting team (14 total, primarily in Cleveland)
• Oversee monthly, quarterly, and annual financial close and reporting cycles
• Ensure accuracy of financial statements in accordance with GAAP
• Manage general ledger, consolidations, and intercompany transactions
• Partner with executive leadership to support forecasting and business performance tracking
• Interface directly with external auditors and lending counterparties
• Maintain and improve accounting systems, internal controls, and financial processes
• Collaborate with the CEO on budgeting, planning, and financial strategy

Qualifications

• 8+ years of progressive accounting experience, including management-level oversight
• Proven ability to lead close processes and prepare GAAP-compliant financials
• Strong communication and leadership skills with the ability to work across departments

Preferred:

• Experience within the mortgage, lending, or financial services industry
• Knowledge of Loan Vision software
• Exposure to multi-entity or distributed team environments

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, age, ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, or military or veteran status. We consider all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with state and local laws, including the California Fair Chance Act, City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance. For unincorporated Los Angeles county, to the extent our customers require a background check for certain positions, the Company faces a significant risk to its business operations and business reputation unless a review of criminal history is conducted for those specific job positions.