Controller
Purcellville, VAAll locationsPurcellville, VAMerit’s Purcellville, VA On-site
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About the role
As the Controller for Merit Restorations, you will be working directly for the Chief Financial Officer, based onsite at the company’s corporate office in Purcellville, VA. This role owns the accuracy and integrity of Merit Restorations’ books, financial reporting, and internal control environment, serving as the CFO’s primary partner in running a clean monthly close, maintaining GAAP compliance, and building the systems, controls, and workflows required to scale a multi-location restoration platform. The Controller leads the day-to-day accounting team—Corporate Accountant, AR & Billing Coordinator, and Accounting Specialist—reviewing their work, developing their skills, and holding the team accountable to Merit’s standard of financial truth. As a private equity-sponsored platform that will continue to acquire and integrate businesses, Merit needs this role to build the systems, automation, and repeatable playbooks that make each acquisition integration faster and cleaner than the last, ensuring newly acquired locations are onboarded onto Merit’s systems and control environment quickly and cleanly.
What you'll bring
- To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
- The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
- Experience & Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance required
- 7+ years of progressive accounting experience, including at least 2 years in a Controller or senior accounting management role.
- Experience operating in a growing
- Track record of integrating acquired companies onto a common ERP and chart of accounts.
- Demonstrated success managing and developing an accounting team.
- Construction, restoration, or project-based field services experience and hands-on experience with percentage-of-completion revenue recognition in a multi-location environment strongly preferred.
- CPA strongly preferred.
- acquisitive private equity-backed platform strongly preferred.