Controller

About GTS

GTS is a well-established telecommunications and technology services organization with a 36-year operating history. The company operates through a parent organization and four subsidiaries, including international operations in India. As the organization continues to mature within a public-company parent structure, GTS is seeking a hands-on Controller to provide day-to-day accounting oversight, strengthen internal controls, and support scalable financial operations.

This is a unique opportunity for an operational finance leader to support the CFO, serve as the primary accounting lead for the operating company, and help position the organization for future growth, including the anticipated addition of a parent-company CFO responsible for enterprise reporting and strategic finance leadership.

Position Summary

GTS is seeking a Controller to lead day-to-day accounting operations, financial reporting, audit coordination, internal control awareness, and operating company finance support. This individual will serve as a key operational finance leader, partnering closely with the operating company CFO and ultimately funneling financial reporting, analysis, and reporting packages to the parent-company CFO.

The ideal candidate brings strong Controller-level experience, a solid foundation in accounting operations and U.S. GAAP, experience supporting external audits in a public company environment, and the ability to remain hands-on in daily accounting activities while providing leadership, structure, and process discipline to the finance function.

Target base compensation is approximately $150,000 -$175,000, with flexibility based on experience, technical depth, and overall candidate fit.

Key Responsibilities

Accounting Operations & Financial Reporting

• Oversee all day-to-day accounting operations, including monthly close, reconciliations, general ledger management, and financial reporting.
• Ensure the accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of financial statements and reporting packages.
• Prepare, review, and analyze financial results, supporting schedules, and management reporting deliverables.
• Funnel financial reporting, analysis, and operating company reporting packages to the parent-company CFO.
• Supervise accounting staff and provide leadership, coaching, and operational support.
• Partner cross-functionally to improve accounting processes, reporting discipline, and financial visibility.

Audit, Internal Controls & Public Company Environment

• Manage external audit processes within a public company parent environment.
• Serve as a primary liaison with external auditors and coordinate audit requests, schedules, and deliverables.
• Ensure adherence to accounting policies, reporting standards, and internal control expectations.
• Identify control gaps, manage risk, and recommend practical improvements to strengthen the finance function.
• Support audit readiness and maintain organized documentation for accounting judgments, reconciliations, and reporting support.

Technical Accounting & Transaction Support

• Apply strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP, financial statement preparation, and accounting operations.
• Support technical accounting analysis related to complex transactions, acquisition activity, and post-close accounting requirements.
• Partner with external advisors, including anticipated future diligence support to prepare financial information and respond to transaction-related requests.
• Support due diligence activities, acquisition-related reporting, and post-M&A integration needs.
• Experience with purchase price accounting, goodwill and intangible asset accounting, and post-acquisition accounting is preferred.

Parent Company Reporting & Multi-Entity Coordination

• Coordinate reporting activities across the parent organization, subsidiaries, and operating company finance resources.
• Partner with accounting resources supporting India-based subsidiaries and other multi-entity reporting needs.
• Support consolidation-related requests and ensure consistency across entity-level reporting processes.
• Communicate effectively with senior leadership, auditors, advisors, and parent-company stakeholders.

Finance Operations, Systems & Process Improvement

• Help strengthen accounting infrastructure, reporting cadence, and finance operating routines.
• Partner with finance leadership during the company's Accumatica ERP implementation.
• Improve processes related to month-end close, reconciliations, reporting packages, and internal controls.
• Develop scalable accounting processes that can support continued growth, acquisitions, and parent-company reporting expectations.
• Remain hands-on and operational while bringing structure, discipline, and continuous improvement to the finance function.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• 8+ years of progressive accounting experience, including Controller-level responsibility or comparable accounting leadership experience.
• Strong understanding of accounting operations, monthly close, general ledger management, reconciliations, and financial reporting.
• Experience working in or supporting a public company audit environment.
• Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP and financial statement preparation.
• Demonstrated internal controls awareness with the ability to identify control gaps, manage risk, and improve financial processes.
• Experience coordinating with external auditors and supporting audit requests.
• Strong leadership, communication, project management, and organizational skills.

Preferred

• CPA designation preferred but not required; certification would be viewed as a value-add given the current team structure.
• Experience supporting due diligence activities, external advisors, and transaction-related requests.
• Experience with purchase price accounting, post-acquisition accounting, goodwill and intangible asset accounting, and post-M&A integration.
• Experience working within a parent company / operating company finance structure.
• Experience with international subsidiaries, foreign currency translation, or multi-entity reporting.
• Telecommunications, technology, or services industry experience.

Success Profile

The successful candidate will be:

• A hands-on Controller who is comfortable owning daily accounting operations while supporting higher-level financial leadership needs.
• Operationally focused, detail-oriented, and capable of creating structure in a growing finance environment.
• Strategic enough to support executive leadership, while still willing to remain involved in close, reconciliations, reporting packages, and audit support.
• Comfortable serving as the bridge between operating company finance teams, auditors, external advisors, and parent-company leadership.
• Strong in internal controls, compliance awareness, process improvement, and risk management.
• Able to support future growth, acquisition activity, integration needs, and evolving parent-company reporting expectations.

Why Join GTS

• Opportunity to serve as a key operating company finance leader within an evolving public-company parent structure.
• High-impact role partnering directly with the CFO and future parent-company finance leadership.
• Ability to strengthen the accounting function, improve processes, and bring structure to day-to-day finance operations.
• Exposure to audit, internal controls, acquisitions, diligence, and post-M&A integration work.
• Collaborative and established organization with a strong operating history and growth-focused future.