Vice President Accounting and Controller

Join Our Team at MasterCorp, Inc.!
At MasterCorp, Inc., we provide exceptional service and innovative solutions in the hospitality industry. As a leader in our field, we believe in the power of teamwork, integrity, and a commitment to excellence. Our dynamic and inclusive workplace fosters growth, creativity, and the opportunity to make an impact. We are looking for passionate and driven individuals to join our team and help us continue to deliver outstanding results for our clients.

POSITION OVERVIEW

The Vice President, Accounting and Controller serves as the senior leader responsible for the Company’s controllership function and related shared services, including Accounting, Payroll, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Tax, Treasury, Purchasing, financial reporting, and internal controls. This role partners with the SVP, Finance & Accounting, and executive leadership to ensure accurate, timely, GAAP-compliant financial information; disciplined cash, working capital, and compliance practices; and scalable processes that support growth, acquisitions, lender and audit requirements, and enterprise decision-making. The role is accountable for building a high-performing team, strengthening the control environment, improving efficiency through process and systems enhancements, and ensuring the organization is audit-ready and valuation-ready as a privately held company. This is an on-site position in our Orlando, FL office.

OUR VALUES

Every Associate must demonstrate our values of: 

• INTEGRITY – We never compromise on our word.  We act with transparency – we are trusted partners. 
• PRIDE – We are proud of our people, and they are proud to work for MasterCorp. 
• QUALITY – We do things the right way and strive to continuously improve.
• DEPENDABILITY – We keep our promises.  We are accountable for our actions.  We meet or beat our deadlines – you can count on us. 
• RESPECT – We value and appreciate every member of our team.  We treat each other as we wish to be treated ourselves.

COMPETENCIES REQUIRED

• Business Insight – Applies knowledge of business and the marketplace to advance the organization’s goals. 
• Manages Complexity – Makes sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems. 
• Drives Engagement – Creates a climate where people are motivated to do their best to help the organization achieve its objectives. 
• Demonstrates Self-Awareness – Uses a combination of feedback and reflection to gain productive insight into personal strengths and weaknesses. 
• Persuades – Uses compelling arguments to gain the support and commitment of others. 
• Customer Focus – Builds strong customer relationships and delivers customer-centric solutions. 
• Drives Results – Consistently achieves results, even under tough circumstances. 

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Provide executive leadership to the Accounting organization and Crossville Office, aligning teams to the Company’s values, culture, service expectations, and strategic priorities.
• Lead all controllership and shared services functions, including Accounting, Payroll, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Tax, Treasury, Purchasing, financial reporting, close, reconciliations, and related financial operations.
• Own the monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes, ensuring financial statements, management reporting, account reconciliations, journal entries, accruals, and variance analyses are complete, accurate, timely, and compliant with GAAP.
• Establish, maintain, and continuously strengthen accounting policies, procedures, documentation, segregation of duties, approval authorities, system access protocols, and internal controls to safeguard Company assets and reduce financial, operational, compliance, and fraud risk.
• Drive process improvement, automation, standardization, and scalability across payroll, procure-to-pay, order-to-cash, cash management, tax compliance, purchasing, and financial reporting to improve efficiency, accuracy, cycle times, and accountability.
• Oversee internal and external financial reporting, including monthly operating results, quarterly and annual reporting, lender reporting and covenant support.
• Lead treasury and cash management activities, including banking relationships, cash forecasting, liquidity planning, debt compliance support, payment controls, working capital discipline, and oversight of cash receipts, disbursements, wires, and reconciliations.
• Oversee tax compliance and planning activities, including coordination with external tax advisors for federal, state, local, sales and use, property, payroll, and other applicable tax matters; ensure timely filings, accurate provisions, and resolution of tax issues.
• Manage external audit, tax, banking, valuation, insurance, legal, and other advisory relationships; anticipate information requirements, resolve issues timely, and maintain audit-ready records, support schedules, controls documentation, and technical accounting analyses.
• Partner with the SVP Finance and Accounting and executive leadership to ensure the Company is prepared for financing, refinancing, transaction, due diligence, or valuation processes by maintaining clean financial records, reliable reporting, supportable accounting policies, disciplined controls, and readily available documentation.
• Support acquisitions, integrations, new lines of business, and system/process transitions by leading financial due diligence support, opening balance sheet review, purchase accounting coordination, entity setup, control integration, and post-close accounting alignment.
• Collaborate with Operations, Finance, HR, IT, Legal and business leaders to improve cross-functional workflows, resolve issues, enhance reporting transparency, and ensure financial processes support operational needs.
• Recruit, develop, coach, and retain a high-performing accounting and shared services team; establish clear roles, performance expectations, succession depth, service levels, and accountability for timely and accurate work.
• Lead or support special projects, including ERP or financial systems enhancements, reporting modernization, policy development, control remediation, working capital initiatives, and other strategic initiatives as assigned.

EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field required; Master’s degree, MBA, or equivalent advanced education preferred.
• Minimum ten (10) years of progressive accounting, controllership, or finance leadership experience, including leadership of multi-function accounting operations and people leaders.
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) strongly preferred; active CPA, CMA, or equivalent technical accounting credential or demonstrated equivalent experience required.
• Experience leading payroll, accounts payable, accounts receivable, treasury/cash management, tax, purchasing, financial reporting, monthly close, and internal controls in a complex, multi-location environment.
• Demonstrated experience strengthening internal controls, improving accounting processes, implementing scalable systems or workflows, and preparing organizations for audits, lender reporting, due diligence, financing, acquisition, or valuation processes.
• Privately held company, hospitality, services, multi-site, private equity-backed, acquisition-oriented, or high-growth environment experience preferred.
• Experience implementing, optimizing, or maintaining accounting, payroll, purchasing, ERP, reporting, and analytics systems; Workday software experience preferred.

OTHER QUALIFICATIONS

• Excellent relationship, communication, and executive presentation skills, with the ability to translate complex accounting issues into clear business implications and recommendations.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively across multiple business units, shared services teams, remote teams, and executive stakeholders.
• Strong technical accounting, analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills with high attention to detail and sound judgment.
• Proven ability to lead change, standardize processes, improve controls, manage competing priorities, and deliver timely results in a fast-paced environment.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite, financial reporting tools, and accounting, payroll, ERP, purchasing, and analytics systems used by the organization.

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS

• Frequently – on average 25% of travel on a monthly basis 

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• This job operates in a professional office environment routinely using standard office equipment such as computers, phones, copiers, faxes, and filing cabinets.

The Vice President, Accounting and Controller is not limited to the above-mentioned job description and may be requested to do additional tasks as directed by MasterCorp Management.

DISCLOSURES

MasterCorp Inc. provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or expression, genetics or protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

Physical Requirements:

This position frequently requires standing, walking, pushing, pulling, moving, lifting (up to 25 lbs), bending, reaching,  occasional ascending/descending, and repetitive motions. Employee must be able to perform the

essential functions of the position satisfactorily, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable employees with disabilities to perform the essential functions of their job.

Equal Opportunity Employer Statement:

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
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Thank you for considering a career with MasterCorp, Inc. We look forward to reviewing your application.