Global Controller

Job Title: Global Controller | San Bernardino, California

Location: San Bernardino, California (Relocation Offered)

Compensation: $200,000 - $380,000

Skills: Global Controller, US GAAP, Financial Reporting, Multi-Entity Consolidations, CPA, ERP Systems, IFRS, Technical Accounting, Internal Controls, Close Management, Team Leadership, FP&A Partnership

About the Opportunity:

My client, one of the most established and well-respected technology companies in Southern California, is looking to hire a Global Controller. This is the kind of role that defines a career: full enterprise ownership, a direct line to the executive team, and the authority to lead a finance function the right way. If you have spent years earning your seat at the table, this is the table.

This is a hands-on executive leadership role, not a strategic overlay position. You will own the accounting function end-to-end: the people, the processes, the reporting, and the controls infrastructure. The company is mature, well-capitalized, and serious about doing accounting right, which means you will have the resources and the support to actually execute.

Relocation assistance is available for the right candidate.

Responsibilities:

• Set the strategic direction for the accounting team, including how the function is structured, how performance is measured, and how people grow inside it
• Own the integrity of the company's financial reporting from first close entry to final consolidated statement, with accountability for accuracy, timing, and executive presentation
• Design and maintain the controls environment across multiple accounting frameworks, making sure every policy is current, tested, and built to hold up under scrutiny
• Lead the company's external audit process across all required entities, managing auditor relationships, coordinating deliverables, and keeping the timeline on track from planning through sign-off
• Partner directly with the CFO and executive leadership to translate financial results into business intelligence, flagging risks early and surfacing opportunities before they become obvious
• Work across the organization with legal, operations, HR, and finance peers to make sure accounting reflects what is actually happening in the business, not just what is on paper
• Evaluate and modernize the tools and systems the team relies on, with a focus on building a function that scales without adding unnecessary complexity
• Bring technical accounting depth to the table when the business evolves, ensuring the company stays ahead of standard changes rather than scrambling to catch up

Must-Have Skills:

1. A career track that includes 15 or more years of progressive accounting leadership inside medium to large organizations, with a background that has included publicly traded company experience or the equivalent level of reporting discipline and board-level accountability

2. The technical range to navigate complex multi-standard environments with confidence, including consolidations across multiple legal entities, and the communication skills to make that complexity clear to people who are not accountants

3. A CPA credential (active or inactive) paired with a track record of owning audit outcomes, not just supporting them, across multiple entities and jurisdictions

Nice-to-Have Skills:

1. Fluency with enterprise ERP systems at scale, particularly in environments where system limitations have required creative solutions rather than out-of-the-box answers

2. Experience in industries where revenue recognition is genuinely complex, where the accounting team has to stay close to product and legal to get it right

3. A history of leading the finance function through a systems transition or a significant process overhaul, and coming out the other side with something that actually works better