Corporate Controller & M&A Integration Lead

Department: Finance

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Chicago

Compensation: $275,000.00 - $325,000.00 / hour

Description

We are seeking a Process-First Corporate Controller to serve as the financial architect of our global organization. Managing multiple subsidiaries in a high-growth fintech/SaaS environment requires a leader who excels at systems integration through rigorous governance and controls.


You will be responsible for building an "audit-ready" culture, centralizing a sophisticated Treasury function, and leading the financial integration of all future acquisitions.

What Will You Be Involved With?

• The 5-Day Close Mandate: Re-engineer the month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close cycles to achieve a "5-Day Close" across all 18 subsidiaries. You will identify and eliminate manual bottlenecks using automation and standardized reporting templates.
• Continuous Accounting Implementation: Move the organization toward a "Continuous Close" model by implementing real-time reconciliations and automated intercompany eliminations, ensuring the books are "audit-ready" at any point in the month.
• Intercompany & Consolidation Excellence: Own the complex elimination process for global transactions. Ensure 100% accuracy in multi-currency translations and the consolidation of subsidiary ledgers into a single, unified corporate report.
• Close Governance & Visibility: Establish a global "Close Calendar" with clear departmental accountability. Implement a "Flash Reporting" process to provide the CFO and Board with preliminary results within 96 hours of period-end.
• Exception-Based Review: Design and oversee an automated anomaly detection process to flag variances or unusual entries early in the cycle, shifting the team’s focus from data entry to high-value analysis and "Close Quality" KPIs.
  
  

M&A Integration & Subsidiary Governance

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  The Integration Playbook: Develop and execute a standardized "Finance Integration Playbook" for new acquisitions. Lead the "Day 1 to Day 90" transition, including chart of accounts (COA) mapping and policy alignment.
• Technical Accounting (ASC 805): Lead the purchase accounting process for all deals, including valuation of intangibles, opening balance sheet entries, and goodwill impairment testing.
• System Migration: Direct the migration of acquired entities from legacy accounting software into the corporate ERP (e.g., NetSuite/Salesforce).
• Global Consolidation: Manage the complex eliminations and intercompany flows across the organization, ensuring high-fidelity reporting of consolidated results.
  
  

Process Architecture & Internal Controls

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  The "No PO, No Pay" Mandate: Design and enforce a global Purchase Order (PO) architecture. You will be the executive owner of the procurement tech stack, ensuring that 100% of non-payroll spend is pre-approved.
• Operational Scalability: Identify and automate manual bottlenecks in the accounts payable, receivable, and expense management workflows to support a $1B+ market cap.
  
  

Treasury & Board Reporting

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  Cash Command: Oversee global cash positioning and 12-week rolling cash forecasts. Manage banking relationships and ensure 100% debt covenant compliance.
• Sub-Certification: Implement a "Sub-Certification" program where subsidiary leads certify financial results, ensuring a clear chain of accountability for the CEO/CFO.
  
  

Success Metrics (First 12 Months)

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   Standardization: Successfully map all 18 subsidiaries to a single, unified Chart of Accounts.
2. PO Discipline: Implement a centralized procurement system with >95% adherence across all units.
3. Audit Excellence: Complete the annual audit cycle with zero material weaknesses.
4. Treasury Efficiency: Centralize liquidity management for all subsidiaries into a single Treasury Management System (TMS).
   
   

What Will You Bring to the Table?

• Certification: Active CPA is mandatory.
• Experience: 12+ years of progressive accounting leadership; minimum 4 years in a $500M+ or public company environment.
• M&A Track Record: Proven experience integrating at least 3–5 acquisitions of varied complexity.
• SaaS/Fintech Fluency: Mastery of ASC 606 (Revenue Recognition) and software capitalization rules.
  
  

What We Bring to the Table

• Fintech Market Leader: Join a global fintech leader in capital markets software and analytics. TT’s cutting-edge SaaS platform serves a broad range of clients across asset classes and geographies , positioning us as a critical player in the industry’s evolution.
• High-Impact Role: This is a strategic role with significant exposure. You will work directly with TT’s Chief Corporate Strategy and executive team on deals that shape the future of our company, making a tangible impact on our growth trajectory and the broader market.
• Growth & Innovation: TT is private-equity backed, with strong investor support to fuel growth and innovation. We have a bold roadmap (organically and via acquisitions) to expand our platform’s capabilities and global reach. You will be at the forefront of evaluating and executing opportunities in emerging areas like AI, analytics, and new asset classes.
• Collaborative Culture: Be part of a high-caliber, collaborative team that values initiative, open ideas, and agile execution. Our leadership prioritizes strategic thinking coupled with getting things done, an ideal environment for driven individuals. We celebrate successes and learn quickly from challenges, all in pursuit of building the “operating system of capital markets”
• Professional Growth: We offer competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, and ongoing professional development opportunities. As we grow, so will your career. This role offers a path to increased responsibility and leadership within TT’s organization.

Trading Technologies (www.tradingtechnologies.com) is a global capital markets platform services company providing market-leading technology for the end-to-end trading operations of Tier 1 banks, brokerages, money managers, hedge funds, proprietary traders, Commodity Trading Advisors (CTAs), commercial hedgers, and risk managers. With its roots in listed derivatives, the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) company delivers “multi-X” solutions, with “X” representing asset classes, functions, workflows, and geographies. This multi-X approach features trade execution services across futures and options, fixed income, foreign exchange (FX), and cryptocurrencies, augmented by solutions for data and analytics, including transaction cost analysis (TCA); quantitative trading; compliance and trade surveillance; clearing and post-trade allocation; and infrastructure services. The award-winning TT platform ecosystem also helps exchanges deliver innovative solutions to their market participants and technology companies to distribute their complementary offerings to Trading Technologies’ clients.
Trading Technologies (TT) is an equal-opportunity employer. Equal employment has been, and continues to be, a required practice at the Company. Trading Technologies’ practice of equal employment opportunity is to recruit, hire, train, promote, and base all employment decisions on ability rather than race, color, religion, national origin, political affiliation, parental status, military service, sex/gender orientation, age, disability, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other protected status. Additionally, TT participates in the E-Verify Program for US offices.