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Controller (162123)
True Operating Level: Controller / Finance Leader operating at a hands-on. Directly supportsdecisions, project profitability, and overall financial execution.
Compensation Snapshot: Currently ~$180k base with significant bonus upside (approximately 20–50% in recent years). Open to base compensation in the ~$200k+ range depending on scope, team size, and strategic influence.
Core Capabilities:
Operational Accounting and Financial leadership at the Controller Level
IPO Readiness, Technical accounting memo research and writing,
Cash flow management, forecasting, and decision support for ownership
Industry Exposure: Residential real estate development and construction, Energy, Tech/Software
Tools & Systems: Advanced Excel-based modeling, and hands-on financial reporting tools supporting project-driven businesses.
What Makes This Profile Scarce: CPA with strategic judgment, currently well-compensated and successful, not driven by urgency but by opportunity to scale impact and team.
Location & Work Style: Currently operating in a high-touch, in-office environment. Open to roles with larger teams and broader leadership scope.
Motivation to Move: Performing well in current role but interested in opportunities with bigger teams, increased complexity, and the ability to build and lead at a larger scale while staying close to the business.
Senior/Lead Accountant (232261)
True Operating Level: Lead Accountant operating at a manager-adjacent level, runs month-end close, reviews the ledger, and leads a team of 5 (AR, AP, Sr Acct).
Compensation Snapshot: Target $120k+, open to people-lead roles around $130k depending on scope.
Core Capabilities:
Strong close and balance sheet risk lens
Variance analysis, cash flow oversight, key reconciliations
Controls-minded, audit-ready execution
Industry Exposure: Manufacturing plus multi-entity, international exposure (US, Canada, UK).
Tools & Systems: Lucanet ERP, advanced Excel, supported a Netherlands ERP rollout, SOX/GAAP, multi-state filings.
What Makes This Profile Scarce: CPA with real people leadership and close ownership, combines ops execution with controls and global exposure.
Location & Work Style: Chantilly, VA. Remote, open to hybrid. Will commute further for 2–3 days in office.
Motivation to Move: Rough year in a fully in-office environment with early global calls. Looking for better fit, flexibility, and growth runway.
SEC Accounting Manager (234149)
True Operating Level: SEC Reporting Manager–level profile with hands-on ownership of 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K sections, footnotes, EPS, leases, and XBRL. Operates comfortably in a public-company reporting cadence.
Compensation Snapshot: Most recently $115k base. Targeting ~$115k, flexible based on role scope and work model.
Core Credit Capabilities:
Strong technical accounting and disclosure discipline
Financial statement analysis, variance review, and GAAP interpretation
Controls-oriented, audit-ready execution under tight deadlines
Industry Exposure: Large public company environment with complex reporting, consolidation, and multi-functional coordination.
Tools & Systems: Workiva (WDesk), XBRL tagging, Hyperion, BPC, Power BI, advanced Excel, SOX and SEC reporting systems.
What Makes This Profile Scarce: CPA with deep, hands-on SEC reporting experience who has owned filings end-to-end and improved reporting efficiency in a large public-company environment.
Location & Work Style: Fairfax, VA. Fully remote historically, now open to hybrid. Prefers shorter commute.
Motivation to Move: Role eliminated due to restructuring. Looking to stay in SEC reporting, but open to broader accounting roles with stability and growth.
Senior Accountant (232261)
Credit Analyst (#48900)
True Operating Level: Credit Analyst–level profile with prior hands-on underwriting and portfolio monitoring experience, currently operating in an FP&A role with strong modeling and analytical depth. Actively looking to return to credit.
Target Title: Credit Analyst (open to Senior Credit Analyst depending on scope).
Compensation Snapshot: Currently at $95k. Targeting an increase but flexible for the right credit-focused role and growth path.
Core Credit Capabilities:
3-statement financial modeling in Excel
Term loans and lines of credit underwriting (healthcare, CRE)
Portfolio monitoring, borrower analysis, and risk reporting
Industry Exposure: Healthcare lending (nursing facilities), commercial real estate, capital markets and mortgage-related products.
Tools & Systems: Advanced Excel financial models, Power BI dashboards, forecasting models, portfolio reporting tools.
What Makes This Profile Scarce: Credit-trained analyst who moved into FP&A, gaining broader financial perspective. Strong candidate in credit but not looking to break the bank in salary.
Location & Work Style: Arlington, VA. Open to fully in-office roles in Tysons, 5 days per week. Commute tolerance of ~30–40 minutes.
Motivation to Move: Purposefully looking to get back into credit analysis after gaining FP&A experience. Seeking a role that better aligns with underwriting, deal work, and portfolio ownership.
Financial Analyst (230525)
True Operating Level: Financial Analyst / Close to Senior – FP&A profile with ownership of budgeting, forecasting, and management reporting across large, complex program portfolios. Operated as a finance partner to project and operational leadership.
Compensation Snapshot: Most recently at $76k. Targeting $85k+ depending on scope and growth opportunity.
Core Capabilities:
Budgeting, forecasting, and performance management across $120M+ portfolio
Revenue close support, revenue and cost reporting, variance analysis
Management reporting packages, dashboards, and stakeholder presentations
Industry Exposure: Program-based, services-oriented environment supporting global initiatives, with exposure to large-scale, multi-year budgets and revenue streams (up to $300M).
Tools & Systems: CostPoint (accounting), Cobra (forecasting), Excel, Power BI, Power Query, dashboard and reporting automation.
What Makes This Profile Scarce: FP&A professional who pairs corporate-level analysis with hands-on project finance support. Priced well, which gives you upside and a growth runway without paying for someone who expects to walk in knowing everything day one.
Location & Work Style: Based in Logan Circle, DC. Metro-dependent, open to commuting within DC and nearby metro-accessible locations. Flexible on schedule within reason.
Motivation to Move: Role eliminated due to a major company downsizing following client losses. Actively seeking a stable FP&A or financial analyst role where analytical skills and business partnership can be fully leveraged.
BIG4 Senior Assurance (195322)
True Operating Level: Audit Senior–Looking to exit Public and open to Senior Acct / Internal Audit.
Compensation Snapshot: Currently ~$80k base, with a promotion pending. Targeting ~$95k
Core Capabilities:
Financial services audit, internal controls testing, and analytical procedures
Excel-based analysis (pivot tables, lookups, data review)
Client coordination, workpaper review, and junior staff oversight
Industry Exposure: Financial services, including sustained exposure to World Bank Group–related work with a focus on treasury and finance-adjacent areas.
Tools & Systems: Advanced Excel, audit methodologies, internal control frameworks, and standard assurance tools.
What Makes This Profile Scarce: Audit-trained professional with financial services exposure who is intentionally looking to pivot out of external audit, brings strong fundamentals, and is priced below market for someone with Senior-level experience and upside.
Location & Work Style: Arlington, VA. Metro commuter. Open to in-office with a strong preference for hybrid and reasonable hours (40ish most weeks, 60 during peak periods).
Motivation to Move: Enjoys the people at Deloitte but ready to exit public accounting.