Black Duck

VP, Accounting - Controllership

Black Duck

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Job Level

Lead

Tech Stack

ERP

About the role

  • Own and continuously improve the monthly, quarterly, and annual close, with a focus on speed, accuracy, and repeatability.
  • Deliver high-confidence financial statements used by management, the Board, lenders, and sponsors.
  • Ensure clear reconciliation between GAAP results, management reporting, and debt covenant calculations.
  • Establish close calendars, review standards, and accountability consistent with private-equity expectations.
  • Serve as the Company’s authority on S. GAAP, with deep ownership of software and SaaS revenue recognition under ASC 606.
  • Lead accounting judgments related to multi-element arrangements, renewals, usage-based fees, professional services, contract modifications, and variable consideration.
  • Research, document, and implement accounting standards and interpretations, including preparation of formal accounting position memos.
  • Proactively assess accounting implications of strategic, commercial, and go-to-market decisions.
  • Lead the administration, optimization, and ongoing enhancement of the NetSuite ERP platform to support accounting, financial reporting, and operational workflows.
  • Monitor KPIs and financial metrics using NetSuite analytics tools, providing insights to executive leadership.
  • Lead all external audits, reviews, and agreed-upon procedures with a goal of clean, predictable outcomes.
  • Maintain and enhance internal controls over financial reporting, balancing rigor with operating efficiency.
  • Act as the primary accounting interface with external auditors, lenders, and private-equity sponsor finance teams.
  • Ensure timely and accurate delivery of lender reporting and covenant compliance support.
  • Own balance sheet quality and transparency across cash, accounts receivable, deferred revenue, accruals, reserves, and equity.
  • Partner with the CFO on cash forecasting discipline, working capital management, and debt covenant modeling.
  • Ensure accounting outputs fully support liquidity management and capital allocation decisions.
  • Lead, develop, and retain a high-performing controllership organization capable of scaling with the business.
  • Establish clear roles, review layers, and career development paths to reduce key-person risk.
  • Upgrade processes, systems, and documentation to move from “heroics” to institutional reliability.
  • Ensure accounting records, policies, and controls are continuously diligence-ready.
  • Support M&A, refinancing, and exit processes through quality of earnings support, historical financial clarity, and clean audit trails.
  • Anticipate and resolve accounting issues before they become diligence, valuation, or timing risks.

Requirements

  • CPA required (U.S. CPA or Canadian CPA acceptable).
  • 12+ years of progressive accounting and controllership experience, including senior leadership roles in a multinational environment.
  • Demonstrated, hands-on experience leading software and/or SaaS revenue recognition under ASC 606 in a complex contract environment (must have).
  • Proven experience in private-equity–backed, leveraged, or high-growth environments.
  • Strong background managing external audits, lenders, and complex accounting topics.
  • Demonstrated ability to scale accounting processes, systems, and teams alongside business growth.
Benefits
  • Black Duck considers all applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender preference, national origin, age, disability, or status as a Covered Veteran in accordance with federal law.
  • In addition, Black Duck complies with applicable state and local laws prohibiting discrimination in employment in every jurisdiction in which it maintains facilities.
  • Black Duck also provides reasonable accommodation to individuals with a disability in accordance with applicable laws.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
GAAPS. GAAPASC 606financial reportingaccounting standardsfinancial metricsNetSuite ERPaccounting controlscash forecastingM&A support
Soft Skills
leadershipaccountabilitystrategic thinkingproblem-solvingteam developmentcommunicationprocess improvementorganizational skillscollaborationadaptability
Certifications
CPA