Controller

• Owns and leads the APD controllership function, with full accountability for financial reporting outcomes, control environment, and accounting integrity.
• Develops and executes the strategic direction for APD accounting and reporting, aligned with Protective’s Finance and enterprise priorities.
• Ensures alignment and integration of APD reporting within the broader corporate reporting framework.
• Accountable for the accuracy, transparency, and timeliness of APD financial reporting, including GAAP and Statutory results where applicable.
• Provides executive-level financial insights and analysis to enable business decision-making and performance management.
• Oversees end-to-end close and reporting processes for APD, including high-volume, transaction-driven product lines and complex distribution models.
• Serves as the senior accounting authority for APD, setting direction on accounting policy interpretation and application.
• Leads evaluation of complex or non-routine transactions, including new product structures, distribution arrangements, and acquisitions.
• Establishes and maintains a best-in-class control environment, consistent with SOX and Protective’s risk management expectations.
• Accountable for controls over premium recognition, claims/reserves, commissions, and financial reporting.
• Oversees engagement with Internal Audit, external auditors, and regulators, ensuring strong governance and regulatory compliance.
• Acts as a trusted advisor to the APD executive leadership, influencing strategy through financial, accounting, and risk perspectives.
• Partners across functions to support growth initiatives, including new product development, distribution expansion, and acquisition activity.
• Balances business objectives with financial discipline, ensuring decisions reflect both growth and control considerations.
• Influences resource allocation, prioritization, and execution across multiple disciplines impacting APD financial outcomes.
• Builds strong alignment across Financial Planning and Analysis; Actuarial, Operations, Risk, and Legal to drive enterprise-consistent execution.
• Provides leadership through senior managers and directors, with accountability for organizational performance and outcomes.
• Develops and executes talent strategies, including succession planning, capability building, and leadership development.
• Establishes a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement, aligned with Protective’s values.

Vice President, APD Controller

• Own the monthly, quarterly, and annual close.
• Build an efficient, repeatable monthly close process focused on a timely, predictable cadence that meets sponsor and lender expectations.
• Reconcile franchisor-controlled membership billing to the general ledger and validate deferred / recurring membership revenue.
• Prepare accurate, GAAP-compliant financial statements, ensuring consistency across multiple legal entities, clubs, and business units.
• Drive execution of Sage Intacct migration, including chart-of-accounts design, dimensional reporting, testing, data migration and cutover.
• Lead the transition from cash-basis to full accrual accounting.
• Stand up scalable, repeatable processes that support rapid new-club onboarding.
• Lead automation of AP, AR, and reconciliations to reduce manual work and outsourced-firm reliance.
• Integrate source systems (ABC Fitness billing, Paylocity payroll, Ramp) into the accounting stack as needed.
• Design and document internal controls across cash handling, purchasing, and membership revenue recognition.
• Ensure regulatory compliance (sales/use tax, property tax, and other state/local requirements) across all club locations.
• Conduct periodic self-audits to proactively identify risks and gaps.
• Initiate and control wires for new-club real estate/build costs, capital investments, and tax payments.
• Optimize working capital, balancing payables, receivables, and capital expenditure needs across an active build pipeline.
• Own fixed-asset accounting and construction-in-progress (CIP) tracking across the new-build pipeline.
• Track and report unit-level capital deployment against budget.

• Lead accounting operations and the team.
• Own a fast, reliable month-end close — and make it faster with AI.
• Modernize AP, AR, and expense workflows.
• Deliver financial reporting and insight.
• Own revenue recognition and technical accounting.
• Lead audit readiness.
• Manage payroll, tax, treasury, and compliance.
• Partner across the business.

• Directs the accounting activities for identified business segment(s)
• Ensures that accounting controls are adequate and effective
• Responsible for ensuring that reconciliations are accurate, complete and in compliance with US GAAP
• Acts as collaborative business partner with identified business segment(s)
• Strategically identify and implement opportunities to improve controls and financial performance

Business Segment Controller

• Manage and support a team responsible for the month-end close for the Global Operations, including general ledger, A/P, fixed assets, payroll, expense reporting, and tax compliance
• Manage the monthly close timeline process across all subsidiaries, including review of journal entries, inter-company transactions, account analyses, and reconciliations
• Track and monitor the differences between US GAAP and statutory reporting for subsidiaries in India, Netherlands, Brazil, and Poland
• Strong background with foreign currency accounting to support subsidiaries in consolidation
• Ensure foreign payroll and subsidiary fundings are scheduled monthly, and JE’s are properly booked
• Prepare and calculate internal accounting for debt, transfer pricing and capitalized internally developed software
• Partner with the Controller as the point person for the external audit
• Foster strong relationships with International Operations, Outsourced Payroll Providers, ACS (NetSuite), RSM Audit / Tax, Legal, Operations, and Payroll
• Lead contact for foreign subsidiary annual financial statement compilation and tax returns
• Partner with internal and external teams on all M&A activity, including due diligence and post-acquisition integration efforts
• Collaborate with FP&A and other cross-functional departments to ensure completeness of accruals
• Ensure compliance with accounting policies, procedures, and internal controls
• Prepare all government census reports. (Relaying required information from company financial statements to the census reports as instructions direct, as well as interacting with necessary departments)
• Contribute to special projects, and perform assigned projects with the highest attention to detail, exhibiting a strong work ethic
• Help drive process and efficiency improvements that will allow the Company to scale with future growth
• Develop and documents business processes and accounting policies to drive operational efficiencies and strengthen internal controls as needed

Assistant Controller

• Oversee all accounting operations, including accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, general ledger, and financial reporting
• Prepare accurate and timely monthly financial statements and reports
• Manage month-end and year-end close processes
• Perform balance sheet reconciliations and maintain clean, accurate financial records
• Oversee job cost accounting and Work-in-Progress (WIP) reporting
• Monitor project/job costing to ensure profitability and accurate financial tracking
• Support leadership with budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis
• Manage cash flow forecasting and daily banking activities
• Ensure timely filing of taxes, licenses, and compliance reporting
• Maintain vendor compliance documentation and internal controls
• Lead and support accounting team members while promoting accountability and continuous improvement

• Receive customer maintenance requests through CMMS, email, telephone, or other methods and accurately enter requests into the CMMS
• Review maintenance requests to ensure all required information is complete and accurate
• Obtain missing information from requestors, facilitators, facility managers, or building managers as needed
• Coordinate with facility managers to receive and input projects into the CMMS
• Forward and assign maintenance requests to the appropriate personnel, agencies, contractors, or teams based on established processes
• Obtain government direction for requests without predetermined execution methods
• Track work executed by other contracts or agencies and provide weekly status updates until completion
• Generate weekly status reports including open requests, closed requests, and custom reporting metrics
• Assist facility managers, building managers, and other stakeholders with updating project and work request statuses
• Coordinate with facility branches globally to support reporting, dashboards, and tracking of service requests and projects
• Ensure project documentation is complete, accurate, and properly uploaded into tracking systems

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