Controller

• Oversee all day-to-day accounting operations, including general ledger, accounts payable, payroll, treasury, and month-end close
• Prepare and review monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements and management reporting packages
• Partner with executive leadership on budgeting, forecasting, financial planning, and business performance analysis
• Perform financial analysis, variance reporting, and provide recommendations to support strategic decision-making
• Ensure compliance with GAAP, internal controls, and regulatory requirements
• Manage annual financial audits and coordinate with external auditors
• Develop, maintain, and enhance accounting policies, procedures, and internal controls
• Oversee tax compliance, regulatory filings, debt covenant reporting, and other financial reporting requirements
• Support mergers, acquisitions, affiliate accounting, and other strategic initiatives as needed
• Drive process improvements, system enhancements, and operational efficiencies across the accounting function
• Lead, mentor, and develop the accounting team while fostering a collaborative, results-driven culture
• Manage special projects and partner cross-functionally with operations and other business leaders

• 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

• Lead and oversee accounting operations across multiple Central Region entities.
• Ensure the integrity of the general ledger and financial reporting structure, including accounts payable, accounts receivable, fixed assets, accruals, leases, loans, payroll, and intercompany transactions.
• Support monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes, including financial statement preparation, Work-in-Progress (WIP) analysis, journal entries, reconciliations, and reporting deliverables.
• Manage trial balance uploads into corporate consolidation systems, ensuring data integrity, completeness, and timely submission.
• Review and approve monthly bank reconciliations, balance sheet reconciliations, and supporting documentation.
• Oversee payroll processing, tax filings, unemployment claims, garnishments, retirement plan administration, and fixed asset accounting.
• Ensure project accounting accurately reflects percentage-of-completion accounting, revenue recognition, WIP schedules, retainage, accruals, and over/under billings.
• Partner with Project Managers to ensure project costs, billings, and financial performance accurately reflect project status and minimize financial risk.
• Ensure compliance with Tarkett Group accounting policies, internal controls, and financial reporting requirements across all Central Region entities.
• Maintain audit readiness and strengthen internal control processes throughout the region.
• Serve as the primary liaison for internal and external auditors.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate financial and operational risks.
• Partner with the Director of Finance – Design & Construction to identify opportunities for process standardization, automation, and continuous improvement.
• Improve the efficiency of month-end close and reporting processes through technology and best practices.
• Champion consistent accounting, billing, and reporting procedures across all regional entities.
• Drive operational excellence by reducing manual processes, improving reporting accuracy, and strengthening financial controls.
• Support annual budgeting and forecasting activities in partnership with finance leadership and local accounting teams.
• Monitor cash flow, working capital, and key financial performance indicators across the region.
• Provide financial analysis, insights, and recommendations that support operational and strategic decision-making.
• Assist with ad hoc financial reporting, special projects, and business initiatives as the organization continues to grow.
• Lead, mentor, and develop regional finance team members.
• Establish performance expectations and foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Support employee development through coaching, training, and knowledge sharing.

Regional 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.

• Responsible for the full range of workflow and analysis within the Student Accounting department
• Serve as a leader in the department while maintaining accuracy and integrity of work
• Manage the late fee process within Workday Student, ensuring accuracy and compliance with established procedures
• Serve as the primary contact for ServiceNow tickets and EIB uploads for the Student Accounting department
• Oversee stale-dated check activity and determine accounts eligible for reporting and remitting to unclaimed property
• Train and develop staff
• Recommend and implement changes to workflow, policies and procedures while maintaining internal controls
• Analyze and make decisions to solve problems and address special requests
• Assist the supervisor with the annual 1098T process
• Manage delinquent student receivable balances
• Provide professional and courteous customer service to students, parents and University departments with respect to financial transactions on student accounts

Accountant II – Controller's Office, Student Accounting

• Lead monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes for both broker-dealers.
• Oversee preparation and review of GAAP financial statements and related disclosures.
• Manage internal and external audits.
• Ensure accurate accounting for trading, underwriting, securities financing, advisory, and commission-based activities.
• Maintain strong internal controls, accounting policies, and financial reporting governance.
• Provide accounting leadership for new products, business growth initiatives, and acquisitions.
• Lead and develop accounting professionals while fostering a culture of accountability and continuous improvement.

Controller – Capital Markets, Brokerage

• Oversee monthly, quarterly, and annual financial close and reporting processes.
• Ensure compliance with U.S. GAAP, company policies, and applicable regulatory requirements.
• Lead accounting activities for trust, wealth management, investment advisory, asset management, and related fiduciary businesses.
• Maintain effective internal controls and support audit and examination activities.
• Partner with business leadership on financial analysis, process improvements, and strategic initiatives.
• Manage and develop a high-performing accounting team.

Controller – Investment & Fiduciary Services

• 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.

• Oversee the company’s accounting and financial operations, ensuring accurate reporting, compliance, and financial integrity across all business functions.
• Manage the accounting team and lead the processes for financial close, audits, budgeting, and internal controls.
• Own the monthly, quarterly, and annual close process end-to-end, ensuring financials are accurate, complete, and delivered on a consistent, reliable timeline.
• Establish and enforce a disciplined close calendar with clear deadlines, ownership, and review controls.
• Review and approve all journal entries, accruals, and financial statements, ensuring they are fully supported and aligned with GAAP.
• Identify breakdowns in the close process and implement improvements that increase accuracy, speed, and consistency.
• Deliver financial reporting that is clear, explainable, and actionable for leadership.
• Ensure all balance sheet accounts are fully reconciled monthly, supported, and reviewed, with no aged or unexplained balances.
• Build and enforce standardized reconciliation processes, including documentation, review, and approval workflows.
• Investigate and resolve discrepancies across systems (GL, payroll, billing, bank activity) to ensure full alignment.
• Maintain clear, accurate visibility into cash and financial position at all times.
• Own all treasury functions, including cash management, banking relationships, and liquidity oversight.
• Monitor cash flow, forecast needs, and ensure sufficient funding across accounts and programs.
• Oversee bank reconciliations, cash movement, and controls around disbursements and receipts.
• Develop, own, and continuously improve the company’s internal control environment across all financial operations.
• Establish clear ownership, segregation of duties, and approval structures to reduce risk and ensure accountability.
• Proactively identify control gaps and implement practical, sustainable solutions.
• Ensure audit readiness at all times with clean documentation and support.
• Serve as the primary lead for audits and regulatory reviews.
• Own and oversee all accounting functions, including GL, AP, AR, payroll accounting, and financial reporting for all entities.
• Take accountability and provide hands-on leadership for the quality, accuracy, and timeliness of all financial operations.
• Ensure strong coordination between accounting, billing, payroll, and operations to support clean financial outcomes.
• Continuously evaluate and improve accounting processes using current technologies, automation, and best practices.
• Make practical recommendations to leadership on tools, systems, and process changes that improve efficiency and control.
• Partner with IT and operational teams to streamline data flow and eliminate system gaps.
• Build scalable, repeatable processes that reduce manual work and reliance on individuals.
• Develop and maintain dashboards, KPIs, and reporting tools that provide visibility into financial performance.
• Create clear metrics around profitability, cost drivers, and operational efficiency.
• Deliver insights that help leadership understand performance and make informed decisions.
• Lead, manage, and develop the accounting team, establishing clear expectations, ownership, and accountability.
• Train and mentor staff, strengthening technical skills, consistency, and performance over time.
• Build a team that can execute a disciplined close, strong reconciliations, and reliable reporting.
• Foster a culture of accountability, accuracy, and continuous improvement.
• Serve as a key financial partner across the organization, working closely with operations, leadership, and other departments.
• Communicate financial information clearly and effectively to both internal and external stakeholders.
• Participate in client-facing discussions as needed, representing the financial function with credibility and clarity.

Vice President, Finance – Controller

• Own the company's technical accounting function—leading U.S. GAAP research, policy development, and audit-ready documentation—while setting the financial reporting roadmap and ensuring technical conclusions are sound, scalable, and aligned with business strategy.
• Lead core accounting operations end-to-end, including payroll accounting, order-to-cash, close governance, and reconciliations—ensuring accuracy, strong controls, and continuous acceleration of cycle time.
• Own international accounting and tax compliance operations—spanning multi-currency consolidation, intercompany eliminations, statutory reporting, and domestic and cross-border tax filings—while serving as a key liaison to external auditors and tax advisors.
• Build, coach, and develop a high-performing accounting team—establishing clear standards, scalable playbooks, and a culture of technical excellence, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Drive accounting transformation through process standardization, automation, and responsible AI adoption—building a faster, more scalable finance function without sacrificing controls or auditability.
• Establish and continuously strengthen the internal controls environment—designing, documenting, and maintaining SOPs, control frameworks, and process standards across accounting operations—ensuring controls are audit-ready, scalable, and evolve alongside business growth and emerging risk areas.
• Drive SOX readiness through control design, scoping, and deficiency remediation, while championing SOP adoption across the team through structured training, clear ownership, and a culture of continuous improvement.

Assistant Controller

• Oversee US accounting ops: Lead GL management, AP/AR, payroll coordination, and month-end close.
• Drive financial reporting: Deliver timely, accurate US GAAP-compliant financials and ad hoc reports.
• Support FP&A: Own annual budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, and budget vs actual analysis.
• Manage audit and controls: Lead annual audit process and maintain strong internal controls.
• Provide international finance support: Assist with consolidation of global entities and multi-currency reporting.

• Financial Reporting & Compliance: Oversee accurate and timely month-end close, ensuring compliance with GAAP and internal controls across multiple regional entities.
• Audit Coordination: Lead external and internal audit processes, managing documentation and addressing audit findings to maintain clean audit opinions.
• Team Leadership & Development: Manage and mentor accounting teams across locations, driving performance, process improvements, and professional growth.
• Operational Finance Support: Collaborate with business units to support budgeting, forecasting, and budget vs actual analysis, providing actionable insights to leadership.
• Risk & Compliance Management: Implement and monitor internal controls and compliance frameworks to mitigate financial and operational risks within the region.

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