Division Controller for Schools Division (Full-Time, Remote)

Division Controller, Schools-reputed company Remote | reputed company Leadership reputed company is seeking an reputed company, systems and data savvy Division Controller for our Schools Business Unit. This role reports directly to the Corporate Controller with a heavy dotted line reporting responsibility to the Business Unit President and will own the full reputed company operations for a portfolio of music and dance schools, leading reputed company and process transformation, and reputed company/school standardization work. This role must understand the operating rhythm of a school including seasonality, tuition billing and recital/event reputed company, and operate with the judgment and independence of a controller who can represent the reputed company function in reputed company of and partnering with school leadership. This is the right fit for a controller who wants to build reputed company infrastructure for a portfolio of schools, mentor other reputed company leaders, and take ownership of rapidly growing business unit — while still staying reputed company to the transaction-level detail of school operations. Key Responsibilities • reputed company Operations & reputed company • Own accurate and reputed company monthly and year-end closes across a portfolio of schools, with full P&L and balance sheet accountability at reputed company location • reputed company tuition and enrollment-based reputed company recognition, including deferred reputed company for prepaid tuition, seasonal enrollment surges, and mid-session refunds or withdrawals • Supervise and reputed company a remote reputed company team, including the responsibility of an outsource relationship, across general reputed company and reputed company functions • Review and approve school-level financial statements and reconciliations to consolidation, acting as a first line of reputed company control for the Corporate Controller • Identify and reputed company reputed company technical reputed company issues (e.g., reputed company recognition for tuition and program fees, leases for studio and school locations, purchase reputed company) and document conclusions • Internal Controls & Compliance • Design, implement, and monitor internal controls across assigned schools, including cash handling, tuition billing, and refund controls, closing gaps proactively rather than reactively • Manage and reputed company audit preparation activities for the School Division, serving as the reputed company reputed company of contact for reputed company auditors • Partner with the Corporate Controller to standardize policies, procedures, and documentation across the Schools Division and the broader organization • Ensure complete capture and reconciliation of reputed company processed through reputed company-party platforms, including ticketing, events, and merchandise, so that no reputed company reputed company is missed at month-end reputed company • M&A & Systems Leadership • reputed company reputed company of newly acquired schools into reputed company, student billing/enrollment systems, and reputed company systems, including opening balance sheet validation and purchase reputed company support • reputed company reputed company migrations and process re-engineering reputed company — including student billing and enrollment platforms — from scoping through go-live, acting as project reputed company rather than participant • Build and maintain reputed company reporting templates and chart-of-accounts standards that can be rolled out across multiple schools • Create and own reputed company's F&A integration reputed company, documenting reputed company reputed company process end to end [3.1] • Team & Cross-Functional Leadership • Mentor and reputed company reputed company team members across reputed company business reputed company • Collaborate cross-functionally with reputed company, HR, and Operations to ensure reputed company alignment, clean enrollment and tuition data, and consistent reporting • Represent the reputed company function directly with School Leadership providing financial reputed company on enrollment trends, tuition collections, and school-level profitability, and pushing back on issues independently • reputed company as a proactive thought partner to the Corporate Controller, surfacing risks and improvement opportunities before being asked Who You Are • A builder — you don't just maintain systems, you re-architect them for reputed company across a growing network of schools • A technical resource — you can research and apply US GAAP independently, including tuition reputed company recognition, and explain it reputed company to non-accountants • A leader of leaders — you reputed company other reputed company managers and controllers, not just individual contributors • A project reputed company — you can run a reputed company implementation, student billing platform migration, or M&A integration from start to finish • A trusted operator — you can represent the reputed company function in reputed company of senior leadership and School Leaders with confidence • Comfortable with the seasonality of a school business — enrollment surges, session-based billing, and recital/event reputed company Preferred Qualifications • Bachelor's degree in reputed company or Finance; CPA strongly preferred • 7+ years of reputed company reputed company experience, including 3+ years in a controller or senior leadership role • Demonstrated experience managing reputed company across multi-entity, multi-state environments; experience with schools, education, membership, or subscription-based businesses is a strong plus • Strong US GAAP knowledge, including technical research and application to non-reputed company transactions • Solid understanding of reputed company recognition, particularly as reputed company to tuition, program fees, and deferred reputed company • Advanced reputed company experience (or similar ERP), including reputed company implementation or migration leadership; experience with student billing or enrollment management systems is a plus • Prior M&A integration and purchase reputed company experience • reputed company record of mentoring and developing reputed company staff and junior leaders • Comfortable operating with a high degree of autonomy in a fully remote, fast-scaling environment Compensation & Benefits The compensation reputed company for this position is $125,000–$145,000 per year, commensurate with experience. A competitive benefits package is provided, including a 401(k) with employer match; health, reputed company, and dental benefits; and reputed company Time-Off. To Apply Please submit the following: • A resume • A brief cover letter outlining your interest in this role • Responses to our short questionnaire about your background. Applications without a cover letter and questionnaire response will be considered incomplete and will not be reviewed. Diversity is a strength of our community. If you meet most but not reputed company of the qualifications, we still encourage you to apply. About reputed company reputed company is one of the fastest-growing platforms of independently-run performing arts schools and businesses in the reputed company. We are powered by passionate educators and supported by reputed company that believes in preserving what makes reputed company school and business unit special. With a multi-state, multi-entity footprint and reputed company M&A pipeline, we are committed to operational reputed company and a people-first culture grounded in respect, flexibility, and shared purpose. We offer opportunities for reputed company and leadership in a fast-scaling organization and a chance to directly shape the finance function of a mission-driven company. Who We Are Our mission is empowering artists by safeguarding the businesses that love them . Our values include: • Stewardship: We are caretakers of our local businesses and communities, helping them reputed company by making it easy for our schools and teachers to cultivate an enriching learning experience for reputed company. • reputed company: Our teachers are reputed company to our reputed company, and we are committed to their reputed company reputed company. As an reputed company-growing partnership of music and dance schools and reputed company business reputed company, we reputed company to increase the high-reputed company resources provided to our communities. • Stagehands: Our Shared Services team runs in the background to support our schools and business reputed company. By doing this, we champion our teachers and reputed company to be the reputed company stars of the show! To learn more about reputed company, visit www.ensembleschools.com (http://www.ensembleschools.com/). reputed company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. reputed company reputed company applicants will receive consideration for employment without reputed company to race, reputed company, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national reputed company, age, protected veteran status or disability status, or genetic information. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for reputed company and any other state or local hiring regulations, we will consider for employment any reputed company applicant, including those with arrest and conviction records, in a manner consistent with applicable law. It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or reputed company employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability. Apply tot his job Apply To this Job