Careers

Location: 100% Remote (Must currently reside in NV, AZ, ID, TX, or CA)

Travel Requirements: Up to 2 times per month for 2-3 day onsite client discovery assessments

Role Type: Full-Time W-2 (45–55 hours/week, including travel time)

Compensation: $105,000 – $130,000 base salary + up to 10% annual performance bonus + Benefits

Love consulting, client variety, and leading the room—but hate the public accounting grind?

At Vessel Advisors, we deliver financial clarity and operational certainty to growth-stage CEOs. We operate as an outsourced financial executive team, blending strategic finance, accounting systems, and data-driven insights.

We are expanding our core team with a full-time Consulting Controller who thrives in dynamic, multi-client environments. If you have a foundation in public accounting/audit, love stepping into ambiguous client setups, and possess elite executive presence to lead in-person assessments, this role was built for you.

Why Join Vessel Advisors?

• No 80-Hour Busy Seasons: Enjoy high-impact, multi-client advisory work with predictable travel and remote flexibility.
• True Advisory Focus: You won’t just manage a ledger; you will facilitate intensive onsite assessments, advise C-suite leaders, and design financial roadmaps that directly impact client bottom lines.
• Ownership & Growth: Lead end-to-end client engagements and work directly alongside former Big 4 and CFO practice leaders.

Core Responsibilities

• Lead Onsite Financial Assessments: Facilitate 2–3 day in-person discovery sessions with growth-stage CEOs and executive teams to evaluate financial health, internal controls, and operational bottlenecks.
• Deliver Strategic Recommendations: Author comprehensive assessment reports and partner with Vessel CFOs/Advisors to present actionable financial roadmaps to client leadership.
• Fractional Controller Leadership: Serve as the lead Controller across a portfolio of recurring clients, managing month-end close quality, budget/forecast builds, and accounting system optimizations.
• Drive Clean-Up & Integration: Step into complex financial setups, identify risk areas, and establish internal controls to make client books "audit-ready."
• Lead Teams & Contractors: Direct and review the work of supporting accounting staff and specialized contractors to ensure quality, budget, and scope targets are met.

Requirements

What We’re Looking For

• Public Accounting Roots: 3–5+ years of foundational experience in financial audit, assurance, or risk advisory at a public accounting firm. CPA license is a bonus, okay if inactive.
• Controller / Advisory Experience: 8+ years in progressive accounting roles, including proven experience managing multi-client engagements or corporate financial operations.
• Room Facilitator & Executive Presence: Exceptional ability to lead in-person discovery meetings, command a room of executive stakeholders, and navigate complex conversations with composure.
• Tech-Savvy & Systems Mindset: High proficiency in cloud accounting platforms (QuickBooks Online, NetSuite, Sage Intacct) and modern finance tech stacks.
• Proactive Project Manager: Obsessively organized, agile when travel schedules shift, and comfortable operating in a 95% Slack / 70% client email environment.

Location & Travel Requirements

• Approved States: Candidates must currently reside in one of the following states: Nevada, Arizona, Idaho, Texas, or California. (Applications outside these states cannot be processed at this time).
• Travel: Ability to travel up to two (2) times per month for 2–3 day client onsite assessments, plus an annual team retreat.
• Required: Annual Staff Retreat, 3-4 Days in Southern California

Benefits

Compensation: 

• Base Salary: $105,000 – $130,000 (Commensurate with experience)
• Performance Bonus: Up to 10% annual bonus target
• Time Off: 10 Days PTO + 10 Paid Holidays
• Benefits: Monthly healthcare stipend option
• Work Setup: 100% Remote work-from-home arrangement when not traveling

Vessel Advisors Job Description - Controller (Construction Industry)

Location: USA – Fully Remote 

• Note: We are not currently taking applications in the following states: CA, NY, IL, NJ, WA, OR, MA, CT, MN, or CO. Please do not apply if you reside in one of these states.

Type: Full-Time, W-2 Employee (40-45 Hours per week) 

Compensation: DOE – Starting at $95,000 per year 

Our Company & Culture:

At Vessel Advisors, we deliver financial clarity and operational certainty to growth-stage CEOs and their companies. We are a team of trusted advisors who believe that the quality of our work and the quality of our relationships are both non-negotiable. We are looking for a Controller who embodies our core values:

• Fanatical Attention to Consistency & Detail: You believe the close is never approximate and reconciliation is never "close enough".
• Extreme Ownership: You take 100% responsibility for all outcomes and believe there is no pointing at circumstances.
• Responsiveness: You view speed of communication as a form of respect and reply within 24–48 hours, even if just to say "I'm on it".
• Learn, Adapt, or Die: You are someone for whom curiosity is not optional and who loves to embrace new software and master new industries.
• Be a Good Human: You are kind, loyal, and genuinely good to be around—because life is too short to work with jerks!
• Go the Extra Mile: You don’t just check boxes; you move the needle to match the energy and commitment of the business owners we serve.

Position Summary:

The Controller position at Vessel Advisors will support and report to the VP of Operations of Vessel Advisors and report to clients on a weekly and/or monthly basis as needed. The position will be responsible for providing financial expertise and guidance to clients, helping them to improve their financial performance and achieve their business goals. This includes but is not limited to financial discovery assessments, process improvements, accounting clean-up, budgeting and forecasting, etc. Additionally, the position involves providing financial services to multiple clients concurrently in a fractional capacity. The Controller will take ownership of the client’s existing financial processes and recommend and implement best practices. The Controller will oversee internal and external staff, as well as client staff, as needed. We are seeking an individual who takes extreme ownership over their responsibilities, seeks to provide fast responses in writing and by phone, and will do what it takes to serve and over-deliver Vessel Advisors’ clients.

What We’re Looking For:

• Industry Expertise: You have experience as a Controller for growing companies specifically in the Construction and Real Estate Development industries. Do not apply without relevant Construction industry experience.
• Financing Mastery: Deep expertise in construction financing and the management of bank draws on construction loans is vital for this role; you must ensure timely and accurate spend reporting to support these draws.
• Project Proficiency: You are experienced in managing complex project-level financials, including Work in Progress (WIP) schedules, budget-to-actual job cost performance, and labor allocation.
• Tech Forward: You are a cloud-based software expert. Ideally, you have experience in system migrations (e.g., Foundation to Deltek ComputerEase) and are proficient in Sage Intacct, Procore, and Bill.com. In addition, you are familiar with Google Workspace, Zoom, Slack, and other project management tools.
• Complex Oversight: You are capable of managing finance and accounting operations across a multi-entity fund structure, including oversight for outsourced payroll functions across multiple states.
• Remote Ready: You have at least three years of experience in a remote role and maintain an organized, professional workspace for virtual video meetings.

Your Impact & Responsibilities:

• Ownership of Results: Take complete ownership of month-end close schedules for multiple entities, transitioning manual workbooks to automated, system-driven reporting.
• Strategic Advisory: Lead Financial Discovery Assessments to identify accounting cleanup needs and process improvements for high-revenue (e.g., $170M+) organizations.
• Operational Integration: Manage the interface between client leadership, construction teams, and outsourced tax or accounting firms to ensure accuracy in expense coding.
• Institutional Reporting: Develop and maintain property-level performance metrics and sophisticated financial modeling suitable for institutional equity partners.
• Control & Compliance: Strengthen internal controls over cash management, including the oversight of lien release/waiver tracking to prevent revenue leakage.

Requirements

Controller Skills and Qualifications:

• Experience: 8+ years as a Chief Accounting Officer or Controller in Private Business.
• Software: 8+ years of financial software experience (Sage Intacct and Quickbooks required; Deltek ComputerEase, Procore, and BuilderTrend are a plus).
• Specialized Knowledge: Expertise in construction-specific accounting methods (Percentage of Completion Method/PCM).
• Financial Strategy: Experience in banking partner evaluation and positioning a company for credit facility or Line of Credit (LOC) eligibility.
• Communication: 95% of our communication is Slack, or email-based; you must be an excellent written and verbal communicator. 

Location:

• USA - Fully Remote Working Arrangement, Hours (approx. 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. in your time zone), or as needed to meet client and Vessel corporate team needs. 
• Client needs vary and can require occasional after-hours meetings and/or work to meet deadlines.
• Maintain an organized remote working station, a controlled audio environment, and business casual dress for virtual video client meetings
• Daily access to a strong internet connection (minimum 100+ Mbps upload, 30+ Mbps download)

Note: we are not taking applications in the following states: CA, NY, IL, NJ, WA, OR, MA, CT, MN, or CO. Please do not apply if you reside in one of these states.

Benefits

Benefits:

• PTO, starting at 80hr per year
• Health stipend
• 10 Company Paid Holidays
• Sick Time

About this search

Vessel Advisors is a national financial-leadership firm that helps growing companies build and strengthen their finance and accounting teams — from fractional CFO and controller support to permanent executive search. We have been exclusively retained by our client to help build their leadership team and are managing this search on their behalf. Our client's identity is kept confidential at this stage and is shared with candidates as the process advances.

About our client

Our client is an established and profitable consumer-products company with a thriving e-commerce business, based in the San Fernando Valley. They are growing, and they are building the finance function to support what is next.

The opportunity

A hands-on Controller role with genuine runway. You will own the entire accounting function for a fast-moving, multichannel product business — and partner directly with leadership as a true business partner, not just a scorekeeper. We are looking for a proactive controller who sees what others miss, brings it forward before being asked, and has the confidence to advise and challenge.

What you'll own

• All accounting operations — cash across every channel (marketplace/Amazon settlements, credit card, ACH, wire), reconciliations, AR, collections, and credit/terms approval.
• The full month-end close and accurate, timely financial statements.
• E-commerce / DTC accounting — marketplace and payment-processor reconciliation, chargebacks, multi-state sales-tax/nexus, returns reserves, and channel margin.
• Inventory and COGS accounting; daily key-indicator reporting that drives decisions.
• Internal controls and accounting policies within the ERP; the banking relationship.

What you bring

• 7+ years in accounting, including a Controller or senior accounting-leadership role.
• E-commerce / DTC / consumer-products accounting experience — strongly preferred.
• NetSuite experience and inventory/COGS fluency; multi-state sales tax a plus.
• Manufacturing or product-operations accounting (inventory, costing) is a plus — and something we are glad to develop in the right person.
• A proactive, “consulting” style — secure, mature, and willing to challenge.
• Strong GAAP and advanced Excel. CPA not required.

Location & compensation

• Fully on-site in Chatsworth, CA — easily commutable from Northridge, Woodland Hills, Van Nuys, and Simi Valley.
• $155,000–$170,000 per year, depending on experience.

Our client is an equal opportunity employer.

Requirements

• 7+ years in accounting, including a Controller or senior accounting-leadership role.
• E-commerce, DTC, or consumer-products accounting experience — strongly preferred.
• Hands-on ownership of full-cycle month-end close and financial statement preparation.
• Experience with marketplace/payment-processor reconciliation, inventory, and COGS.
• Multi-state sales tax / nexus experience — a plus.
• NetSuite experience — strongly preferred.
• Manufacturing or product-operations accounting — a plus, and something we are glad to develop in the right person.
• Proactive, mature, and confident — comfortable advising and challenging leadership.
• Strong knowledge of GAAP and advanced Excel.
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field preferred.
• Able to work on-site in Chatsworth, CA.

About this search

Vessel Advisors is a national financial-leadership firm that helps growing companies build and strengthen their finance and accounting teams — from fractional CFO and controller support to permanent executive search. We have been exclusively retained by our client to help build their leadership team and are managing this search on their behalf. Our client's identity is kept confidential at this stage and is shared with candidates as the process advances.

About our client

Our client is an established, owner-led group of companies in the construction and transportation sector, based in southeast Los Angeles County. They have grown quickly and are building the financial leadership to match.

The opportunity

This is not a maintain-the-books seat — it is a build-it seat. Reporting directly to ownership, you will own the entire accounting function and stand up the systems, controls, and reporting a multi-entity, project-based business needs to scale. A core mandate is bringing discipline to billing and collections across government and prevailing-wage contracts. If you want ownership, visibility, and a direct line to the people running the company, this is that role.

What you'll own

• All accounting operations across multiple entities — close, GL, AP/AR, cash, reconciliations.
• Billing and collections discipline across commercial, government, and prevailing-wage contracts — the biggest single lever on cash flow.
• Certified payroll and union/non-union billing compliance.
• Internal controls, accounting policies, and SOPs built to GAAP.
• Budgeting, forecasting, and short-term cash-flow planning alongside ownership.
• Accounting systems and AP/AR automation; supervision and development of accounting staff.

What you bring

• 7+ years in accounting, including a Controller or senior accounting-leadership role.
• Construction / public-works experience with certified payroll and prevailing wage — the key qualification.
• Multi-entity accounting and consolidation experience.
• A track record of building processes and controls from the ground up.
• Strong GAAP, advanced Excel, and hands-on systems experience. CPA not required.

Location & compensation

• Fully on-site in Lynwood, CA — convenient to the Gateway Cities, Long Beach, and the Santa Fe Springs corridor.
• $155,000–$165,000 per year, depending on experience.

Our client is an equal opportunity employer.

Requirements

• 7+ years in accounting, including a Controller or senior accounting-leadership role.
• Construction or public-works experience with certified payroll and prevailing wage — the key qualification.
• Hands-on ownership of month-end close, GL, AP/AR, cash management, and reconciliations.
• Multi-entity accounting and consolidation experience.
• A track record of building accounting processes, policies, and internal controls from the ground up.
• Strong knowledge of GAAP and advanced Excel.
• Experience with QuickBooks and/or ERP systems and AP/AR automation tools.
• Job costing and government/prevailing-wage billing familiarity.
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field preferred.
• Able to work on-site in Lynwood, CA.

About this search

Vessel Advisors is a national financial-leadership firm that helps growing companies build and strengthen their finance and accounting teams — from fractional CFO and controller support to permanent executive search. We have been exclusively retained by our client to help build their leadership team and are managing this search on their behalf. Our client's identity is kept confidential at this stage and is shared with candidates as the process advances.

About our client

Our client is a well-established direct-to-consumer brand in the consumer-products space, located in northwest Los Angeles. With a strong e-commerce engine and continued growth, they are ready to add a senior finance leader.

The opportunity

A rare hands-on leadership seat — own the numbers today and grow into the senior finance leader of the business. You will run accounting end to end, build the reporting leadership relies on, and partner with the executive team on strategy, costing, and planning. This is a player-coach role: strategic in scope, but close enough to the details to own the close and walk the floor.

What you'll own

• The full accounting function — close, financial statements, cash, AR, controls — for a multichannel e-commerce business.
• E-commerce / DTC accounting end to end: marketplace settlements, payment processors, sales-tax nexus, inventory, COGS, and channel-level margin.
• The reporting and analysis that guide decisions — daily KPIs through full financials.
• Budgeting, forecasting, and cash-flow planning; the banking relationship.
• Partnership with leadership on costing, pricing, and strategy — with a path to broader finance leadership.
• Leadership and development of the accounting team.

What you bring

• 8+ years in accounting/finance, including senior leadership (Controller/Director level).
• E-commerce / DTC / consumer-products experience; NetSuite strongly preferred.
• Inventory/COGS, multi-state sales tax, and full-cycle close ownership.
• Manufacturing or product-operations accounting experience is welcome but not required — the right leader can be developed into it.
• The maturity and confidence to advise and challenge leadership — proactive, secure, business-minded.
• Strong GAAP and advanced Excel. CPA not required.

Location & compensation

• Fully on-site in Chatsworth, CA — convenient to the San Fernando Valley, Simi Valley, and the northwest LA area.
• $165,000–$180,000 per year, depending on experience.
  

Our client is an equal opportunity employer.

Requirements

• 8+ years in accounting/finance, including senior leadership (Controller or Director level).
• E-commerce, DTC, or consumer-products experience — strongly preferred.
• Full-cycle close ownership, plus inventory/COGS and multi-state sales tax experience.
• NetSuite — strongly preferred.
• Manufacturing or product-operations accounting — welcome but not required; the right leader can be developed into it.
• Demonstrated ability to build reporting and partner with executive leadership on strategy, costing, and planning.
• The maturity and confidence to advise and challenge leadership; proactive and business-minded.
• Strong knowledge of GAAP and advanced Excel.
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field preferred; advanced degree a plus.
• CPA is not required.
• Able to work on-site in Chatsworth, CA.

Vessel Advisors is a dynamic and forward-thinking accounting firm that specializes in providing bespoke financial solutions to a diverse portfolio of clients. We are currently seeking experienced Fractional CFOs to join our team. This opportunity is designed for a strategic financial leader who is capable of stepping into a variety of roles that can address the unique financial challenges faced by our clients. As a Fractional CFO, you will work closely with businesses of different sizes (primarily SMBs of $5-100M), providing high-level financial guidance, strategic planning, and direction to ensure they achieve their financial goals. This role offers flexibility as you will collaborate with clients on a part-time basis, allowing you to manage multiple engagements on a contract basis, while wielding a significant impact on each organization’s financial health. The ideal candidate should thrive in a fast-paced environment, possess exceptional analytical skills, and have a deep understanding of financial strategy and operations, and be willing to utilize cloud based software. At Vessel Advisors, we prioritize integrity, creativity, and teamwork, and we are excited to find Fractional CFOs who align with our core values and are ready to drive excellence in our clients’ financial endeavors.

We’re looking for exceptional fractional CFOs who are experts in a variety of industries and are local or within driving distance of Irvine, CA. We invite you to apply to join our bench of independent contractors - to serve our clients in upcoming and recurring projects. Please do not apply or contact us without at least 10+ years in the CFO seat for SMBs.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-level financial management and strategic planning services to clients as a Fractional CFO.
• Analyze client financials, assess risk, and develop insights to guide strategic decision-making.
• Assist clients in budgeting, forecasting, and financial modeling to ensure sustainable business growth.
• Support mergers, acquisitions, and other financial transactions by providing expert advice and due diligence.
• Collaborate with accounting teams to prepare financial statements and reports that comply with regulations and standards.
• Implement financial systems and processes to enhance reporting accuracy and efficiency.
• Serve as a trusted advisor, communicating complex financial information in an understandable manner to non-financial stakeholders.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or a related field; MBA or CPA preferred.
• 10+ years in the CFO seat for small-medium sized businesses
• Proven experience as a CFO, financial consultant, or similar role, with a track record of success in managing financial strategy.
• Strong understanding of corporate finance principles, budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting.
• Excellent analytical skills and the ability to interpret complex financial data and trends.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with a talent for building relationships with clients. We need someone who can lead a meeting room during a Discovery Assessment onsite with a client.
• Willingness to, and skilled at, working both remote and in office.
• Demonstrated capacity to work independently and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Proficient in financial software and advanced Excel skills, with the ability to quickly adapt to new tools.
• Proactivity & Leadership - we need proactive CFOs who take the lead and can execute on deliverables. Please do not apply if you wait to be told what to do.
• Willingness to travel for 1-2 days per client engagement for our onsite client assessments
• Consultative approach - we need CFOs who are natural leaders and excel at mentorship/advisory.

If you’re passionate about delivering value, have experience in high-level financial roles, and thrive in a flexible, remote (sometimes limited hybrid/onsite) environment, we’d love to hear from you! Learn more about what we do and who we are by visiting www.vesseladvisors.com.