• 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.