Assistant Vice President - Controller
About The Position
Go Rentals is the only Forbes Travel Guide Official Elite Rental Car Company, known for delivering personalized luxury service to the private aviation, sports, entertainment, and business executive communities. With a reputation built on trust, excellence, and hospitality, we are growing—and we’re seeking a seasoned accounting leader to join our corporate team. This is a critical executive leadership role responsible for elevating the organization to best-in-class GAAP standards, strengthening internal controls, and building a scalable accounting infrastructure to support continued growth. The AVP Controller will serve as a key partner to the CFO and executive team, with full ownership of accounting operations, audit readiness, and financial reporting integrity across a complex, multi-unit environment.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance.
- CPA or CMA certification required.
- 10 years of progressive accounting experience.
- Proven experience managing Controllers.
- Deep knowledge of GAAP, internal controls, and regulatory compliance.
- High proficiency in ERP systems (NetSuite preferred) and Excel.
- A leadership style rooted in integrity, collaboration, and results.
- CPA required.
- Big 4 or large public accounting background strongly preferred.
- Proven experience operating at a Controller or VP Controller level within a complex organization.
- Demonstrated success in building, upgrading, and scaling accounting teams and processes.
- Deep expertise in U.S. GAAP, technical accounting, and audit management.
- Strong leadership presence with the ability to drive accountability and elevate team performance.
Nice To Haves
- MBA preferred.
- Experience in private equity-backed environments.
- Background in multi-unit / multi-location businesses.
- Hands-on experience with NetSuite.
- Exposure to hospitality, service, or asset-intensive industries.
Responsibilities
- Lead and transform the accounting function.
- Elevate the organization to best-in-class GAAP standards.
- Strengthen internal controls.
- Build a scalable accounting infrastructure to support continued growth.
- Serve as a key partner to the CFO and executive team.
- Have full ownership of accounting operations, audit readiness, and financial reporting integrity across a complex, multi-unit environment.
- Lead external audits.
- Build, upgrade, and scale accounting teams and processes.
- Drive accountability and elevate team performance.
Benefits
- Competitive salary and benefits package
- Opportunity to work with a high-profile, luxury brand
- Team-oriented culture with growth opportunities
- Beautiful Newport Beach location
- Medical
- Dental-Low and Vision are paid 100% by the employer
- $25,000.00 Basic Employee Life/AD&D Insurance for individual employees
- Short- & Long-Term Disability Insurance (for those in states where it is not offered) for individual employees
- Employee Assistance Program
- Pharmacy Discount Programs through CVS & Good RX
- Health Support Programs for Maternity, Hinge Health, Life Balance, Gym & Health Coaching, Natural Products & Services, GoodRx, Teledoc, and more!
- 401(k) Retirement Program
- 2 Weeks of accrued Vacation with a cash-out program after 1st year
- Generous Sick and Safe accrued time off program
- Paid Holidays
- Paid Birthday off
- Cell Phone Pay of $40.00 a Month for hourly employees
- $1,000.00 Referral Bonus Program for hourly employees
- Employee Discounts for Auto Rentals (Friends & Family)
- Employee Wholesale Auto Purchase Program
- Perks@Work Program Membership - thousands of discounts for just about everything!
- Access to a full library of hundreds of online professional career training courses, from sales to software and nearly everything in between
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Executive
