Senior Controller

RDI•Los Angeles, CA

4d•$150,000 - $175,000•Onsite

About The Position

RDI is hiring a Senior Controller to own our finance function end to end — monthly close, GAAP financial statements, ASC 606 revenue recognition, the billing tracker, lender reporting, and the forward forecast model — and to direct the outsourced team that runs day-to-day bookkeeping, AP, and AR. This is a real ownership seat at a thirty-person, PE-backed specialty CRO. The function has good bones: an engaged CEO with a finance background, an outsourced partner already handling the day-to-day, and a clear revenue model. We need one strong person to step in and elevate it. This role is probably not a fit if your revenue recognition experience is product-, inventory-, or COGS-based rather than project/services, if you are a long-tenured Controller or CFO looking for a stable seat to land in, or if you need the role to be remote or hybrid. The role requires on-site work, five days a week, in Van Nuys.

Requirements

Five to eight years of progressive accounting experience.
CPA strongly preferred.
Non-negotiable: Hands-on ownership of project/services revenue recognition (ETC/EAC against contract value) in clinical research, a CDMO, consulting, construction, agency, engineering services, or a similar environment.
Experience with monthly close, GAAP financial statements, lender/covenant reporting, and forecasting.
Able to work on-site in Van Nuys five days a week.

Nice To Haves

Experience directing an outsourced partner or a small in-house team.
Technically strong, ambitious, ready to own a full function instead of a slice of one, and looking up rather than sideways.

Responsibilities

Own the finance function end to end: monthly close, GAAP financial statements, ASC 606 revenue recognition, billing tracker, lender reporting, and forward forecast model.
Direct the outsourced team that runs day-to-day bookkeeping, AP, and AR.
Ensure accurate revenue recognition under ASC 606 using a cost-based input method (Cumulative Actuals ÷ EAC × TCV).
Own and manage the billing tracker, connecting work performed to invoices issued.
Run monthly borrowing-base reporting and covenant compliance with the lender.
Manage the forecast model shared with the board.
Direct the outsourced accounting partner, holding them to a standard, giving clear feedback, and deciding over time what stays outsourced and what comes in house.
Operate as a technology-forward role, leveraging good systems.