Controller

Interim Financial Consultant:

Our client is a global medical device manufacturer.  The parent company recently acquired a US-based MedTech software company. The parent company is looking for a Massachusetts-based consultant north of Boston to be on-site 5 days a week to assist them in three critical areas:

1. Manage Day-to-Day Accounting and Finance Operations
The consultant must be capable of keeping the accounting function running without disruption during the acquisition transition.

Responsibilities include:

• Month-end close, general ledger, and reconciliations

• Financial reporting to the newly acquired company's leadership, the USA North American leadership, and the parent company's European corporate headquarters leadership.

• Cash management, collections, and cash application

• Order-to-cash processes

• Inventory and product costing

• Budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis

• General oversight of financial operations and reporting

2. Evaluate and Support Post-Acquisition Integration
This is one of the most important aspects of the assignment.

• Assess the newly acquired company's current accounting processes, systems, and workflows.

• Identify gaps between the newly acquired entity and the European HQ's existing processes and financial infrastructure.

• Determine which processes can be migrated, improved, automated, or retained.

• Work with both entities' stakeholders to develop practical integration solutions.

• Help streamline manual processes and establish more consistent financial reporting.

• Understand the financial implications of integrating a smaller, founder-led business into a larger global organization.

3. Recommend the Future Finance Operating Model
At the conclusion of the six-month engagement, the consultant will help recommend the appropriate long-term financial operating structure.

• Evaluate the future needs of the finance function.

• Recommend long-term systems, processes, and operational improvements.

• Identify potential redundancies and opportunities for efficiency.

• Recommend the appropriate long-term staffing structure.

• Help establish standardized processes, controls, and best practices.

The client does not anticipate hiring a permanent Controller to replace this consultant. The eventual position may be more focused on finance operations.

The Ideal Candidate Profile Must-Haves:

• Strong hands-on accounting and finance operations experience.

• Prior post-acquisition finance integration experience.

• Experience working in smaller businesses with manual or imperfect accounting processes.

• Ability to manage month-end close, financial reporting, reconciliations, and general accounting operations.

• Familiarity with inventory, product costing, and revenue recognition.

• Strong process improvement and problem-solving skills.

• Excellent communication skills and ability to manage multiple stakeholders.

• Willingness to roll up their sleeves and execute, not simply supervise.

• Comfortable committing to a six-month consulting engagement.

Strong Preferences:

• Prior interim consulting or project-based finance assignments.

• Experience integrating acquired companies into larger organizations.

• Manufacturing, medical device, MedTech, or software industry experience.

• Experience working with Sage, Excel, and other ERP/accounting systems.

• Experience with founder-led businesses, startups, or private equity portfolio companies.

• Experience reporting to an international parent company.

CPA is not a requirement. The client is prioritizing practical experience, integration expertise, and the ability to execute.

Personality and Cultural Fit
This will be extremely important.
The consultant will be working with three different stakeholder groups:

The newly acquired entity's President/CEO and Treasurer, who have operated the company for approximately 30 years. They are described as direct, traditional Boston personalities who take significant pride in the business they've built. The consultant must build trust, demonstrate respect for their accomplishments, and navigate the transition diplomatically.

The USA North American HQ: The U.S. finance leadership wants to move quickly and establish more sophisticated financial processes and reporting.

The European Corporate HQ: Corporate stakeholders may have additional requests and expectations. The consultant must be comfortable managing competing priorities, establishing boundaries, and pushing back appropriately when requests fall outside the assignment's scope.

The ideal candidate will be confident, personable, adaptable, and diplomatic, but also direct and willing to challenge existing processes when necessary.

The client specifically does not want an order taker or someone who operates exclusively at a strategic level. They need a problem solver who can work independently and get into the weeds.

The hourly pay rate is $100.00 to $125.00 per hour. Email your resume to sflaherty@daleyaa.com.