Athena Aesthetics · 14 hours ago
Controller
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
5+ years expAthena Aesthetics is a rapidly expanding platform in the health and wellness space, focused on partnering with top-tier providers. The Controller will lead the finance function, ensuring GAAP compliance and delivering insightful financial reporting as the company scales through growth.
Health Wellness & Fitness
Responsibilities
Own and Manage Monthly Close: Oversee and manage the outsourced accounting provider while implementing and leading a disciplined, accurate, and GAAP-compliant monthly close process across multiple entities, delivering timely and transparent financial results the business can count on
Board, Investor, and Lender Reporting. Prepare monthly and quarterly board financial packages, including variance analysis, KPI performance, and rolling cash projections. Own lender covenant calculations, compliance certificates, and reporting calendars; maintain proactive covenant management and clear communication. Serve as primary finance contact for lenders, auditors, and tax advisors; coordinate audit readiness, tax compliance, and annual filing calendars
Build a Scalable Financial Infrastructure: Establish the systems, processes, and controls needed to support a growing, multi-site organization, laying the groundwork for future scale without sacrificing precision. Lead the adoption and evolution of an ERP environment (starting from QuickBooks and progressing to a scalable platform), including process design, controls, and reporting requirements. Drive point-of-sale (POS) and ancillary system integration to enable accurate location-level reporting and automated data flows
Deliver Forward-Looking Financial Insight: Drive the development of rolling forecasts, long-term financial models, budgets, and quarterly outlooks that support company’s growth plan and decision-making
Turn Data into Decisions: Create dashboards and reporting tools that bring financial and operational metrics to life, surfacing trends, highlighting opportunities, and guiding smart, timely action. Standardize master data and reporting definitions across the platform
Strengthen Working Capital & Cash Flow: Optimize vendor payables, bank balances, and payment terms to ensure healthy cash flow and efficient use of capital. Forecast liquidity and flag needs early
Strengthen Procurement & Inventory Discipline: Manage strategic ordering to maximize rebates / promotions and inventory processes at each center and across the consolidated entity, ensuring consistent availability, accurate counts/valuation, and clean purchasing controls that protect margin
Lead with Discipline & Detail: Rigorously review invoices, payroll, and related reconciliations to ensure compensation accuracy, deferred revenue is redeemed, recognized, and tracked correctly, and inventory counts and valuation are accurate to avoid margin distortion. Proactively flag discrepancies, risks, and information gaps with stakeholders. Manage compliance with lender covenants and reporting, and maintain clear, proactive communication with lenders
Support M&A Integration: Own the finance diligence workstream for acquisitions, including quality of earnings support, working capital analysis, balance sheet validation, and control over diligence progress/timelines. Collaborate with the Co-CEOs on Day One readiness and post-close operating rhythm. Lead post-close finance integration: align acquired entities to Athena’s systems, close calendar, chart of accounts, controls, reporting standards, and KPI definitions. Support purchase accounting, earn-out tracking, and integration reporting for acquisitions
Partner Across the Business: Act as a financial thought partner to the Co-CEOs and operators, bringing both structure and insight to day-to-day decision-making. Communicate clearly, operate with integrity, and help raise the bar
Champion Operational Excellence: Ensure high-quality, error-free financial work. Double-check everything, ask smart questions, and improve what isn’t working with no ego and a solutions-first mindset
Qualification
Required
A bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field
5+ years of progressive experience in accounting and finance, with a strong command of GAAP and financial controls in multi-entity or multi-site environments
A proven track record of owning the full accounting cycle, including month-end close, internal reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and audit preparation
A builder's mindset and a steady hand. You're comfortable standing up new systems, implementing controls, and scaling financial processes that serve both the present and future
Hands-on treasury skills, including cash flow forecasting, working capital optimization, and day-to-day cash management
Strong financial planning and analysis skills with the ability to turn complex data into clear insights and actionable recommendations
Fluency in Excel for modeling, tracking KPIs, and analyzing performance
Demonstrated ability to deliver board-level reporting and to partner effectively with executives and operators
Excellent communication and collaboration skills. You know how to partner with leadership and operators to drive alignment and accountability
High integrity, sound judgment, and an eye for detail; you double-check your work and take pride in getting it right
A sense of ownership and urgency—you're not afraid to roll up your sleeves and solve problems, especially in a fast-paced, evolving environment
Intellectual curiosity and humility—you ask smart questions, take feedback well, and always look for ways to raise the bar
Preferred
CPA preferred
MBA is a plus
Experience with financial tools and platforms (QuickBooks Online preferred)
Benefits
Health insurance
401(k)
PTO
Company
Athena Aesthetics
Focused on opportunities in the Medical Aesthetics industry
2-10 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageLeadership Team
Isabelle Dowling Weiss
Founder & Managing Partner
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