Kent Street · 12 hours ago
Assistant Controller
Raleigh, NC
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$100K/yr - $150K/yr
6+ years expKent Street is an entrepreneurial private equity team focused on building a high-growth water and wastewater services platform. The Assistant Controller will lead the finance integration of acquired businesses, standardizing and rebuilding finance functions while directly supporting the CFO and operational teams in achieving financial stability and growth.
Financial Services
Responsibilities
Integrate multiple legacy finance functions into a single, standardized platform
Rebuild and align charts of accounts across businesses
Establish consistent contract-level / job-level P&L reporting
Implement uniform accounting policies, close processes, and reporting cadence
Proactively ask questions of existing management and staff to understand how things actually work
Investigate historical financial data across outdated or incomplete systems
Locate, validate, and leverage legacy data needed to rebuild accurate reporting
Untangle inconsistencies between systems, reports, and operational reality
Solve problems independently and escalate thoughtfully when needed
Support finance integration during and after acquisitions
Work directly with founders and operators to transition off legacy processes
Stabilize reporting and cash flow in the first 30–90 days post-close
Travel to newly acquired businesses, including in the Northeast, to support integration efforts
Clean up inherited AR/AP across multiple entities
Identify billing gaps, margin leakage, and working capital risks
Improve collections, vendor management, and cash visibility
Spend significant time in person within operating company offices
Partner closely with operations leaders and field teams
Translate operational activity into accurate, comparable financial reporting
Produce clean, reliable reporting packages
Execute integration standards and finance frameworks defined by the Interim CFO
Flag risks early and recommend practical, executable solutions
Qualification
Required
6–10+ years of experience in finance or accounting
Experience in services, utilities, construction, environmental, or contract-based businesses
Direct experience integrating or standardizing finance functions across multiple entities
Expert understanding of end-to-end accounting and internal controls
Demonstrated ability to ask direct questions and work through resistance or uncertainty
Investigate unclear processes and reconcile conflicting data
Recover and leverage data from legacy or outdated systems
Comfortable working directly with founders and operators
Willing and able to travel frequently, including to the Northeast
Preferred
Exposure to acquisition-driven or private-equity-backed environments strongly preferred
Company
Kent Street
Kent Street is an investment firm focused on the businesses that maintain and upgrade the infrastructure essential for everyday life.
2-10 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageCompany data provided by crunchbase