Great River Group (GRG) ( is a growing family of businesses dedicated to delivering engineering design, environmental consulting, and construction engineering solutions that strengthen the communities we serve. With more than 20 offices across 10+ states or provinces and two countries, we are committed to developing our people and expanding the capabilities of our companies to ensure shared success for our clients and our team.
GRG was formed under the direction of The Great River Company (GRC) ( a privately held and diversified holding company based in Minneapolis, MN. GRC exists to build enduring value rather than chase short-term gains, and delivers this through five core offerings that help our companies and their teams win in the marketplace: a proven value creation six-pack framework, a long-term ownership mentality, a stock ownership program that aligns and rewards teams, a cross-platform talent and leadership development program, and a resource wheel that provides access to experienced operators, specialists, consultants, and subject‑matter experts. Grounded in stewardship and driven by purpose, GRC seeks to bring lasting impact to the companies, and communities, and families it serves.
We are seeking a Corporate Controller who brings deep financial expertise, strong leadership, values‑driven decision‑making, and a passion for developing people and teams. This role leads our Finance and Accounting organization, ensuring timely and accurate reporting, robust financial analysis and planning, and reliable forecasting.
GRG’s Core Values
- Trust: Build credibility and confidence through consistent, transparent decision‑making.
- People: Invest in your team, mentor leaders, and foster a culture of growth and development.
- Opportunity: Identify process improvements, growth initiatives, and strategic solutions.
- Service: Deliver finance insights and guidance that empower stakeholders to succeed.
- Teamwork: Collaborate across functions to achieve collective success.
Key Responsibilities
Consolidated Financial Reporting and Analysis
- Lead the monthly financial consolidation, including balance sheet, P&L, and cash flow
- Prepare, maintain and enhance the monthly consolidated financial reporting package for portfolio companies, ensuring accuracy and timeliness
- Conduct standard and ad‑hoc financial analyses to evaluate performance and identify areas of improvement
- Highlight trends, risks, and opportunities for portfolio growth and efficiency improvements from analyses
Accounting Oversight
- Oversee and guide accounting personnel at portfolio companies to ensure financials are GAAP‑compliant
- Serve as the company’s technical accounting expert, researching, interpreting, and implementing complex accounting guidance
- Assist in improving and standardizing accounting processes across portfolio companies
- Project manage year‑end audit procedures
- Assist with quarterly tax estimates and year‑end tax filings
Strategic & Business Partnership
- Provide meaningful commentary to highlight performance variances and trends for management, finance teams, investors, and other stakeholders
- Lead process improvement, digital transformation, and integration projects, ensuring systems and reporting are scalable and efficient
- Collaborate with FP&A team lead to design and implement KPI’s to monitor financial and operational performance at consolidated and individual portfolio company level
- Assist with material preparation and presentation of quarterly board meetings
- Assist with the material preparation and presentation of monthly management and investor updates
Leadership & Team Development
- Supervise Finance management and their teams, fostering a culture of coaching, empowerment, and accountability
- Mentor, develop, and grow future leaders, applying GRG’s leadership development principles including Managing Self, Managing Others, Managing Business
- Model company values in decision‑making, communication, and cross‑functional collaboration
Mergers and Acquisitions Support
- Assist on all phases of the acquisition process, with specific emphasis on due diligence, financial analysis, and integration planning
- Contribute to evaluating strategic opportunities
- Lead post‑acquisition integration accounting and finance workflows
- Ensuring successful onboarding of new acquisitions
Budgeting, Forecasting, and Analysis
- Collaborate with FP&A team lead to oversee budgeting and forecasting processes across the portfolio
- Collaborate with FP&A team lead to build sales and profitability reports segmented by customer, division, location, and other key metrics and use data to guide leadership
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting (CPA strongly preferred)
- 7+ years in accounting and finance roles with increasing responsibility, preferably including:
- Transaction Advisory (TAS) or Deal Services
- Multi‑entity and multi‑system consolidations
- Strong technical accounting foundation and ability to research/interpret complex areas
- Exceptional Excel, data analysis, and financial reporting system proficiency
- Knowledge to map multiple trial balances, building consolidations, preparing entity‑level financials, and interpreting accounting issues on the fly
- Strong business acumen and ability to translate numbers into insights
- Proven experience leading teams, developing talent, and fostering a high‑performance culture
- Must possess a broad business perspective and have a ‘hands‑on’ and in‑depth understanding of company financials
- Superior communication, presentation and influencing skills (at all levels)
- Demonstrated competence in managing oneself, managing others, and managing a business.
- Ability to work effectively in a matrix organization
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with private investment backed platforms or multi‑location service businesses
- MBA or advanced business degree
Seniority level
- Mid‑Senior level
Employment type
- Full‑time
Job function & Industries
- Accounting/Auditing and Finance
- Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals