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Corporate Controller

B A L

Job Location:

Richardson, TX - USA

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer

Posted: 24 July 2026 (30+ days ago)

Application Deadline: 21 October 2026

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Position Summary

The Corporate Controller owns BALs financial controls environment audit governance and lender/covenant reporting posture. This is a controls compliance and governance-ownership role it carries the executive presence for Finance with auditors lenders and firm leadership.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Own the design execution and maturity of the internal controls framework risk assessment control testing and remediation. Candidates should have built or significantly matured a controls environment before not only maintained one.
Maintain continuous audit readiness as an operating posture not an annual event. Own the audit relationship process directly.
Prepare and manage lender/covenant reporting under a credit facility revolver or similar debt structure.
Serve as the primary point of authority for auditors and lenders and represent the firms control posture in executive-level financial reporting this person carries weight in the room not just prepares the materials.
Partner with the Accounting teams on GAAP application and reporting integrity without owning execution of close.
Identify and flag control gaps or financial-integrity risk to the CFO and Finance leadership.

Technology & Change Leadership

BAL is undergoing significant technological and organizational change. This role requires genuine learning agility and technical aptitude not just tolerance for change.
Serves as an influential voice in technology and process deployment decisions a participant in shaping system changes not just an end user.
Evaluates questions and champions system/process changes through a controls and financial-integrity lens; asks the right questions whenever new technology touches financial data or workflows.
Prior experience navigating systems transformation ERP change or major process redesign.

Working Style

Hands-on: willing and able to dig into transaction-level detail when something doesnt tie out not manage exclusively from a dashboard.
Comfortable being the no or not yet voice when controls or compliance require it. This is a governance role not a cheerleading role.
Curious and adaptable enough to stay credible as the firms technology and processes evolve.
Operates through influence and control authority rather than line management.

Required Knowledge Skills and Abilities

Track record owning internal controls design and execution risk assessment control testing remediation. SOX exposure is a good indicator but not required.
Experience in a high-transaction-volume environment (high invoice/payment throughput complex AR/AP flows).
Professional services industry background law firm consulting or similar partner/client-billing model with working understanding of WIP billing cycles and PS-specific revenue recognition.
Has led or directly managed external audits and owned the process.
Experience preparing or managing compliance reporting under a credit facility revolver or debt covenant structure.
Strong GAAP technical knowledge with proven practical application.
Direct credible communicator who can explain financial risk and control gaps clearly to non-finance executives.

Education and Experience

Bachelors degree in Accounting or Finance required.
CPA strongly preferred not required.
10 years of progressive controls/audit/compliance leadership experience required.

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