Controller

Company DescriptionCapCenter is a technology-driven mortgage lender headquartered in Richmond, Virginia. We originate purchase and refinance mortgages, sell loans into the secondary market, and operate with a small, high-leverage team — meaning every seat owns real outcomes, not slices of a bureaucracy. The Controller anchors the accounting function: clean books, on-time financial statements, a disciplined close, and a quiet audit.Role DescriptionThe Controller owns CapCenter's accounting operation end-to-end — the close, the general ledger, the financial statements, technical accounting, the external audit, income tax, and the internal control environment. The role is a player-coach: hands-on in reconciliations and technical positions, senior enough to set the standards and manage the team. Key ResponsibilitiesAccounting Operations, Financial Reporting, and AuditOwn the monthly, quarterly, and annual close — calendar, ownership, reconciliations, journal entries, accruals, intercompany, and final tie-outMaintain the general ledger, chart of accounts, and books of record so they are accurate, complete, and audit-ready at all timesProduce US GAAP statements (income statement, balance sheet, cash flow) on a predictable cadenceOwn the accounting for loan sales, gain-on-sale recognition, warehouse line activity, derivative mark-to-market, MSR, and fair value — including the entries, reconciliations, and disclosuresReconcile loan-level activity from the LOS, secondary system, and servicer reports to the general ledgerProduce statutory and regulatory reporting that flows off the books — warehouse lender financial reporting, agency reporting, state licensing, covenant inputsLead the external audit relationship — walkthroughs, sample support, accounting position defense, disclosure review, and remediation of findingsTeam, Controls, and SystemsManage, coach, and develop the Accounting team; set clear standards clean executionDesign and maintain the internal control environment over financial reporting — segregation of duties, journal entry review, reconciliation review, approval thresholds, and exception handlingDocument accounting processes and controls so they survive staff turnover and audit cleanlyOwn the accounting system stack (GL, AP, banking, expense management); partner with Technology on integrations and automationDrive process improvements that increase accuracy, reduce manual effort, and improve audit-readinessWhat First Year Success Looks LikeA clean, predictable monthly close on a published calendarUS GAAP financial statements produced as the closing output, tied out and ready for useAn efficient external audit with no material adjustments and a meaningfully shorter fieldwork windowA trained, productive accounting team and a documented playbookA measurably stronger control environmentQualificationsBachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field. Active CPA required10+ years of progressive experience, including ownership of a full close cycle and external auditPrior experience, ideally at a mortgage lender or other regulated financial services environmentStrong US GAAP technical accounting skills — ability to research, write, and defend positionsClear communication — able to brief auditors, tax advisors, and the CFO with equal precision