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Controller at Supporting Strategies

United StatesFull-timeAccountingPosted 3 months ago
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About the Role

<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">As a Client Portfolio Manager, you will lead a compact team to deliver financial operations solutions to your client portfolio. In this role, you will drive client relationships, ensure quality delivery across your portfolio, and continuously improve how your team operates.&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Your primary purpose is to bring financial clarity and peace of mind to small businesses so they can focus on their passions and grow with confidence.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">You will be a "builder," creating and proving out a new team model. This role requires a challenger mindset and a comfort with ambiguity, as you will operate without a fully mapped playbook, making judgment calls and iterating as the model evolves.</span></p> <h1><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Core Responsibilities</span></h1> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Own and deliver client work</strong> across your portfolio, working directly alongside associates to ensure quality, coordinate priorities, and meet deadlines.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Lead and develop associates</strong>, setting clear expectations, balancing workloads, and building their skills and autonomy. You will provide ongoing coaching and resources.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Serve as the primary escalation point</strong> for client issues, providing context and solutions to leadership when needed. You will lead the mitigation and resolution of issues identified within your team.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Document and refine emerging practices</strong>, turning lessons learned into repeatable processes that can scale.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Act as a bridge between strategy and execution</strong>—test, learn, and share insights to improve the pilot and inform broader adoption.</span></li> </ul> <h1><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Success in This Role Looks Like</span></h1> <p>&nbsp;</p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Stable Client Portfolio: </strong>The portfolio maintains high retention, satisfied clients, and minimal escalations.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Growing Team: </strong>Your associates are confident, supported, and increasing in autonomy due to your active coaching and delegation.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Efficient Operations: </strong>Work is balanced, and new practices are documented and shared to inform how future teams are structured and scaled.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Adaptable Leadership: </strong>You embrace ambiguity, make sound decisions, and model adaptability for your team.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Proactive Communication: </strong>Leadership receives proactive, solution-oriented updates that provide clarity and frame escalations with at least one proposed solution.</span></li> </ul> <h1><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Core Attributes</span></h1> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Curious by nature</strong> – asks “why?” often, digs into processes, and looks for better ways of doing things.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Challenger mindset</strong> – doesn’t just maintain the current way of working; actively questions the status quo and suggests alternatives.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Comfortable with ambiguity</strong> – operates without a fully mapped playbook, makes judgment calls, and adjusts as the model evolves.</span></li> </ul> <h1><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Skills &amp; Experience</span></h1> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Client-facing confidence</strong> – strong communicator who can manage relationships across a portfolio and set clear expectations.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Coaching ability</strong> – helps associates grow into higher ownership roles; builds a small, resilient team culture.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Organizational agility</strong> – skilled at prioritizing across multiple clients, reallocating work, and balancing team load.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Process-minded</strong> – able to document, refine, and standardize as the new team model takes shape.</span></li> </ul> <h1><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Mindset &amp; Leadership Style</span></h1> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Treats the pilot as a <strong>builder’s role</strong>, not just a manager’s — creating and proving out a model.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Willing to <strong>test, learn, and iterate</strong>, knowing not every idea will stick.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Acts as a <strong>bridge between strategy and execution</strong>, keeping leadership informed while protecting associates from excess noise.</span></li> </ul><div class="content-pay-transparency"><div class="pay-input"><div class="description">Pay range</div><div class="title">Pay Range</div><div class="pay-range"><span>$120,000</span><span class="divider">&mdash;</span><span>$120,000 USD</span></div></div></div><div class="content-conclusion"><p>As online scams are rampant, don’t fall victim to fraud. Supporting Strategies will never seek payment from you or request personal information from you prior to extending a job offer. Our interview process is always a combination of a phone and video interviews; a job offer will never be extended via online chat.</p> <p><em><span data-preserver-spaces="true">Supporting Strategies is deeply committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce. A diverse workforce is not just attained but is</span></em><strong><em><span data-preserver-spaces="true">&nbsp;</span></em></strong><em><span data-preserver-spaces="true">built upon a culture of inclusion and belonging. Supporting Strategies is an Equal Opportunity Employer.</span></em></p></div>