Assistant Controller

Assistant Controller

Aquaverse is hiring an Assistant Controller for a full-time remote position.

Remote position; required to be located in the EST or CST time zone.

ABOUT AQUAVERSE

Aquaverse is a private equity-backed residential pool services platform focused on acquiring, integrating, and scaling high-quality pool service businesses. The company is in the early stages of building the systems, reporting cadence, accounting processes, and controls needed to support continued growth.

This is a formative-stage finance environment. The right person will join early, raise the accounting standard, and work alongside the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) as Aquaverse continues to grow.

POSITION SUMMARY

The Assistant Controller will be a hands-on accounting leader responsible for reliable close ownership, Work in Progress (WIP) schedules, accruals, reconciliations, reporting package support, outsourced accounting resource coordination, and core accounting discipline across the platform.

This role is designed for a high-potential accounting professional who understands Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), wants meaningful ownership, and can grow into broader controllership responsibility as the business scales. The role does not require a long-tenured controller background, but it does require strong accounting fundamentals, intellectual curiosity, process orientation, and the ability to learn quickly in a private equity-backed environment.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Close, Accounting and Controls

• Prepare and review journal entries, accruals, account reconciliations, and supporting schedules.
• Maintain accurate accounting records in accordance with U.S. GAAP, including general ledger integrity, chart of accounts discipline, and balance sheet support.
• Own WIP schedules and related revenue, cost, accrual, and margin support, ensuring outputs are reliable, explainable, and consistently maintained.
• Help develop prac