About Fisch Group

Fisch Group is a boutique advisory firm providing fractional CFO and accounting to founders, family offices, and private businesses. We work closely with entrepreneurs and principals across a range of industries, including real estate, consumer brands, hospitality, and professional services. Our work is highly hands-on, detail-oriented, and relationship-driven, with a strong emphasis on building clean financial systems and acting as long-term strategic partners to our clients.

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Family Office Controller to lead the accounting function across a group of related personal, investment, and operating entities. This role will oversee all bookkeeping, accounting, and financial reporting, while managing a small team of bookkeepers and serving as the primary financial point of contact for the family office.

This role functions as the financial backbone of the organization — responsible for clean books, strong controls, high-quality reporting, and seamless coordination with external advisors. The ideal candidate is highly organized, discreet, judgment-oriented, and comfortable operating in a multi-entity, high-trust environment.

This is a hands-on leadership role: you will both do and review the work.

Key Responsibilities

Accounting Leadership & Team Management

• Own the accounting function across all family office entities • Manage and oversee bookkeepers • Assign work, set standards, and review outputs for quality and accuracy • Ensure consistent accounting policies and documentation across entities

Accounting & Bookkeeping Oversight

• Oversee day-to-day bookkeeping across multiple entities (LLCs, holding companies, trusts, SPVs, personal entities) • Review general ledgers and ensure transactions are properly recorded and classified • Maintain clean, accurate books in QuickBooks (or similar systems) • Serve as escalation point for complex or judgment-based accounting issues

Cash Management & Controls

• Track and reconcile cash across numerous bank and credit card accounts • Manage intercompany transactions, loans, reimbursements, capital contributions, and distributions • Implement and maintain strong cash controls and approval processes • Proactively monitor balances and flag anomalies

Month-End Close & Reporting

• Lead month-end close across all entities • Prepare and review financial reporting, including:

• Balance sheets and income statements • Cash flow and liquidity summaries • Consolidated and roll-up views • Net worth reporting (as needed)

• Ensure accuracy, consistency, and comparability over time

Trusts, Estates & Advisor Coordination

• Oversee accounting and reporting for trust and estate-related entities • Coordinate with CPAs,