VP, Controller

Accountabilities

• Lead accounting strategy and operations: Define the accounting organization's vision, structure, priorities, and operating model to support rapid business growth and increasingly complex financial requirements.

• Build and develop the team: Recruit, mentor, and retain a high-performing accounting team, establishing clear responsibilities, effective processes, and a culture of accountability and continuous improvement.

• Oversee financial reporting and close: Own monthly, quarterly, and annual closing processes, ensuring timely, accurate financial statements that comply with US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (US GAAP).

• Manage technical accounting: Serve as the primary authority on accounting policies, complex transactions, and revenue recognition, ensuring accounting positions are well documented, defensible, and consistently applied.

• Lead external audits: Manage auditor relationships end to end, coordinate audit preparation and execution, resolve findings, and strengthen audit readiness as the business scales.

• Establish internal controls: Design and maintain a robust internal control framework that supports reliable financial reporting, effective risk management, and a clear path toward Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) readiness.

• Partner with executive leadership: Present financial results, accounting policies, risks, and significant judgments to the CFO, executive team, board, and investors, translating complex financial topics into clear recommendations.

• Support cross-functional decisions: Collaborate with Finance, Legal, People, Revenue, and other departments on contracts, commercial arrangements, equity matters, and strategic initiatives with accounting implications.

• Modernize accounting systems: Establish the roadmap for accounting technology, improve the finance systems environment, and implement automation and AI-enabled workflows to increase efficiency, accuracy, and scalability.

• Oversee tax and compliance: Manage tax matters, regulatory compliance, equity accounting, and relationships with external accounting, tax, and other professional advisors.

• Support strategic transactions: Lead accounting activities related to financings, due diligence, complex business events, and other strategic transactions, ensuring financial information and documentation are complete and reliable.

• Drive long-term readiness: Build processes, systems, and governance that can accommodate larger financings, increasingly sophisticated audits, and future public-company requirements.

Requirements

• Accounting leadership experience: At least 8 years of progressive accounting experience, including 5 or more years leading accounting teams and owning significant accounting operations.

• Professional certification: Active Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license.

• High-growth technology experience: Demonstrated success building and scaling accounting functions within a high-growth technology, SaaS, cloud infrastructure, or similarly dynamic business.

• Technical accounting expertise: Deep knowledge of US GAAP, financial reporting, accounting policies, and the application of accounting standards to complex business transactions.

• Internal controls and audit readiness: Experience designing and managing internal controls within an integrated finance systems environment, including SOX compliance or SOX-readiness initiatives.

• External audit ownership: Proven ability to lead external audits as the primary point of contact, manage auditor expectations, and ensure high-quality financial documentation.

• Revenue recognition knowledge: Familiarity with SaaS and/or usage-based revenue models, including ASC 606, is strongly preferred.

• Strategic transaction experience: Experience guiding accounting through major financings, first-time Big Four audits, or IPO-readiness initiatives at a venture-backed company is an advantage.

• Technology and automation capabilities: A track record of using automation and AI to streamline accounting processes, improve controls, and reduce manual work is preferred.

• Public accounting background: Experience in public accounting is an additional advantage.

• Executive communication: Strong presentation and communication skills, with the ability to explain complex accounting issues and financial risks to executives, board members, and investors.

• Leadership and judgment: A hands-on, builder-oriented mindset, combining strategic thinking with the willingness to investigate details, solve problems, and make sound decisions in a fast-moving environment.

• Compliance and eligibility: Successful completion of a background check and legal authorization to work in the United States. Employment visa sponsorship is not currently available.

Benefits

• Competitive base salary: $260,000–$330,000 USD annually, with the final offer determined by experience, qualifications, location, and career level.

• Equity participation: Restricted stock units (RSUs), providing an opportunity to share in the company's long-term growth and success.

• Comprehensive healthcare: Medical, dental, and vision insurance, with 100% of employee premiums covered and partial coverage for dependents.

• Flexible paid time off: Flexible PTO to support work-life balance and personal well-being.

• Remote-first work environment: The flexibility to work remotely while collaborating with an inclusive, distributed team.

• Home office support: A $1,200 stipend for home office equipment and workspace setup.

• Career development: The opportunity to build and lead a growing accounting organization while shaping financial strategy, systems, and processes.

• AI innovation: The chance to contribute to a rapidly evolving AI infrastructure sector and implement modern automation technologies across accounting operations.

• Collaborative culture: An environment that values ownership, learning, accountability, inclusion, and continuous improvement.