Global Controller
Lead and scale the global accounting function for a high-growth SaaS and payments company. Oversee close, reporting, audit, controls, tax, payroll, billing, and collections while driving operational excellence, automation, and team development. CPA with 7+ years scaling controllership in tech required.
About the job
Your Impact
Scale and Lead Global Accounting Organization
- Lead and continue to mature the accounting organization, ensuring it can support a larger, more complex global business while maintaining accuracy, strong controls, and predictable execution.
- Oversee all aspects of the accounting function, including: monthly close and financial reporting, global consolidations and multi-entity accounting, internal controls, compliance, and external audits, tax operations and external advisor relationships, billing, collections, accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, and related financial operations.
- Deliver timely, accurate financial reporting while continuously improving the efficiency and predictability of the accounting organization.
- Maintain the controls, documentation, and processes that keep the organization ready for financing, acquisitions, and other strategic transactions as the business scales.
Evolve for Multiple Business Models
- Understand the operational and accounting complexities of recurring revenue, payment settlements, reconciliation, money movement, processing fees, reserves, and financial controls.
- Lead teams with the expertise to execute at a high level as payment volume and business complexity continue to grow.
Improve Operational Excellence
- Improve the accounting operating model by creating scalable processes, clear ownership, meaningful metrics, and strong cross-functional partnerships.
- Work closely with RevOps, Finance Systems, FP&A, and Strategic Finance to ensure accounting produces timely, reliable financial information that supports business decisions.
Drive Systems and Automation
- Partner with Finance Systems team to improve workflows, automation, data quality, and AI-enabled processes that reduce manual effort, strengthen controls, and improve visibility across the organization.
Build and Develop the Team
- Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing accounting organization.
- Create clear priorities, establish effective operating rhythms, strengthen accountability, and ensure the team has the structure and capabilities needed to support continued company growth.
Your Experience
- CPA required.
- 7+ years of experience leading and scaling a controllership or accounting organization within a high-growth technology company.
- Experience supporting businesses with multiple revenue streams, including both SaaS and payments.
- Proven success leading accounting teams across financial reporting, close, audit, controls, tax, payroll, billing, collections, and finance operations.
- Experience operating in multi-entity and multi-currency environments.
- Demonstrated ability to improve the scalability, efficiency, and predictability of accounting operations while maintaining strong financial controls.
- Strong executive communication skills with the judgment and confidence to serve as a trusted partner to the CFO.
- Experience developing leaders, building high-performing teams, and creating accountability across the accounting organization.
- Comfortable leveraging systems, automation, data, and AI to improve accounting operations.
Benefits
- Multiple health/dental coverage options (100% coverage for employee, 50% for family)
- Vision insurance
- Incentive stock options
- 401(k) match of 4%
- PTO - 4 weeks (increases at year two!)
- 12 company holidays + 2 floating holidays
- Parental leave - birthing parent (16 weeks paid) non-birthing (4 weeks paid)
- FSA & HSA options
- Short and long term disability (short term 100% paid)
- Community service funds
- Professional development funds
- Wellbeing fund - $150 quarterly
- Business expense stipend - $125 quarterly
- Mac laptop + new hire equipment stipend
- Fully stocked kitchen with tons of drinks & snacks (BHM only)
- Remote working friendly since 2012
Skills
CPA, Financial Reporting, Monthly Close, Internal Controls, External Audits, Tax Operations, Payroll, Billing, Collections, Multi-Entity Accounting, Multi-Currency, Saas Accounting, Payments Accounting, Automation, AI Tools
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