Controller

Responsibilities

• Own the integrity of accounting and develop a clear, timely understanding of company revenues and expenditures.
• Build and scale financial systems and the accounting operating foundation for a high-growth AI company.
• Redesign workflows across the monthly close, reconciliations, spend monitoring, reporting, and other core accounting processes using an AI-forward approach.
• Determine where AI can perform work, where human review is required, and how systems remain explainable and auditable.
• Partner with Product and Engineering to apply AI to internal accounting workflows and provide practitioner insight into accounting problems.
• Establish scalable processes for accounts payable, procurement, expense management, purchasing approvals, vendor commitments, and spend reporting.
• Explain financial changes, their underlying causes, and recommended business actions.
• Ensure accurate, timely reporting; spend visibility; cost controls; revenue integrity; and audit and compliance readiness.

Requirements

• 6–12 years of progressive accounting and finance experience, including meaningful ownership of accounting operations at a high-growth company.
• Strong technical accounting knowledge covering financial reporting, revenue recognition, accruals, capitalization, equity, and related areas.
• Systems mindset with the ability to design workflows, reliable data processes, controls, and scalable operating rhythms.
• Willingness to implement systems, review details, and perform hands-on accounting work when needed.
• Strong analytical judgment.
• Ability to partner with technical and nontechnical teams, including Engineering, Product, Sales, People, and company leadership.
• Ability to work in person five days per week from the Flatiron office in New York City.

Nice-to-Haves

• Experience evolving an accounting organization from founder-led or highly manual processes into a scalable, controlled function.
• Experience managing or analyzing cloud, compute, model, data, infrastructure, or other variable technology costs.
• Experience building procurement, approval, vendor-management, cost-allocation, or expense systems from scratch.

Compensation and Benefits

• Salary: $200,000–$250,000 annually.
• Premium medical, dental, and vision coverage; life insurance; and Spring Health coaching and therapy sessions.
• 100% company-paid Wellhub Gold membership.
• Unlimited paid time off and 12 paid company holidays.
• Daily meal stipends, stocked kitchen, and $300 toward a custom desk setup.
• Pre-tax commuter benefits and 401(k) retirement plan.
• Parental leave.