The Controller is a highly visible role, reporting to the CEO, interacting across departments with senior leadership as well as having exposure to our board of directors. The ideal candidate is a strong leader with experience in building and growing teams. The right candidate will drive continuous process improvement, bring a quantitative, data-driven mindset, and have outstanding communication and interpersonal skills.
Please note: While we’re based on the westside of Los Angeles, we are open to hiring remotely within Southern California for this role.
What you’ll do
- Lead accounting function and teams, including day to day operations, and month end closing
- Oversee and lead necessary process and system improvements to scale to the next level
- Owns the end-to-end revenue cycle, to be in accordance with ASC 606
- Analyze and drive financial data and reporting towards solutions and/or recommendations
- Works with FP&A team on monthly forecasts against budgets, including cash flow projections; treasury function
- Own and oversee revenue accounting ensuring compliance of revenue
- Oversee and lead necessary process and system improvements to scale to the next level
- Perform other related duties as necessary or assigned.
Who we’re looking for
- Degree in Accounting; 10+ years of accounting experience and leadership
- CPA required
- Start-up experience is required (preferably in SaaS)
- Proven track record of success with establishing, managing, and evolving accounting policies and procedures in high growth startup companies
- Demonstrated experience in a fast paced environment with the ability to multitask, think creatively and learn quickly while being extremely detailed with a high sense of urgency
- Experienced with being proactive, self-directed, and problem solving
- Strong technical accounting knowledge with an understanding of US GAAP and ability to document accounting conclusions
- Experienced with an ERP system
- Proven experience bringing accounting in-house from an external firm
- Experienced in developing, mentoring, and inspiring a high performing professional accounting team
- Proficiency in Excel, required
Bonus Points
- Mix of public and private accounting experience is a plus
- Experience with Quickbooks is a plus
- Intermediate to Advanced Excel experience is a plus
- Experience at a self-service SaaS company