Director, Controller

The ideal candidate will provide thought leadership and executional rigor to our accounting function as we scale, balancing complexity and transformation.

About the role

• Execute monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes.
• Partner closely with existing team members to ensure accuracy and alignment of all accounting activities.
• Maintain and enhance accounting policies, internal controls, and operational workflows.
• Prepare and review financial statements in accordance with US GAAP.
• Work closely with FP&A to align accounting outputs with operational forecasting needs.
• Care for corporate tax compliance in partnership with external tax advisors.
• Provide expertise in complex accounting areas such as revenue recognition, equity accounting, leases, capitalized software, and contract considerations.
• Audit process coordination.
• Build scalable processes, documentation, and systems to support rapid growth.
• Lead or support system enhancements (ERP, billing, payroll, revenue automation) that improve accuracy and efficiency.
• Work closely with Sales, Customer Success, HR, Operations, and other teams to ensure proper accounting treatment across the business.
• Provide guidance and insights to leadership to support strategic decisions.
• Foster strong working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Accounting Operations
• Financial Reporting & Compliance
• Technical Accounting
• Scaling & IPO Readiness
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Liaise with Sales, Customer Success, HR, Operations, and other teams.
• Support strategic decisions.
• Foster strong working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• 8–12+ years of progressive accounting experience, including public accounting experience, and significant work in SaaS or technology companies.
• Experience supporting high-growth SaaS environments.
• Deep knowledge of US GAAP and experience applying complex accounting standards.
• Ability to operate with a high degree of ownership as an individual contributor.
• Demonstrated leadership potential.
• Exceptional accuracy, organization, and ability to manage competing priorities.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work cross-functionally and collaboratively.

Qualifications

• Required Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• 8–12+ years of progressive accounting experience, including public accounting experience, and significant work in SaaS or technology companies.
• Experience supporting high-growth SaaS environments.
• Deep knowledge of US GAAP and experience applying complex accounting standards.
• Ability to operate with a high degree of ownership as an individual contributor.
• Demonstrated leadership potential.
• Exceptional accuracy, organization, and ability to manage competing priorities.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work cross-functionally and collaboratively.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting IPO readiness or public-company reporting.
• Experience leading an accounting team at a high growth company.
• Accounting system implementation, integration, and migration experience such as ERP/GL (Sage Intacct, NetSuite, etc.), T&E and P2P systems (Ramp, Navan, etc.), billing systems, collection systems (Stripe, etc.) and/or tax engines (Avalera, Vertex, etc.).
• Active CPA license in good standing.
• 5+ years of Big 4 public accounting experience.

We offer a comprehensive benefits package including a health care plan, 401K with a 3% contribution, pre-IPO stock options, at least 12 public holidays, flexible time off, and an equal opportunity policy.