Controller

Overview

The organization is seeking its first US-based Controller (fully remote within the US) to make the company’s financial reporting audit-ready and to build a scalable accounting function for growth from $40M to $100M+ in revenue. This role will lead the US GAAP accounting readiness effort, remediate historical books, run a first-time US GAAP audit, and manage multi-entity consolidation.

This is a builder role: hands-on in year one, shifting toward leadership as processes and systems mature.

Reports to: VP, Finance & Accounting
Location: Fully remote (US-based), with regular overlap with India (IST) hours
Type: Full-time
Start timeframe noted in posting: October 2026

Responsibilities

Close & reporting

• Own monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes and consolidated US GAAP financial statements
• Produce board and investor reporting packages
• Perform flux and variance analysis
• Target documented close timelines, moving from 10 business days or fewer toward 7

Audit & compliance

• Lead the first US GAAP audit
• Select and onboard the audit firm with the VP, Finance & Accounting
• Prepare the PBC list, build opening balances, and drive audit work through to an unqualified opinion
• Manage audit firm relationship, deliver PBC materials, address audit adjustments, and produce technical memos
• Support lender and investor covenant reporting

Revenue accounting

• Own ASC 606 policy and execution across services, subscriptions, and partner/reseller arrangements
• Manage deferred and unbilled revenue
• Lead contract reviews with Sales and Legal

Multi-entity & intercompany

• Own multi-entity consolidation processes
• Manage intercompany eliminations, FX translation, and transfer pricing documentation in partnership with tax advisors
• Maintain entity-level books, intercompany agreements and settlements, eliminations, and FX across at least one non-US entity
• Clean up and correct historical chart of accounts, entity structure in the GL, and intercompany balances

Technical accounting & documentation

• Develop and maintain accounting policies and memos, including:
  • ASC 606
  • ASC 842 (leases)
  • ASC 718 (stock comp)
  • Capitalized software
  • Convertible or preferred equity

Internal controls

• Design a right-sized internal control framework (segregation of duties, approval matrices, reconciliation and review sign-offs)
• Ensure work is diligence-ready without SOX-level overhead

Systems & data

• Own the GL and close tooling
• Help lead ERP evaluation and selection with the VP, Finance & Accounting
• Support integrations with billing, payroll, expense, and CRM systems

Tax & statutory

• Coordinate external tax advisors on federal, state, sales/use, and international filings
• Support statutory audits for foreign entities, including India

Treasury support

• Support cash reconciliation, cash forecasting inputs, and bank/payment controls

Team leadership (India accounting)

• Manage the India Accounting Director and, through them, a five-person team covering:
  • AP
  • AR
  • Payroll
  • FDE/services revenue accounting
  • Close
• Drive hiring plan and set performance standards
• Provide US GAAP and audit training across AP, AR, payroll, revenue, and close
• Set clear ownership, review standards, and operational expectations

Requirements

Must-haves

• CPA (active or inactive) with 10+ years of experience, including 3+ years at a Big 4 or national audit firm
• 4+ years in a Controller or Assistant Controller role at a venture-backed company between $25M and $150M in revenue
• Led at least one company through a first-time US GAAP audit, or remediated a messy set of books into an audit-ready state
• Hands-on multi-entity consolidation experience, including intercompany and FX across at least one non-US entity
• Strong ASC 606 experience, ideally with services and recurring revenue
• Experience managing offshore or distributed accounting teams, ideally in India, with a track record of raising work quality
• Willingness to be hands-on as needed (prepare entries and reconciliations when necessary)

Preferred Qualifications / Nice-to-haves

• Experience in professional services, consulting, or a data/cloud partner business model (time-and-materials, fixed-fee, milestone billing)
• ERP implementation or migration experience (NetSuite, Sage Intacct, or similar)
• Exposure to India statutory requirements, transfer pricing, or a Big 4 India relationship
• Experience leading finance through an exit to a PE or strategic buyer (quality of earnings, diligence data rooms, purchase agreement support)
• Comfort using data tools (SQL, BI dashboards) to fix data at the source

How success is measured

First 30 days

• Assess books, team, systems, and entity structure
• Deliver a written gap assessment and audit-readiness plan to the VP, Finance & Accounting

First 60 days

• Audit firm engaged
• Close checklist and ownership matrix in place
• Top balance sheet reconciliations cleaned up

First 90 days

• Consistent close in 15 business days or fewer
• Revenue recognition policy documented
• Intercompany balances reconciled across entities

6 months

• Close in 10 business days
• Opening balances and prior-period cleanup complete
• Audit fieldwork underway

12 months

• Unqualified audit opinion
• Close in 7–10 business days
• Documented key controls
• India team operating with clear ownership and fewer review corrections

Compensation & Benefits

• Benefits: Full-time company benefits
• Equity: Equity participation may be available

Location

• Fully remote (US-based), with regular overlap with India (IST) hours
• Posting timeframe includes start in October 2026