Controller

Overview

Finance department seeks a Controller to lead the organization’s accounting function and ensure accurate, compliant, and timely financial reporting. This role manages the monthly close process, general ledger operations, reconciliations, financial reporting, internal controls, and accounting compliance, while supervising the accounting team.

Responsibilities

• Lead the monthly, quarterly, and annual financial close processes and continuously improve speed and accuracy
• Ensure financial statements are prepared accurately and in accordance with U.S. GAAP
• Review journal entries, account reconciliations, accruals, supporting schedules, and financial statement accounts
• Maintain the chart of accounts and ensure transactions are appropriately classified
• Establish accounting policies and maintain supporting documentation
• Maintain documentation supporting significant accounting judgments and estimates

Technical Accounting

• Research, document, and resolve complex or unusual accounting matters
• Oversee accounting for revenue recognition, deferred revenue, customer contracts, and pass-through arrangements
• Ensure appropriate accounting for debt, leases, intercompany transactions, consolidations, and other significant transactions
• Review material contracts and transactions to determine appropriate accounting treatment
• Develop and maintain accounting policies consistent with U.S. GAAP
• Maintain documentation supporting significant accounting judgments and estimates

Internal Controls & Compliance

• Develop, implement, and maintain effective internal accounting controls
• Establish appropriate controls around accounts payable, cash disbursements, purchasing, corporate cards, expense reimbursements, payroll, billing, revenue, fixed assets, and journal entries
• Maintain segregation of duties and approval authorities
• Maintain and continuously improve accounting policies and procedures
• Identify financial and accounting risks and recommend corrective actions
• Ensure accounting records and supporting documentation remain complete and audit ready

Audit & Tax Coordination

• Lead the annual financial statement audit and serve as the primary accounting contact for external auditors
• Prepare and coordinate audit schedules, workpapers, supporting documentation, and technical accounting materials
• Work closely with external auditors and tax professionals
• Coordinate federal, state, and local tax filings with external tax advisors
• Evaluate audit findings and implement remediation or process improvements where appropriate

Fixed Assets & Capital Accounting

• Own fixed asset accounting and maintain an accurate fixed asset register
• Ensure appropriate capitalization of data center infrastructure, construction costs, equipment, software, and other capital expenditures
• Maintain construction in progress accounting and support placed-in-service determinations
• Calculate depreciation and maintain supporting depreciation schedules
• Partner with Development and Operations to ensure capital expenditures are appropriately recorded, classified, and supported
• Support capital expenditure reporting and reconciliation of project costs to the general ledger

Financial Planning & Analysis Support

• Partner with the VP of Finance on annual budgets, forecasts, variance analysis, and cash flow reporting
• Provide accurate historical financial information and accounting inputs for financial models and forecasts
• Monitor financial performance and identify trends, risks, and opportunities requiring management attention
• Support management reporting and other financial analysis as needed

Accounting Systems & Process Improvement

• Develop scalable accounting processes capable of supporting continued growth
• Support the implementation and optimization of NetSuite and related financial systems
• Reduce reliance on manual spreadsheets and processes through improved systems, controls, and automation
• Establish standardized close procedures, reconciliations, workpapers, and review processes
• Continuously identify opportunities to improve efficiency, accuracy, and scalability of the accounting function

Team Leadership

• Supervise, mentor, and develop the Accounting Manager and other accounting personnel
• Review workpapers, reconciliations, journal entries, and other accounting deliverables
• Establish clear accounting priorities, responsibilities, deadlines, and review procedures
• Develop team members through coaching, feedback, and performance management
• Promote accountability, continuous improvement, and a high standard of accuracy

Other Duties

Other duties may be assigned. This job description is not designed to cover all activities, duties, or responsibilities that may be required; duties may change at any time.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field
• Active CPA license
• Experience in data centers, infrastructure, real estate, construction, telecommunications, energy, technology, or another capital-intensive industry
• 8+ years of progressive accounting experience, including Controller, Assistant Controller, or similar leadership experience
• Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP and financial reporting requirements
• Demonstrated experience managing the monthly, quarterly, and annual close process
• Strong experience with revenue recognition, deferred revenue, accruals, reconciliations, and financial statement preparation
• Experience with fixed assets, construction in progress, capitalization policies, depreciation, and other accounting associated with significant capital projects
• Experience establishing and maintaining effective accounting policies, procedures, and internal controls
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to develop an accounting team while remaining highly hands on
• High level of integrity, professional judgment, attention to detail, and willingness to appropriately challenge transactions or practices inconsistent with accounting policies or internal controls

Preferred Qualifications

• Public accounting experience with a Big Four or national accounting firm
• Experience implementing or optimizing NetSuite or another enterprise ERP system
• Experience with multi-entity accounting, consolidations, intercompany transactions, debt, leases, and complex customer contracts
• Experience building or strengthening accounting processes and internal controls in a rapidly growing organization

Compensation & Benefits

• Full-time, exempt
• Salary (pay type: salary)
• Unlimited PTO
• 401(k) match (4%)
• Health, dental, & vision insurance
• Short and long term disability
• Life insurance (company paid and supplemental available)
• Generous parental leave, baby bonuses, marital bonuses, and other family-friendly perks
• 14 observed paid holidays that include solemnities

Location

• Remote
• Travel required: Yes — to and from locations as needed
• Reports to: VP of Finance

Physical Requirements

• Must be able to remain in a stationary position up to 50% of the time
• Ability to communicate information and ideas so others will understand; must be able to exchange accurate information in these situations
• Ability to regularly stand, sit, talk, hear, reach, stoop, kneel, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer, telephone, keyboard, and other equipment for extended periods of time based on job responsibilities