Expert Opportunity - Sr. Financial Controller

Overview

This role involves joining a small team of experienced controllers responsible for establishing quality standards for AI-completed accounting work. The position functions as the final grader and standard-setter, similar to a controller's role overseeing their own accounting team, but applied to AI-generated accounting tasks.

Responsibilities

• Define quality standards and rubric templates based on GAAP and internal control practices, applied to tasks derived from real company ledgers.
• Review and approve scenarios and grading rules created by staff and senior accountants.
• Adjudicate disagreements and edge cases, making final decisions on quality assessments.
• Spot-check AI-completed accounting work against established rubrics to determine if it would pass a controller's review.

Requirements

• Minimum of 8 years of accounting experience, including direct ownership of month-end close processes.
• Experience as a controller or assistant controller; CPA certification is strongly preferred.
• Proven experience managing and reviewing the work of other accountants, with confidence in making final quality judgments and documenting reasoning clearly.
• Practical fluency in GAAP and internal controls, particularly applied to small-company accounting.
• Comfortable working with complex, system-synced ledgers involving QuickBooks, NetSuite, Sage integrations, duplicates, and migration artifacts.
• Ability to create clear, written quality standards that translate professional judgment into consistent pass/fail criteria for multiple graders.

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Expertise in setting quality standards.
• Experience as a multi-entity controller.
• Fluency with accounting technology.
• Strong knowledge of GAAP and internal controls.
• Ownership of team review processes.