Overview
This role involves leading execution of the accounting function, including the monthly close, balance sheet reconciliations, revenue recognition support under ASC 606, and ownership of the corporate compliance calendar. The position also includes billing, collections, and daily cash application for a usage-based business across Stripe, Shopify, wire, and ACH.
Responsibilities
Close and reporting
- Run the monthly close, including journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, and GAAP financial statements (reviewed and signed off by the Associate Controller)
- Prepare revenue recognition support under ASC 606 across usage, hardware, and prepaid billing, surfacing exceptions early
- Prepare supporting schedules for annual audit, corporate tax filings, and diligence requests, and manage the auditor request cycle
- Prepare and file annual 1099s
Corporate compliance
- Own the compliance calendar end to end by building it into a system with named owners, real deadlines, and alerting
- Manage Secretary of State annual reports, franchise tax, and local business licenses in partnership with the registered agent
- Intake, log, and resolve state and local tax notices, including direct contact with agencies
- Coordinate annual business insurance renewals with the broker and issue certificates of insurance to customers, vendors, and lessors
- Complete statutory annual filings and surveys
- Serve as the point person in the yearly external audit
- Document recurring work to create runbooks others can follow
Billing, AR, and cash
- Own collections end to end: AR aging, dunning, billing contact follow-up, and at-risk account escalation
- Generate customer invoices across Stripe and Shopify; manage billing schedules, credit memos, and billing adjustments
- Manage prepaid top-ups, renewals, and prepaid-to-postpaid conversions
- Execute daily cash application and bank reconciliation; reconcile payments across Stripe, wire, and ACH
- Process and route AP invoices, chase missing vendor invoices ahead of close, and keep vendor and customer billing records current
- Resolve complex multi-team billing disputes and triage finance tickets in HelpScout and Linear within a 24-hour SLA
Process and systems
- Identify manual work that should be automated and fix it using available tools and AI where it fits
- Support NetSuite implementation and ongoing optimization
Requirements
- 6+ years of progressive accounting experience
- Experience owning full-cycle month-end close
- Strong understanding of GAAP, with hands-on experience in revenue recognition, leases, and credit losses
- Experience in a startup or high-growth environment building processes rather than inheriting them
- Comfortable owning a wide range of work rather than one narrow lane
- Revenue recognition experience (ASC 606) in a usage-based or multi-element billing environment
- Multi-state compliance experience: Secretary of State filings, franchise tax, and state and local tax notices
- Experience supporting an external financial statement audit as a preparer
- Ability to speed up and improve accounting processes through automation and AI without compromising controls or accuracy
- Produces work that holds up without rework, catching errors before they reach review
- Advanced Excel and comfort learning new systems quickly
Preferred Qualifications
- Collections or billing experience at a SaaS or usage-based company
- ERP implementation or migration experience (NetSuite preferred)
- Experience standing up a compliance calendar or corporate compliance function
Compensation & Benefits
- Role Compensation: $125,000 – $145,000 base salary + 12,750 RSUs
- All employees receive equity at hire and transparent salary and equity formulas across the team
- Flexible health coverage (up to 100% employee, 95% dependents)
- Unlimited PTO with 2 weeks mandatory
- Monthly mental health days
- 14 weeks paid parental leave
- $1,000 hiring bonus plus $250/month WFH Stipend (taxable)
- Life and disability insurance fully covered
- 401(k) plan (no match)
- Access to a Professional Development Fund after one year
Interview Process
- Intro Phone Call (15 min)
- Peer Technical Screening Interview (30 min)
- Cross-Team Interview (30 min)
- Take-Home Assessment (45–60 min)
- Async Q&A with CEO (15 min)
- Hiring Manager Interview (60 min)
- Executive Interview (20 min)