VP, Global Controller

Overview

The organization is seeking an accomplished leader to own the global Accounting and Treasury function within Finance. This role will serve as the primary accounting partner to the C-suite as the business scales internationally and prepares for an IPO.

This position requires a senior leader experienced in building, developing, and implementing financial systems, reporting, planning, cash management, and accounting policy. You will lead the build-out of a scalable accounting team for a rapidly growing, complex, data-intensive operating business, while also preparing the financial systems and processes for IPO.

Responsibilities

Close, Reporting, and Consolidation

• Own end-to-end financial reporting: close, consolidation, and account reconciliation.
• Move the monthly close from ~7+ days to 3–4 days.
• Lead the shift from annual to quarterly reporting.
• Deliver consistent quarterly closes and financial statements, including SEC-ready disclosures such as segments and EPS.
• Set and enforce close standards, clearly communicate issues and close status, and maintain a high bar across the team.
• Push accounting upstream by partnering with People, Ops, and FP&A to ensure data is correct in source systems before close starts (HRIS/payroll, billing, procurement).

IPO Readiness, Controls, and Audit

• Own the relationship with the Big 4 auditor.
• Lead SOX readiness, including control gap assessment, remediation, segregation of duties, and access and change-management controls across financial systems.
• Write and maintain formal accounting policies and technical accounting memos, including:
  • Revenue recognition
  • Leases under ASC 842
  • Stock comp
  • Complex instruments
  • Purchase price allocations

Global and International

• Serve as the primary accounting stakeholder for international expansion, growing from a handful of entities to many more across Europe, LATAM and APAC.
• Partner with Tax on transfer pricing, intercompany agreements, VAT and indirect tax, and a quarterly tax provision.
• Simplify intercompany processes and build a consolidation model that allows new entities to fit into the existing process without requiring a new one each time.
• Support global treasury and banking, including international banking partners and multi-currency AP and payments.

Manufacturing and Cost Accounting

• Partner with Operations and FP&A on cost accounting for labs, including:
  • Inventory
  • Cost cards
  • Labor allocation
  • Fixed assets behind the scanner fleet and manufacturing equipment
• Ensure cost and margin data is accurate enough for leadership to make capital allocation and gross margin decisions.

Systems, FinOps, and Automation

• Own the accounting systems roadmap centered on NetSuite, including integrations with billing, Stripe, Avalara, the HRIS/payroll system, procure-to-pay, and fixed asset and lease tools.
• Replace manual, spreadsheet-based processes with automated, auditable ones, and leverage AI tools.
• Partner with Business Systems on ITGCs, data governance, and finance system administration.

Team Leadership

• Lead and develop a global team across the US and LATAM, including accounting, AP, AR/billing, payroll, treasury, and international.
• Design the target organization over time and build key public-company functions, including:
  • Technical accounting and SEC reporting
  • Internal controls/SOX
  • FinOps
• Collaborate across Finance to ensure information flows quickly and accurately between Accounting, FP&A, Tax, and Treasury.

Requirements

• 12+ years of accounting experience, including senior accounting leadership at a high-growth, operationally complex company.
• Big 4 audit background.
• Hands-on experience preparing a company for IPO readiness or operating as a public company, including SOX, SEC reporting, and quarterly close.
• Ideally experience in a manufacturing, supply chain, or hardware-plus-services business, including inventory and cost accounting.
• Track record of building scalable accounting systems and processes (not only technical accounting).
• Multi-entity, international consolidation experience, including transfer pricing, intercompany, and FX.
• Visible, accountable leadership; ability to own problems openly and lead the team through hard closes.
• Integrity and a practical, solution-oriented approach.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and analytical skills; ability to build trust with executives, auditors, and peers at every level.
• Willingness to learn adjacent areas such as FP&A, Tax, People systems, and Operations.
• Strong prioritization and project management in a fast-paced environment.
• Comfort in an innovative, disruptive culture.
• Tools: expert in NetSuite and Excel/Google Sheets; comfortable using AI to automate work.

Preferred Qualifications

• CPA and/or advanced degree.
• Experience at a tech or high-growth company, especially one combining manufacturing or hardware with software.
• Experience implementing or remediating ERP, procure-to-pay, or HRIS systems.
• Experience with purchase price allocations and integrating acquisitions.

Compensation & Benefits

For full-time positions, the organization offers a wide range of comprehensive and inclusive benefits tailored to each country where it operates. Local benefits packages typically include:

• Healthcare
• Dental
• Mental health support
• Parental planning resources
• Retirement savings options
• Generous paid time off

Location

Global role with team leadership across the US and LATAM. International responsibilities include expansion across Europe, LATAM and APAC.