Controller/Finance Lead POST NUMBER: 470322
Role: Controller/Finance Lead
Salary: $190K - $210K base equity
Location: New York, NY What You’ll Do:
As the first finance hire, you will own the end-to-end financial lifecycle of the company. Your mission is to bring structure to ambiguity and rigor to our operations.
1. Financial Architecture & Reporting
- Own the Close: Lead the monthly and annual close processes, ensuring GAAP-compliant financial statements.
- Executive Reporting: Prepare monthly packages for leadership and the Board that translate numbers into actionable insights.
- Cash Mastery: Manage working capital and provide high-fidelity cash flow visibility to guide runway and hiring decisions.
- Build the Infrastructure: Modernize our tech stack (Stripe, Rippling, etc.) to automate the order-to-cash and procure-to-pay cycles.
- Internal Controls: Establish the "rules of the road" for payroll, expense management, and vendor payments to ensure compliance and security.
- Revenue Integrity: Own the accuracy of recurring revenue (SaaS metrics), deferred revenue, and customer retention reporting.
- Planning & Analysis: Own the budgeting and forecasting processes, providing variance analysis to keep the team accountable.
- Fundraising & Audit: Ensure we are "investor-ready" at all times. You will lead audit coordination, tax compliance (R&D credits), and due diligence for future rounds.
- Contract Management: Review vendor contracts and advise on the financial implications of our commercial partnerships.
- The Experience: You have 6 to 12 years of experience across accounting, finance, or FP&A.
- The Startup Pedigree: You’ve ideally been an early or first finance hire at a high-growth company. You know how to build when there is no blueprint.
- The Mindset: You are "hands-on" by nature. You enjoy the satisfaction of a perfectly reconciled balance sheet as much as a high-level strategic planning session.
- The Standards: You are detail-oriented, pragmatic, and hold yourself to a high level of accountability.
- The Credentials: A strong GAAP foundation is required; a CPA is preferred but not a deal-breaker for the right builder.
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