Controller
About the role
About the role
We're looking for our first controller to help us bring order to chaos. You are ambitious and thrive in a fast-paced and quickly evolving environment, but are also detailed, process oriented, and organized. You are strategic. You’re focused on where we’re going and build the plans and processes to support our goals. You are analytically rigorous. You have a deep bias towards using data and analyses to drive decisions. Your second language is performance metrics and you have a deep understanding of how to continue improving those metrics. You’re excited to iterate. At this point we’re still learning. You’re energized by the prospect of creating new tools and processes to make the company operate more effectively, and not afraid to make changes when the first, or second, attempt can be improved.
What you’ll do
Modernize the finance stack
- Lead the migration from QuickBooks to a modern AI-first ERP (DualEntry, Rillet, Campfire, or similar) and — when required, likely in 2027 — add an inventory management system
- Build automations and AI-native workflows into close, AP, AR, expense, and reporting — replacing manual process wherever possible and enabling more granular and accurate financial data for business decisions
- Be opinionated about which workflows belong in finance vs. the broader business, particularly in a fast-growing start-up context
Own the books, close, and controls
- Lead month-end close, financial reporting, audit, tax, and compliance
- Own AP, AR, payroll, GL, T&E with one direct report (initially)
- Ensure timeliness, accuracy, and audit-readiness across all accounting functions
Partner on the decisions, not just the reports
- Partner with the Head of Finance on the design of product- and customer-level cost accounting; own the implementation. Bring creative thinking to a hard problem — getting accurate product / customer economics without imposing on daily operations of the rest of the company. This reporting informs product investment decisions, pricing strategy, and sales / engineering strategy.
- Be a thought partner on reporting that reflects what the business is actually doing and th