Confidential Controller Search | a16z-Backed Technology Company
I’m partnering with a high-growth, a16z-backed real estate technology company on a newly created Controller opportunity. This is a foundational Controller role and an opportunity to build the accounting function rather than inherit an established infrastructure.
Position: Controller
Location: San Francisco, CA | Remote – U.S. Time Zones
Compensation: $200K–$250K Base + Equity
Company Stage: Series B
Travel expectations: 6 weeks per year for company off-sites, onboarding, and key business initiatives.
Must Haves:
- CPA or equivalent technical accounting rigor
- 6 to10 years of accounting experience, including 3 to5 years in a senior accounting leadership
- Worked in a high-growth, multi-location, transactional, marketplace, payments, property, or operationally complex business.
- Strong GAAP, revenue recognition, reconciliations, and month-end close experience.
- Hands-on cash-to-accrual conversion experience.
- Proven ability to rebuild a chart of accounts and source-to-general ledger mapping.
- Comfortable remaining hands-on while managing a small accounting team.
- Led an ERP implementation or migration.
- First audit / audit-readiness experience.
Nice-to-Haves:
- Big Four or top regional accounting background + startup operating experience
- Indirect tax / sales tax experience across multiple jurisdictions
- Payment processor / marketplace money movement experience
- Accounting automation and data systems experience
The Opportunity:
This is not a traditional maintenance Controller position. You’ll be responsible for building the accounting infrastructure underneath a rapidly scaling business, including:
Key Responsibilities:
- Owning the accounting function and monthly close.
- Converting the books from cash/hybrid accounting to full accrual.
- Leading revenue recognition, AP/AR, reconciliations, and financial reporting.
- Rebuilding the chart of accounts and source-to-GL processes.
- Preparing for the company’s first financial statement audit.
- Leading ERP selection, implementation, and data migration.
- Building reliable location-level P&Ls.
- Improving accounting automation.
The ideal candidate has a strong bias for action, ownership, and urgency. This is a high-growth environment where the Controller will need to roll up their sleeves and do what it takes to get the job done, particularly during critical periods.
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