Controller
CardFlight
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $125,000 - $155,000 per year
Job Level
SeniorLead
About the role
- Own the full month-end close process, including journal entries, accruals, reconciliations, and variance analysis
- Ensure timely, accurate, and GAAP-compliant financial statements
- Maintain the general ledger, chart of accounts, and accounting policies
- Partner with FP&A to ensure department-level P&Ls and actuals align with forecasts and budgets
- Own and continuously improve PayFac accounting and reconciliation processes across revenue, fees, settlements, and cash
- Reconcile multiple data sources (processors, banks, internal systems) and manage exception handling
- Partner cross-functionally with Operations, Risk, Product, and Engineering to ensure data integrity and scalable processes
- Implement and own accounting automation tools across close management, reconciliations, AP/AR, and reporting
- Identify opportunities to replace manual workflows with AI-enabled or rules-based automation
- Help build and maintain a modern finance tech stack that supports scale with minimal incremental headcount
- Serve as primary owner for audit readiness and external audit support
- Coordinate tax filings, sales tax processes, and required compliance reporting
- Maintain strong internal controls and documentation
- Operate as a lean, independent accounting function while evaluating if/when additional support is needed
- Help assess the need for use of junior staff or overseas contractors as business complexity and volumes grow
Requirements
- 7–10+ years of progressive accounting experience, including ownership of month-end close
- Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP and operational accounting best practices
- Experience in SaaS, fintech, payments, or PayFac environments (strongly preferred)
- Demonstrated success implementing accounting automation or modernizing finance processes
- Comfort operating as a “hands-on” Controller in a lean team environment
- Strong analytical skills and ability to partner with FP&A on forecasts and reporting
- Proficiency with modern accounting systems and tools (e.g., QBO, NetSuite, AP automation tools, close software)
- Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate cross-functionally.
Benefits
- US location-neutral work environment
- Home-office equipment stipend
- Flexible paid time off
- Employee Engagement (Lunch & Learns, team building events)
- Learning & Development culture
- Comprehensive health benefits
- Competitive compensation and company ownership/stock options
- And more!!
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
month-end closejournal entriesaccrualsreconciliationsvariance analysisGAAP compliancefinancial statementsaccounting automationdata reconciliationinternal controls
Soft skills
analytical skillscollaborationcommunicationindependenceproblem-solvingcross-functional partnershipleadershipadaptabilityprocess improvementaudit readiness