Controller

Diligent Robotics

. Own revenue recognition across all Diligent commercial offerings & robotics-as-a-service (RaaS) arrangements.

Posted 4/21/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorLeadWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Flux

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own revenue recognition across all Diligent commercial offerings & robotics-as-a-service (RaaS) arrangements.
Review customer contracts to identify performance obligations, determine SSPs, allocate transaction price, and document recognition methodology in technical memos.
Evaluate lease components under ASC 842 within customer arrangements and coordinate with legal and sales on contract structure.
Establish and maintain revenue policies, controls, and workflows that scale with contract volume and deal complexity.
Own inventory accounting across raw materials, WIP, finished goods, service parts, and customer-deployed units, including capitalization, standard costing, and revaluation.
Lead physical inventory counts, cycle counts, and reconciliations across contract manufacturers and internal locations; investigate and resolve variances.
Determine and defend COGS methodology, purchase price variance analysis, capitalized variances, and excess and obsolete (E&O) reserves.
Partner with Operations, Supply Chain, and Engineering to ensure BOMs, routings, and landed costs flow correctly into the general ledger.
Own fixed asset accounting for the deployed Moxi fleet and other PP&E, including capitalization policy, useful lives, depreciation methodology, and related disclosures.
Monitor for impairment triggers, oversee asset retirements and disposals, and ensure accurate tracking of fleet movements between inventory, capitalized fixed assets, and customer sites.
Serve as the primary point of contact for the parent company’s external auditors during interim, quarterly review, and year-end audit procedures.
Coordinate with internal audit (Serve or co-sourced) on SOX walkthroughs, testing, and remediation at the subsidiary level.
Own the PBC (prepared-by-client) process. Deliver complete, well-supported schedules on time and defend technical positions in auditor meetings.
Draft and present technical accounting memos on revenue, inventory, leases, and other judgment areas.
Support Serve Robotics’ external reporting, including quarterly and annual filings, by delivering accurate, well-documented subsidiary financials on the parent’s close calendar.
Own the monthly and quarterly close, including journal entries, account reconciliations, flux analysis, intercompany activity, foreign currency, and consolidation deliverables to the parent company.
Establish, document, and operate a SOX-ready control environment appropriate for a public company subsidiary, in coordination with the parent’s SOX program.
Maintain accounting policies, process narratives, and control documentation that support SOX, external audit, and operational scaling.
Oversee AP, AR, payroll accounting, fixed assets, equity, and tax provision support in partnership with internal team members and external providers.
Deliver timely, accurate GAAP financial statements and management reporting with clear variance commentary to the Head of Finance and leadership.
Lead, mentor, and develop the accounting team; build scalable processes, clear ownership, and a strong close calendar as the team grows.
Support our transition from QBO to NetSuite, then drive continuous improvement and automation across NetSuite and connected systems (billing, expense, AP automation, procurement, equity).
Partner cross-functionally with FP&A, Operations, People, Legal, and Tax to ensure accounting implications are considered in key business decisions.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting.
Combination of Big 4 or national public accounting firm experience and industry experience.
10+ years of progressive accounting experience, including 3+ years as a Controller (or equivalent functional leader) at a U.S. publicly traded company.
Demonstrated ownership of the external audit relationship at a public company, including direct experience defending technical positions with Big 4 or national firm auditors.
Deep, current expertise in ASC 606 revenue recognition across complex, multi-element arrangements.
Deep expertise in inventory and cost accounting in a hardware, manufacturing, or similar physical-product environment.
Strong working knowledge of GAAP.
Experience operating within or implementing SOX 404 controls.
Hands-on proficiency with NetSuite and advanced Excel.
Excellent written and verbal communication; able to produce audit-quality technical memos and present to senior and external stakeholders.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
401(k) matching
Flexible work hours
Paid time off
Professional development opportunities

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Hard Skills & Tools

revenue recognitioninventory accountingcost accountingASC 606ASC 842GAAPSOX 404journal entriesaccount reconciliationsfinancial statements

Soft Skills

leadershipmentoringcommunicationcollaborationproblem-solvinganalytical thinkingattention to detailorganizational skillspresentation skillsdefending technical positions

Certifications

Bachelor’s degree in AccountingCPA (Certified Public Accountant)