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Kindred

Controller

Kindred

. Own the monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and consistency .

Posted 5/6/2026full-timeSan Francisco • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorLead💰 $190,000 - $245,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
ERP

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Own the monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and consistency
  • Lead the transition from outsourced accounting to an in-house model, including knowledge transfer, process redesign, and system ownership
  • Establish and maintain accounting policies and procedures in accordance with US GAAP
  • Oversee general ledger, revenue recognition, accruals, prepaid expenses, and reconciliations
  • Partner closely with FP&A to ensure alignment between actuals, forecasts, and financial reporting
  • Manage relationships with external partners such as auditors, tax advisors, and outsourced providers
  • Implement and improve internal controls and ensure readiness for audits or future compliance requirements
  • Support technical accounting questions related to new initiatives, contracts, or business models
  • Build and improve documentation, close checklists, and SOPs
  • Collaborate cross-functionally across the company on accounting-related workflows
  • Help shape the future structure of the accounting function as the company grows

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • 8+ years of accounting experience, primarily in private, venture-backed companies
  • Strong command of US GAAP and hands-on experience preparing and reviewing financial statements
  • Experience supporting companies through meaningful scale, from early-stage through later-stage private company environments
  • Proven ownership of monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes, including improving speed, accuracy, and controls
  • Experience transitioning accounting work from outsourced providers to an in-house function
  • Experience implementing, owning, or improving accounting systems and infrastructure (e.g., NetSuite or similar ERP)
  • Experience managing audits and working with external auditors and tax advisors
  • A hands-on, detail-oriented approach — comfortable doing the work, not just reviewing it
  • Strong process design, documentation, and organizational skills
  • A collaborative, low-ego working style with the ability to partner cross-functionally
  • High ownership, proactivity, and follow-through
  • Experience hiring or scaling accounting teams over time
  • CPA or equivalent experience strongly preferred

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Competitive cash compensation and equity
  • Comprehensive health benefits
  • Flexible time off, plus 12 paid holidays per year
  • 21 credits per year to stay in Kindred homes
  • $4,000 annual travel stipend to help offset travel-related costs
  • Remote-first and remote-flexible work environment, with opportunities to work from anywhere and gather in person, including at Kindred HQ in San Francisco
  • Regular team and company offsites to connect, collaborate, and build together
  • A vibrant, inclusive, and highly skilled team that ferociously protects team chemistry
  • A culture of high standards, feedback, and continual growth

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Hard Skills & Tools
US GAAPfinancial statementsmonthly close processesquarterly close processesannual close processesaccrualsrevenue recognitionreconciliationsprocess designdocumentation
Soft Skills
detail-orientedcollaborativeorganizational skillsproactivityownershiplow-ego working stylecross-functional partnershipleadershipcommunicationproblem-solving
Certifications
CPA