Financial Controller
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full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Arizona • California • United States
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About the role
- Own the financial foundations: Take end-to-end ownership of the general ledger, month-end close, payroll, accounts payable and receivable, cash management, and treasury - including complex partner payouts and multi-market bank settlements across the US.
- Bring order to a fast-moving business: Wrangle manual and fragmented processes - bringing structure, discipline, and increasing automation as the business scales.
- Build systems that scale: Evaluate, select, and own accounting, billing, expense, and finance systems, and work closely with Product and Engineering to design processes that scale with volume, complexity, and growth.
- Own revenue complexity and control: Lead revenue recognition across a diversified, performance-based model (CPC, CPA, CPL, CPR), including multi-entity consolidation, multi-currency reporting, and audit-ready controls.
- Turn numbers into decisions: Build financial models and reporting that surface unit economics, cash flow dynamics, and margin trade-offs - providing clear, decision-grade insight to help leadership run an efficient, scalable business.
- Build and lead the finance function: Hire, develop, and lead a small finance team, act as a trusted finance partner across the business, and progressively reduce founder dependency by bringing clarity, confidence, and structure to financial decision-making.
Requirements
- 7+ years’ progressive experience in accounting or finance, including experience gained within high-growth technology businesses
- CPA or CA qualification required
- Proven experience building or significantly scaling a finance function
- Strong understanding of complex revenue models - adtech preferred, with marketplaces (or similar two-sided models) or fintech also suitable
- Deep understanding of cash flow, forecasting, and partner settlement dynamics
- Comfortable operating daily across execution, systems, and strategy
- Strong commercial judgment, able to translate numbers into clear business insight
- Experience working across multiple geographies and currencies
- Confidence partnering closely with founders and senior leaders
- Strong preference for US West Coast-based candidates to enable effective collaboration across time zones
Benefits
- Real ownership: You’ll own the financial foundations end-to-end, with the trust and autonomy to build systems and make decisions as the business scales.
- Impact you can see: Your financial architecture directly influences cash flow, unit economics, growth decisions, and our path to becoming a market leader.
- Strategy meets execution: This is a hands-on, zero-to-one role - operating in the detail while setting direction for a complex, global business.
- Growth without chaos: You’ll work in a high-impact, remote-first environment that values clear thinking, sound judgment, and follow-through.
- Competitive package: Competitive salary plus equity, with scope to grow your role as the company grows.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
general ledgermonth-end closepayrollaccounts payableaccounts receivablecash managementtreasuryrevenue recognitionfinancial modelingmulti-currency reporting
Soft Skills
leadershipcommercial judgmentdecision-makingcollaborationstrategic thinkingproblem-solvingcommunicationteam developmentadaptabilitytrust building
Certifications
CPACA