
Assistant Controller
ŌURA
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Alaska • Iowa • United States
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Salary
💰 $170,000 - $200,000 per year
About the role
- Own the end-to-end US month-end close, managing governance, cross-functional coordination, and reporting to executive leadership.
- Apply rigorous standards to accrual methodologies and estimates; review high-risk journal entries to ensure consistency across the organization.
- Manage balance sheet reconciliations, FX translation, and intercompany eliminations to ensure audit-ready results and actionable variance analysis.
- Execute the accounting transformation roadmap, designing scalable workflows and driving automation to reduce manual effort and close cycle times.
- Serve as a primary point of contact for external auditors, leading readiness efforts and strengthening the control environment.
- Collaborate with Technical Accounting to interpret and implement policies, and with FP&A to ensure accuracy in budgeting and forecasting.
- Mentor and scale a high-performing accounting team, fostering a culture of accountability and continuous improvement.
Requirements
- 12+ years of progressive accounting experience, including leadership within general accounting / controllership
- Deep expertise in US GAAP, close processes, and financial reporting
- Strong experience owning or leading month-end close in a complex, high-growth, public environment
- Experience with audit management and SOX readiness in a public-company environment
- Ability to create the narrative around monthly financial results and provide meaningful insights to the business
- Proven ability to make and defend accounting judgments and estimates
- Experience leading and developing accounting teams
- Strong cross-functional leadership and communication skills
- Experience with ERP systems (NetSuite, Oracle, or similar)
- Advanced Excel proficiency
- CPA required
- Experience in high-growth tech, hardware, or consumer products companies
Benefits
- Competitive salary and equity packages
- Health, dental, vision insurance, and mental health resources
- An Oura Ring of your own plus employee discounts for friends & family
- 20 days of paid time off plus 13 paid holidays plus 8 days of flexible wellness time off
- Paid sick leave and parental leave
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
US GAAPmonth-end closefinancial reportingaudit managementSOX readinessaccrual methodologiesbalance sheet reconciliationsFX translationvariance analysisadvanced Excel
Soft Skills
leadershipcross-functional coordinationcommunicationmentoringaccountabilitycontinuous improvementcollaborationinsight generationjudgmentteam development
Certifications
CPA