Controller

Confidential Controller Search | a16z-Backed Technology Company

I’m partnering with a high-growth, a16z-backed real estate technology company on a newly created Controller opportunity. This is a foundational Controller role and an opportunity to build the accounting function rather than inherit an established infrastructure.

Position: Controller

Location: San Francisco, CA | Remote – U.S. Time Zones

Compensation: $200K–$250K Base + Equity

Company Stage: Series B

Travel expectations: 6 weeks per year for company off-sites, onboarding, and key business initiatives.

Must Haves:

• CPA or equivalent technical accounting rigor
• 6 to10 years of accounting experience, including 3 to5 years in a senior accounting leadership
• Worked in a high-growth, multi-location, transactional, marketplace, payments, property, or operationally complex business.
• Strong GAAP, revenue recognition, reconciliations, and month-end close experience.
• Hands-on cash-to-accrual conversion experience.
• Proven ability to rebuild a chart of accounts and source-to-general ledger mapping.
• Comfortable remaining hands-on while managing a small accounting team.
• Led an ERP implementation or migration.
• First audit / audit-readiness experience.

Nice-to-Haves:

• Big Four or top regional accounting background + startup operating experience
• Indirect tax / sales tax experience across multiple jurisdictions
• Payment processor / marketplace money movement experience
• Accounting automation and data systems experience

The Opportunity:

This is not a traditional maintenance Controller position. You’ll be responsible for building the accounting infrastructure underneath a rapidly scaling business, including:

Key Responsibilities:

• Owning the accounting function and monthly close.
• Converting the books from cash/hybrid accounting to full accrual.
• Leading revenue recognition, AP/AR, reconciliations, and financial reporting.
• Rebuilding the chart of accounts and source-to-GL processes.
• Preparing for the company’s first financial statement audit.
• Leading ERP selection, implementation, and data migration.
• Building reliable location-level P&Ls.
• Improving accounting automation.

The ideal candidate has a strong bias for action, ownership, and urgency. This is a high-growth environment where the Controller will need to roll up their sleeves and do what it takes to get the job done, particularly during critical periods.