About the RoleDorsia is seeking a
Controller to transform our accounting function with AI-powered tooling, scalable systems, and real-time financial reporting. The Controller will own accounting operations across month-end close, AP, budgeting, FinOps, audit, tax, payroll, and the controls that keep a fast-paced consumer business financially sound.
This is a role for someone meticulous by nature, who will go line by line through budgets and actuals, find what others miss, and treat AI tooling as a core part of the finance function. The right candidate has built and run the accounting function inside a high-growth consumer or marketplace business and understands the complexity of multi-stream revenue recognition.
What You'll Do:Accounting & Close- Own the general ledger and full month-end close process, driving accuracy and continuously compressing close timelines.
- Manage revenue recognition across memberships, transaction fees, minimum spends, and venue partnerships in accordance with GAAP.
- Oversee accounts payable, accounts receivable, and payment reconciliation across high-volume consumer transactions.
- Deploy AI agents to automate reconciliation, journal entries, and close workflows.
- Establish and document accounting policies, procedures, and a controls framework as the company scales.
Audit, Tax & Payroll- Lead annual audit preparation and serve as primary point of contact for external auditors, maintaining audit-ready books year-round.
- Own tax compliance across federal, state, local, and international jurisdictions, including sales tax obligations across 9+ global destinations.
- Manage payroll operations end to end, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance as headcount scales.
- Build the internal controls, SOX-readiness, and compliance infrastructure required ahead of Series B.
- Use AI tooling to monitor compliance obligations and flag exposure across jurisdictions in real time.
Cost Discipline & Financial Controls- Conduct line-by-line reviews of budgets and actuals, identifying cost reduction opportunities across every function.
- Own vendor spend management, including contract review, renewal scrutiny, and spend consolidation.
- Partner with FP&A to ensure budgets reflect operational reality and variances are caught and explained immediately.
- Implement AI-driven anomaly detection across spend, flagging irregularities and unbudgeted expenses as they occur.
- Build real-time reporting that gives leadership a precise, current view of cash, burn, and runway.
Winning Recipe- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, Economics, or related field.
- CPA required; MBA is a plus.
- 8+ years of progressive accounting experience, including 3+ years as a Controller or Assistant Controller.
- Direct experience working in a high-growth consumer, marketplace, or payments environment.
- Understanding of complex revenue recognition spanning subscriptions, transaction fees, and multi-party payment flows.
- Deep command of GAAP and hands-on experience across close, audit, tax, and payroll.
- Proven track record of preparing a company for institutional audits and the financial scrutiny of late-stage fundraising.
- Meticulous by nature, with a track record of catching the errors others miss.
- A builder's mindset towards AI, with demonstrated experience deploying AI agents and automation across close, reconciliation, and reporting workflows.
- Low ego, high ownership, and the communication skills to make complex financials clear to operators across the business.
- Experience in hospitality, luxury consumer, or live events is a strong plus.
- Fluency in Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets, financial modeling tools, and accounting systems (i.e. NetSuite, QuickBooks Online, etc.).
- Experience in Brex, Carta, Looker (BI), Bill.com, and Justworks are a plus.
Compensation:
New York Pay Range
$170,000-$220,000 USD
