What to ExpectAs Controller, you'll be Sunday's first accounting hire, reporting to the Head of Finance. You'll own accounting and financial operations end to end. You'll start by moving our books in-house from an external bookkeeper, then build the team, systems, and controls to support a fullstack AI robotics company as we scale Memo from prototype to production. You'll work cross-functionally with Hardware, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Software, Legal, and People Ops to set the accounting foundation for our commercial launch.
What You'll Do- Own the monthly, quarterly, and annual close under US GAAP
- Select and drive implementation of a manufacturing-ready ERP, including chart of accounts design, inventory, BOM, and costing
- Manage AP, vendor payments, and spend controls
- Build and lead the accounting and financial operations team
- Transition accounting from our external bookkeeper to an in-house function
- Own audit readiness
- Design product costing and COGS methodology, including standard costs, overhead allocation, and accruals
- Set accounting policy and write technical memos across revenue, inventory, capitalization, software, R&D and IP, leases, and equity comp
- Assess the accounting treatment of supplier, manufacturing, and compute agreements
- Design and document internal controls
- Support the Head of Finance on budgeting, burn, and unit economics
- Manage outside tax advisors on income, sales/use, and R&D credit matters
What You'll BringMust Haves:
- 8+ years of progressive accounting experience
- Public accounting background; Big 4 strongly preferred
- Hands-on ERP implementation in a manufacturing or hardware environment
- Hands-on inventory and product cost accounting experience
- Broad technical accounting depth: revenue, capitalization, software, IP
- Experience leading a company through external audits
- Track record of building finance processes from scratch at a fast-growing company
- Builder mindset: you do the work yourself while building the team around you
Nice to Haves:
- CPA
- Controller or Assistant Controller experience at a venture-backed hardware, robotics, autonomous vehicle, or consumer electronics company
- Experience taking a company from pre-revenue to commercial launch
- Experience with contract manufacturers in Asia
- Experience with modern spend and automation tools such as Ramp
Even if you don't meet every single requirement, we encourage you to apply. Studies show that women and underrepresented groups often hold back unless they meet 100% of the criteria - we don't want that to be the reason we miss out on great talent.
