Global Controller

General Intuition

• $180K — $220K *
Legal & Accounting
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10-15 years of experience in finance or accounting, ideally with Big 4/ public accounting background.
  • Mastery of US GAAP and financial statements with real-world application.
  • Strong knowledge of both US and international tax, including compliance and tax strategies.
  • Experience with payroll compliance and managing PEO/provider relationships.
  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced startup environment and manage ambiguity effectively.

Responsibilities

  • Own and manage the general ledger and month-end close with precision in accordance with US GAAP.
  • Coordinate US federal and state corporate tax processes alongside international tax compliance activities.
  • Ensure payroll tax compliance and oversee all related filings and provider relationships.
  • Lead audit processes and produce annual financial statements and thorough due diligence reports.
  • Develop and automate scalable finance processes to reduce manual work and enhance accuracy.
  • Utilize advanced AI tools for optimizing the finance function and improving efficiency.
  • Support strategic decision-making through robust financial reporting and variance analysis.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to redefine finance operations within a fast-paced startup environment.
  • Focus on automation and use of modern AI technology for finance processes.
  • Work autonomously with a focus on precision and detail within a dynamic team framework.
Full Job Description
The Role

As Global Controller, you'll own US accounting, reporting, and compliance end-to-end - from day-to-day bookkeeping to technical GAAP calls, tax filings, audits, and the processes that make us more efficient every quarter.

You'll move fluidly between living in the ledgers, leading month-end close, automating workflows, and coordinating auditors across multiple jurisdictions. We need insane attention to detail, mastery of US GAAP, and strong US + international tax knowledge - someone who raises the bar on quality while helping us move fast.
What We're Looking For
  • You own the general ledger and the monthly, quarterly, and annual close in US GAAP - revenue recognition, accruals, capitalization, and reconciliations - fast and precise, with the policies and internal controls to back it.
  • You run US federal and state corporate tax plus international tax - quarterly estimates, filings, cross-border entity structures, and transfer pricing - coordinating external advisors and staying ahead of regulatory change.
  • You own payroll compliance - payroll taxes, filings, and the PEO/provider relationship.
  • You lead audits and reporting - annual financial statements, audit prep, investor updates and due diligence, plus the management dashboards and variance analyses behind strategic decisions.
  • You build and automate scalable finance processes across accounting, billing, payroll, and reporting - an AI-native operator who uses modern AI tooling to kill manual work and error risk, excited to build a lean, heavily automated finance function.
  • You bring 10-15 years including Big 4 / public accounting, deep US GAAP and financial-statement expertise, and hands-on US + international tax across multi-entity structures and complex reconciliations.
  • You thrive autonomously in a fast-paced startup - comfortable with ambiguity, extreme attention to detail, happy in the weeds. Bonus: you've stood up a finance function from scratch.

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