What You’ll Bring to the Team:

Reporting directly to the Sr. Director of Finance, you will lead the Controllership function, and help Florence scale efficiently and mature our finance stack. This individual is an Accounting Controller who can tighten controls, perform the close, own audit/tax, process payroll, and oversee billing & collections. You’ll lead a lean team of 2, partner with FP&A and RevOps, and leverage our finance tech stack.

You Will:

• Own the financial close: Deliver a reliable 5-day month-end close with high-quality reconciliations, variance analyses, and flux commentary.

• Revenue & billing (ASC 606): Oversee SaaS revenue recognition (subscriptions, professional services, reseller agreements), deferred revenue roll-forwards, complex contract reviews, and billing accuracy; partner with RevOps on order-to-cash hygiene.

• Taxes: Ensure sales/use tax compliance for U.S. states (and VAT/GST where applicable) via Anrok (registrations, nexus monitoring, filings, reconciliations).

• Payroll & equity: Own U.S and International payroll through Paylocity (multi-state, benefits, bonus, 401k); oversee ASC 718 stock comp accounting and cap table sync with Legal.

• Commissions: Administer ASC 340-40 amortization of sales commissions and policy compliance; verify commissions to be paid.

• AP, AR, cash: Oversee and automate further the P2P and O2C processes, monitor DSO/aging, unapplied cash, credit/collections, and treasury/cash 6 weeks forecasting.

• Controls & policies: Improve and formalize “SOX-lite” controls (segregation of duties, approvals, etc…), accounting policies, and a living controls matrix.

• Audit: Lead annual and interim audit; prepare PBCs, technical memos, and manage auditor relationships to on-time signoffs.

• Systems & Automation: Advance NetSuite (OneWorld, ARM, Saved Searches); maintain clean integrations with Anrok, Paylocity, Salesforce. Further automate processes by leveraging the system and saved searches. Maintain data hygiene.

• Team leadership: Coach a small team (GL/AP/AR + billing and collection). Set goals, create playbooks, and raise the bar on quality and deadlines.

• Business partnership: Work with Legal, People Ops, FP&A on forecast tie-outs and with RevOps on deal hygiene and collections.

An Ideal Candidate Is/Has:

• 7+ years total experience with progressive accounting leadership in SaaS background with companies between $50M-$150M ARR (or any other B2B subscription backgrounds), of which 2+ years in an (Assistant) Controller role, and preferred 2+ years of Audit/Advisory.

• CPA (active or inactive) required, undergraduate degree preferred.

• Strong U.S. GAAP technical depth, especially ASC 606 (Revenue Recognition), ASC 718 (Stock Comp), ASC 340-40 (Commissions); ASC 805 (Acquisitions); able to draft clear technical memos.

• Expert NetSuite user (ARM, OneWorld, approvals, workflows, saved searches) required. Hands-on experience with Anrok (or equivalent sales tax engine), Paylocity (or comparable payroll), and awareness of Salesforce (or other CRM), Carta (or similar CapTable).

• Multi-entity and multi-state payroll; exposure to international entities and indirect tax (VAT/GST).

• Proven track record delivering a fast and accurate close (≤5 business days) and clean audit; must be able to build scalable processes and controls.

• Manager who elevates talent, delegates effectively, and runs a crisp monthly cadence. Must be able to coach team members in GL/AP/AR and Billing/Collections.

• Excellent communicator who can translate accounting into business English and influence cross-functional processes (think sales, revenue operations, human resources).

• Proven ability to design and implement scalable processes with a pragmatic approach – has the judgment to know when structure drives value and when agility should prevail.

We’ll Be Extra Excited If You Have:

• Experience integrating finance tools (expense management, billing, data warehouse/EPM).

• PE-backed environment experience.

• Accounting due diligence experience.

• Post M&A accounting integration

• Prior Big 10/public accounting foundation (including accounting advisory).

• Present during a high growth phase 20%+ over several yea