FusionAuth is a fast-growing startup CIAM company headquartered in Denver Colorado. With a great team and strong investors, we are expanding our team to help accelerate our growth and take FusionAuth to the next level. Our mission is to make authentication and authorization simple and secure for every developer. This means building the best CIAM (Customer Identity and Access Management) solution in the world. FusionAuth is scaling up its organization across all departments and is hiring in all departments, including Marketing. We are recruiting a Controller to oversee the accounting function and support the growth of the company. The ideal candidate will be a self-starter, fast worker and excited about growing a company from the ground up. The role will report to the CFO. We are open to full time US based candidates to work as a dedicated full-time employee. Most of our staff reside in the Mountain or Pacific time zone but we are open to any US location. If you are passionate about technology that solves real-world customer problems, and want to join a company that is moving the industry forward, FusionAuth is a perfect fit for you.
Description
The Controller will administer the daily accounting operations, financial reporting and related transactional processing requirements of the Company. The primary responsibilities of the Controller are to manage the accounting function, preparation of GAAP financial reports, complete the annual audit and own the accounting operations.
In addition to ownership GAAP reporting, the Controller will be responsible for working in conjunction with the financial organization to generate, analyze, and disseminate monthly budget versus actual analyses to stakeholders within the organization. The successful candidate must be dynamic and quick to react to a rapidly growing and changing business. Additionally, this role will be tasked with implementing and improving processes and systems commensurate with the companies growth stages.
This newly created role will eventually hire its team as the company scales. This role requires excellent communication skills and the ability to work cross-functionally with all facets of the organization and external parties
What You Have Done:
We are looking for someone that has done several aspects of this before for this critical newly created role.
Top 3 things you have done successfully:

1. Daily accounting operations such as routine GL close, payroll, billing, etc. for emerging tech recurring revenue businesses
2. Implemented processes and latest back office accounting operation systems
3. Completed full scope GAAP audits and financial statements, either serving as the auditor or being audited

Plus, other great strengths may include

• Great customer service minded
• been in growth recurring revenue tech startup companies;
• able to roll up your sleeves and getting things done in early days while also seeing the bigger picture;
• knowledge of SaaS business motions and associated metrics;
• Key prudent driver of modern back-end softwares for startups such as Carta, Ramp, Bill.com, SFDC, banking platforms and subscription management solution;
• a vision of what the organization needs 18-24 months out and can execute the plan to get there; and
• plus given to mountain or pacific time zones.

What You Will Do:

• Own the accounting and backend operations such as of billings, collections, purchasing, and payables
• Oversee and own the month-end close process
• Over time, provide leadership required to grow and strengthen the Accounting team, with a commitment to recruiting, training and mentoring.
• Be key contact to bankers, auditors, tax accountants, and other outside resources.
• Monitor revenue and expenses; coordinate the collection, consolidation, and evaluation of financial data, and preparing special reports as needed.
• Facilitate the preparation of financial statements and deliverables for the consolidated US GAAP audit, and statutory audits as deemed necessary.
• Implement controls, policies, and streamlined processes appropriate for an early-stage company and scalable to support a public company control environment.
• Plan, coordinate and own the annual financial statement audits and any statutory requirements.
• Streamline processes by leveraging software to automate where possible, and introducing additional software to provide a better user experience.

What You'll Need:

• Demonstrable experience with GAAP, financial reporting, audits and accounting operations
• 8+ years related experience; combination of public auditing and private company experience strongly preferred
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Business Administration or related field preferred
• CPA and / or audit experience highly preferred
• Knowledge of subscription economics and metrics a plus, but not required; we can train you on this
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and strong presentation skills
• Exceptional project management, planning, and budgeting skills
• A strong sense of urgency and ownership over projects and deliverables
• Proficiency in Quickbooks, CRM, banking platforms, subscription billing systems, equity solutions such as Carta, Ramp / bill.com etc.
• Comfortable in Apple Mac environment
• High-level of integrity and a humble ethical person

Compensation & Benefits:

• Wonderful teammates, a fun company and great career path opportunities the companies rapidly grows
• Comprehensive medical, dental & vision plans
• 401k with employer match
• Flexible spending account (FSA)
• Equity
• Paid Holidays & Flexible Time Off
• $125k-$175k expected base salary range*

* Pursuant to various state laws, we must display the pay range for this job. Since we are willing to hire within a broad spectrum of qualifications, we also reflect a broad pay range. The expected base salary range that we are targeting for this position can be adjusted up or down based on individual qualifications. Individual salary is determined by qualifications, role, level and location.
FusionAuth provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
Please note: FusionAuth does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the event of a recruiter or agency submitting a resume or candidate without a signed agreement being in place, we explicitly reserve the right to pursue and hire such candidates without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted directly to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of FusionAuth.