The Controller at PushPress will manage the financial operations, lead revenue recognition, oversee cash flow, ensure tax compliance, and build financial infrastructure as the company scales.
About PushPress
PushPress is the AI-powered gym management platform built for boutique fitness.
We are transforming how boutique fitness owners operate and how the entire $100B global fitness industry connects, transacts, and grows. Trusted by more than 5,000 gyms and 500,000 members, PushPress processes ~$1B annually.
We're a Series B company backed by Altos Ventures, StepStone, and Mucker Capital, and we're going all-in on AI. Our AI Assistant, AI Member Intel, and AI-powered reporting tools are already changing how gym owners and coaches operate. We believe AI should make the human side of fitness better, not replace it.
By embedding intelligence directly into the product, we enable boutique fitness owners to make faster decisions, unlock new revenue streams, and collaborate across a connected network. As more gyms join the platform, data compounds, intelligence strengthens, and the value of the ecosystem increases for every owner.
We are a global team of builders, operators, and fitness fanatics on a mission to level the playing field for independent fitness entrepreneurs. If you are ready to help reshape an industry, let's talk!
The Role
We’re looking for a hands-on Controller to own the financial backbone of PushPress.
We’re a Series B SaaS company navigating increasing financial complexity: traditional SaaS subscriptions, AI-driven usage-based revenue, a multi-layered payments business processing nearly $1B annually, and expansion into new geographies. Our revenue model spans subscription billing, platform payment economics, and emerging AI monetization, each with distinct recognition and compliance considerations.
As our first Controller, you’ll build on the foundational work the team has already laid out. You’ll have direct insight into company strategy to ensure you have the full context that goes into setting up our accounting infrastructure for the next phase of growth. While you’ll set the direction and own the process, you’ll also be in the details: closing the books, working through nuanced recognition questions, managing the order-to-cash flow, advising on product economics from a financial lens, owning cash flow forecasting, and rolling up your sleeves to get the job done.
What You'll Own
- Own the monthly, quarterly, and annual close process end-to-end with speed, accuracy, and clear documentation
- Prepare and review financial statements, reconciliations, and supporting schedules
- Build and maintain internal controls that scale with the business and hold up under audit scrutiny
- Establish the reporting infrastructure that gives leadership and the board clear, reliable visibility into company financials
- Own vendor COGS tracking and margin analysis across product lines, ensuring cost structures are well-understood as the business scales
- Lead the application of ASC 606 across subscription SaaS, AI usage-based revenue, and platform payment revenue streams
- Ensure the accounting treatment for payments economics is clean and defensible
- Partner with GTM, Product, and Engineering to ensure billing architecture and revenue data support clean recognition
- Own the full order-to-cash flow end-to-end, including how subscriptions and payments are created in Stripe, how invoices map to revenue, how settlements land, how refunds and disputes flow back, and how it all reconciles to the GL
- Stay ahead of how our revenue model evolves (new AI features, new pricing structures, new markets) and flag accounting implications early
- Own cash flow forecasting and management, giving leadership real, actionable visibility into liquidity
- Manage compliance with our debt facility, including covenant tracking, lender reporting, and maintaining a healthy lender relationship
- Partner with the leadership team on capital deployment decisions and ensure strategic use of the debt facility
- Own multi-state income tax compliance and stay current across all jurisdictions
- Lead SaaS taxability analysis and indirect tax obligations (sales/use tax) across states with nexus exposure, ensuring the company is correctly collecting and remitting where required
- Build the accounting and systems foundation to support international expansion, including GST, HST, VAT, and other indirect tax regimes as we enter new markets
- Own FX exposure tracking and multi-currency considerations as international revenue grows
- Stay ahead of new tax and compliance obligations as the business scales and new products launch
- Coordinate payroll, equity/options processing, billing, AR, AP, and cash management operations, ensuring accuracy and compliance
- Evaluate and improve the accounting tech stack to support the complexity and scale ahead
- Partner with data and engineering to ensure financial data flows are reliable, reconciled, and audit-ready; comfort working with or directing modern data infrastructure (Snowflake, dbt, Stripe) is a plus
- Drive automation where it creates real leverage and accuracy; identify where manual processes are creating risk
Financial Close & Reporting
Revenue Recognition
Cash Flow & Debt Facility
Tax & Compliance
Operations & Infrastructure
What We're Looking For
- 8+ years of progressive accounting experience, with meaningful ownership of the close, revenue recognition, and financial reporting
- CPA required
- Deep, working knowledge of ASC 606 applied to SaaS including subscription billing, usage-based models, and multi-element arrangements
- Strong understanding of the full order-to-cash lifecycle in a Stripe-based billing environment
- Experience managing or coordinating a debt facility, including covenant compliance and lender reporting
- Multi-state tax compliance experience, including SaaS taxability and indirect tax; comfortable building out international tax capabilities as the business grows
- Comfortable utilizing AI to automate workflows and create leverage and can speak to tangible process improvements
- Have navigated ERP transitions (QBO, Rillet, Campfire, NetSuite, or similar)
- High attention to detail paired with the ability to communicate clearly to non-finance stakeholders
- Comfortable operating in a fast-moving environment where priorities shift and ambiguity is the norm
Nice to Have
- Big 4 or public accounting background
- Experience at a B2B SaaS startup, ideally with SMB customers
- Exposure to payments, fintech, platform economics, or consumption/usage-based billing models
- Experience with multi-currency reporting, FX management, or international entity structures
- Prior experience building an accounting function from scratch or significantly restructuring one
- Familiarity with AI-driven revenue models and the recognition complexity they introduce
- Comfort with modern data stacks (Snowflake, dbt, Metabase) and financial data pipeline concepts
- Experience with Ramp, Bill.com, or similar modern finance infrastructure
PushPress is dedicated to fostering an inclusive and dynamic workplace. We’re all about leveling up, and that means we don’t tolerate any form of discrimination or harassment. We’re committed to provide equal opportunities, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability, genetic info, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic.
At PushPress, we’re dedicated to helping both our technology and our team reach peak performance. Whether it’s with your proactive approach, eye for detail, or drive to make a meaningful impact, we’d love to hear from you. At PushPress, we’re all about pushing boundaries and achieving new personal bests—come join us and be part of our fitness-tech journey!
Top Skills
Asc 606
Dbt
Erp Systems
Financial Data Pipeline
Snowflake
Stripe
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