Controller

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Prepare and evaluate financial statements, including balance sheets, income statements, and cash flow statements.

• Create precise and thorough financial reports for management and stakeholders.

• Assess and review the work of other accounting team members associated with the same client.

• Ensure the integrity of the general ledger by recording, reconciling, and analyzing transactions, with primary responsibility for final sign-off on the ledger.

• Analyze financial data and summarize financial status.

• Establish and nurture strong relationships with clients, serving as their main point of contact for financial issues.

• Provide due diligence assistance to clients during audits, fundraising, and M&A activities.

• Monitor, analyze, and report on key financial metrics, trends, and variances.

• Deliver accurate and timely financial information to client management for informed decision-making.

• Conduct financial analysis to support client business initiatives, investment choices, and cost optimization strategies.

• Carry out ad hoc assignments as needed based on client requirements.

• Develop and implement client-specific procedures to ensure the accuracy of monthly financials.

• Assist the Kruze Tax Team with state and local compliance, sales and use tax reporting, and year-end books for tax preparation.

• Connect and collaborate with individuals and foster trusting relationships in a virtual environment.

• Review, assess, and provide feedback to junior accounting staff on the quality of their work.

• Stay updated on bookkeeping, tax filing, HR standards, and other relevant government regulations.

• Submit, approve, and track maintenance projects.

• Participate in required training and internal meetings.

⛳️ Requirements

• A Bachelor’s degree with a major in Accounting is required.

• At least 8 years of corporate accounting experience.

• Experience in an accounting role within a multi-client environment.

• Strong understanding of finance, accounting, budgeting, cost accounting, and cost control principles.

• Advanced knowledge of bookkeeping and accounting best practices, U.S. GAAP, laws, standards, and state/national regulations.

• Significant experience with QuickBooks Online (certification is a plus).

• Advanced skills in spreadsheet software (MS Excel and Google Sheets).

• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities.

• Willingness to work core business hours in the local time zone (approximately 8am to 5pm local time).

• Exceptional attention to detail – capable of executing a high volume of nuanced tasks.

• Ability to work with a strong sense of urgency in a fast-paced environment with a diverse range of tasks.

• Enthusiasm for rapidly changing technology/software solutions that enhance efficiency and provide firmwide value.

🏝️ Benefits

• Fully Remote – We’ve fully embraced and invested in remote work, recognizing its benefits. Save time, reduce expenses, and lower stress. Our experience shows that remote work promotes a healthier work/life balance for our team. We gather once a year for an annual offsite meeting, but in-person attendance is optional.

• Flexibility/Autonomy - Need to attend an appointment, pick up your child from school, or just want to take a walk? No problem. As long as client needs are met and work is completed on time, you’re free to enjoy your schedule!

• Stability – While we assist startups, we are not one. We have been operational for nearly a decade, enjoying steady growth throughout that time. We avoid over-hiring and have never had to implement a reduction in force. Our niche service offering ensures that accounting remains essential to businesses, with a vast potential market for our services.

• High-Quality Colleagues - Our team is diverse, composed of experts in their fields, eager to support one another and our clients. We value each other as complete individuals.

• High-Quality Clients - We exclusively partner with venture-funded technology startups and early-stage companies that are developing some of the most exciting and transformative products and services globally! (We also maintain a “no jerks” policy; our clients treat our staff with professionalism and respect.)

• Purpose/Meaningful Work – This is not your typical accounting position. Kruze professionals collaborate with innovative startups that are disrupting their industries and creating the products and services of tomorrow. We take pride in our clients’ growth, additional rounds of funding, and eventual acquisitions by Fortune 500 companies.

• Professional Development – You will gain exposure to a variety of clients and industries, including SaaS, eCommerce, Healthcare, Biotech, Crypto/Blockchain, and Manufacturing. At Kruze, you’ll have the chance to learn multiple disciplines and work with a diverse range of high-visibility clients, helping you discover your passion.