Controller

Join Simbe, a cutting-edge retail technology company, as our first Controller. In this hands-on leadership role, you will own and scale the company's accounting function, establishing clear ownership and processes, identifying immediate improvements, and building a scalable function to support continued growth. You will work closely with the COO, CFO, and Finance Director, serving as the primary authority on accounting matters. This is a unique opportunity to build a critical company function during a period of significant enterprise growth.

• Assumer la responsabilité de la clôture mensuelle, trimestrielle et annuelle, en travaillant initialement de manière pratique au sein du processus actuel et en l'évoluant vers une clôture fiable de 5 à 7 jours ouvrables.
• Établir et documenter des politiques comptables dans des domaines tels que la reconnaissance des revenus, l'inventaire, le coût des biens vendus, les baux, la dette, les bons de souscription, la compensation en actions, les actifs fixes, les logiciels développés en interne et d'autres transactions complexes.
• Diriger la reconnaissance des revenus et la comptabilité des contrats pour les arrangements avec les clients d'entreprise, qui peuvent inclure du matériel, des logiciels d'abonnement, des services d'implémentation, de support et d'autres obligations de performance.
• The right candidate will bring strong accounting judgment, operating discipline, and the ability to move comfortably between detailed execution and company-level financial leadership
• Experience with hardware, SaaS, subscription, hardware-as-a-service, or other business models combining physical products and recurring revenue
• Demonstrated ability to build accounting processes, systems, controls, and teams from the ground up
• Strong working knowledge of U.S. GAAP and the ability to independently make and document accounting judgments
• Experience evaluating, implementing, or operating within a scalable ERP environment
• Strong, direct communicator who can work effectively across Finance, Operations, Sales, Customer Success, Legal, and executive leadership
• Strong systems fluency, including experience with QuickBooks Online or a comparable general ledger, an FP&A platform such as Planful, accounts payable systems such as <Bill.com>, tax platforms such as Avalara, and payroll or PEO systems
• Demonstrated use of applying AI tooling to close, reconciliation, and reporting workflows
• Venture-backed, private equity-backed, or other high-growth company experience
• Experience with inventory, cost accounting, contract manufacturing, fixed assets, or other hardware-related accounting
• Meaningful experience with revenue recognition under ASC 606, including multi-element or enterprise customer contracts
• Experience owning or substantially leading the accounting function at a smaller, high-growth, or earlier-stage company
• 8–12+ years of progressive accounting experience, including meaningful leadership responsibility as a Controller, Assistant Controller, Director of Accounting, or similar role
• Experience leading external audits and maintaining an audit-ready accounting environment
• Multi-entity and international accounting
• Comfort presenting financial and accounting matters to the CFO and, over time, the Board
• Experience within a mature, at-scale accounting organization and a clear understanding of what strong accounting processes, controls, and reporting look like
• Big Four or other public accounting experience
• Active CPA license
• Experience with debt, warrant, equity, and stock-based compensation accounting
• Experience with robotics, connected devices, industrial technology, manufacturing, or enterprise technology
• Experience preparing a company for a significant financing, strategic transaction, or public-company readiness
• Experience implementing NetSuite or a comparable ERP
• We are looking for someone who wants to build, not simply maintain
• The right person will bring urgency without sacrificing accuracy, strong judgment without unnecessary bureaucracy, and the confidence to serve as the company’s accounting authority
• You should be comfortable operating as both a strategic accounting leader and a hands-on practitioner. You will be expected to understand the details, make difficult accounting judgment calls, establish standards, and create the processes, systems, and team needed to support Simbe’s continued growth