Controller

Role Overview

• Prepare and analyze financial statements, including balance sheets, income statements, and cash flow statements
• Generate accurate and comprehensive financial reports for management and stakeholders
• Review and evaluate the work of other accounting staff working on the same client
• Maintain the integrity of the general ledger by recording, reconciling, and analyzing transactions, as well as having primary responsibility for final sign off on the ledger
• Analyzing financial information and summarizing financial status
• Build and maintain strong relationships with clients, acting as their primary point of contact for financial matters
• Provide due diligence support to clients for audits, fundraising, and M&A activities
• Monitor, analyze, and report on key financial metrics, trends, and variances
• Provide client management with accurate and timely financial information for decision-making
• Conduct financial analysis to support client business initiatives, investment decisions, and cost optimization efforts
• Perform ad hoc assignments as requested pertaining to client needs
• Create and implement client-specific procedures that help maintain the accuracy of monthly financials
• Supporting the Kruze Tax Team for State and Local compliance, Sales and Use Tax Reporting, year-end books for tax preparation
• Connect and collaborate with people and develop trusting relationships virtually
• Review, evaluate, and provide feedback to junior accounting staff regarding the quality of their work
• Stay informed and current with bookkeeping, tax filing, HR standards, and other related government regulations
• Submitting, approving, and tracking maintenance projects
• Required training and internal meetings

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree with a major in Accounting required
• 8+ years of corporate accounting experience
• Accounting experience in a multi-client environment
• Strong knowledge 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
• Solid experience with QuickBooks Online (certification a plus)
• Advanced proficiency with spreadsheet software (MS Excel and Google Sheets)
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
• Must be willing to work core business hours in their local time zone (approximately 8am to 5pm local time)
• Meticulous attention to detail – able to follow through/execute on a high volume of nuanced tasks
• Ability to work with a strong sense of urgency in a fast-paced setting with a wide variety of tasks
• A love of rapidly changing technology/software solutions that maximize efficiency and deliver firmwide value

Benefits

• Fully Remote – We’ve completely embraced and invested in remote work and know the benefits. Save time, save money, and decrease stress. Our experience shows that remote work fosters a healthier work/life balance for our people. We do get together once a year for an annual offsite meeting, but in-person attendance is optional.
• Flexibility/Autonomy
• Need to run to an appointment, your child's school, or just want to take a walk outside? No problem. If your clients’ needs are met and your work gets done on time, enjoy!
• Stability – While we serve startups, we aren’t one. We’ve been around for almost a decade enjoying controlled growth over that time. We don’t over-hire, and thankfully, we’ve never had to do a reduction in force. Our service offering is niche, accounting is essential to businesses, and the potential market for our services is diversified/vast.
• High-Quality Colleagues
• We’re a diverse bunch, experts in our respective fields, and eager to help each other and clients. We care about each other as whole human beings.
• High-Quality Clients
• We work exclusively with venture-funded technology startups and early-stage companies who are creating some of the most exciting and transformative products and services in the world! (We also have a “no jerks” policy; our clients treat our people professionally and respectfully.)
• Purpose/Meaningful Work – This is not your average accounting role. Kruze professionals get to work with innovative startups that are disrupting their respective industries and creating the products and services of tomorrow. Like proud parents, we derive vicarious enjoyment as our clients grow, get additional rounds of funding, and ultimately get acquired by Fortune 500 firms.
• Professional Development – You’ll gain exposure to many types of clients and industries including SaaS, eCommerce, Healthcare, Biotech, Crypto/Blockchain, and Manufacturing. At Kruze, you’ll have the opportunity to learn multiple disciplines and work with a wide variety of high-visibility clients and find your passion.