Founding Controller
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- San Francisco
- Work setup
- Onsite
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Contract
- Experience
- 3+ years
- Category
- Finance
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- 8+ years of progressive accounting experience, including 3+ years in a Controller or accounting leadership role.
- Direct experience with usage-based, consumption, or hybrid subscription/usage revenue models — you understand the nuances of ASC 606 variable consideration, not just flat-fee SaaS recognition.
- Hands-on experience with modern billing/metering platforms (Stripe Billing, Metronome,) and ERP systems (NetSuite, QuickBooks Online, or similar).
- Track record owning fast, accurate month-end close in a high-growth environment.
- Experience building and documenting internal controls, ideally with exposure to SOX or audit-readiness initiatives.
- Strong GAAP technical accounting skills and comfort operating with ambiguity as processes are built from scratch.
- Excellent communication skills — able to explain usage-based revenue mechanics clearly to non-finance stakeholders, executives, and the board.
- A builder's mindset: comfortable rolling up your sleeves on day-to-day accounting while also designing scalable processes and systems.
- Passed a clean audit with a Big 4
Nice to have
- Prior experience at an early- or growth-stage venture-backed startup.
- CPA certification
- Experience with multi-entity and/or international accounting and consolidations.
- Experience integrating product/usage telemetry pipelines with billing and revenue systems.
Full description
Recall AI
RecallAI is a venture-backed, high-growth software company built on a usage-based (consumption) revenue model — customers are billed based on metered product usage rather than flat subscription fees. Our finance organization plays a critical role in translating that usage into accurate, defensible revenue, giving the business real-time visibility into growth as it scales.
The Role
We're looking for a hands-on Controller to own the accounting close, financial reporting, and revenue recognition for our usage-based business. This role is uniquely suited to someone who is energized by the complexity of consumption-based pricing — metering, usage credits, overages, true-ups, minimum commitments, and variable consideration under ASC 606 — and who wants to build the accounting infrastructure and controls that will scale with the company. You'll partner closely with the CFO, Revenue Operations Team, Sales, and Product/Engineering to ensure usage data flows cleanly into billing, revenue, and the financial statements.
What You'll Do
- Own the end-to-end monthly, quarterly, and annual close process, delivering accurate financials on a tight timeline.
- Lead revenue recognition for usage-based and hybrid (subscription + consumption) contracts in accordance with ASC 606, including variable consideration, minimum commitments, overages, and true-ups.
- Partner with Engineering and Data teams to validate that metered usage data reconciles accurately to billing systems and to revenue recognized in the general ledger.
- Manage relationships and integrations with billing/metering platforms (specifically Stripe Billing, Metronome) and the ERP/GL system.
- Maintain deferred revenue, unbilled receivables, contract assets and liabilities, and related revenue schedules and reconciliations.
- Oversee accounts receivable, accounts payable, payroll, and general ledger operations, including collections on usage-based invoices.
- Design, implement, and continuously improve internal controls and accounting policies as the company.
- Manage the annual financial statement audit, acting as the primary point of contact for external auditors The company will have their first audit with a Big 4.
- Some FP&A work on revenue forecasting and usage trend analysis, given the inherent variability of consumption-based revenue. Experience using Snowflake is important
- Ensure compliance with multi-state and multi-country sales tax/VAT obligations tied to usage-based billing.
- Help Prepare board- and investor-ready financial reporting packages.
- Manage the accounting team as the organization grows.