Controller

November 13

🏄 California – Remote

Although this job is listed in California, this company may be open to hiring remote in other states.

💵 $180k - $215k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🔴 Lead

⛔️ Financial Controller

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Numeral (YC W23)

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eCommerce • SaaS • Compliance

Numeral is a company backed by Y Combinator that offers an automated solution for sales tax compliance, targeting eCommerce and SaaS businesses. Their platform helps clients connect their businesses, monitor sales, register in tax applicable states, collect appropriate taxes, and remit them in a streamlined process. By automating and managing various aspects of sales tax registration, collection, and remittance, Numeral enables businesses to significantly reduce the time spent on these tasks to under five minutes per month. Trusted by leading businesses, Numeral provides a reliable, all-in-one platform ensuring timely compliance across numerous tax jurisdictions, simplifying the complex world of sales tax for its users.

2 - 10 employees

Founded 2023

🛍️ eCommerce

☁️ SaaS

📋 Compliance

💰 $500k Pre Seed Round on 2023-04

📋 Description

• Run a Best-in-Class Global Accounting Function • Own month-end close, consolidations, reconciliations, accruals, and variance analysis. • Maintain a clean chart of accounts, strong internal controls, and audit-ready documentation. • Partner with FP&A on accurate source data, reporting structure, and operational handoffs. • Improve visibility into spend, payroll, and vendor costs through well-designed processes. • Make Quote-to-Cash Airtight • Own revenue recognition, ASC 606 compliance, and deferred revenue schedules. • Partner closely with Sales, RevOps, Onboarding, and Engineering to ensure clean pipeline data and eliminate systemic Q2C issues. • Maintain a reliable single source of truth for ARR, billing, collections, and customer usage. • Lead International Expansion & Global Entity Operations • Stand up new foreign entities (EU, UK, Canada, etc.): accounting, statutory reporting, tax registrations, banking, and payroll. • Design intercompany agreements, cost-sharing arrangements, and transfer pricing. • Manage multi-currency accounting and ASC 830 compliance. • Build scalable playbooks as we enter additional markets. • Architect Numeral’s Financial Systems & Data Infrastructure • Lead planning and execution for our ERP migration, including chart of accounts redesign, data migration, integrations, and parallel close. • Own financial data integrity across Salesforce, Stripe, tax/usage systems, and the ERP. • Build the automation roadmap to replace manual work with scalable systems and workflows. • Evaluate future systems needs as the company grows 3–5x. • Lead Audit Readiness & Technical Accounting • Serve as the primary contact for our first audit. • Build and maintain tie-outs, memos, documentation, and support schedules. • Evaluate new technical accounting topics as the business and product evolve. • Establish and maintain financial policies including capitalization, impairment, expense recognition, and stock compensation. • Operational & Team Building • Oversee AP, payroll, procurement workflows, vendor onboarding, and spend controls. • Improve operational processes across Finance, Sales Ops, People Ops, Engineering, and Legal. • Build and mentor an accounting team as we scale — establishing structure, clarity, and operational discipline.

🎯 Requirements

• 7+ years of progressive accounting experience with significant ownership of month-end close. • Experience in a high-growth SaaS company, or similarly fast-moving and complex environment. • Strong grounding in ASC 606 and revenue operations. • Experience with multi-entity, multi-currency accounting and technical topics (ASC 830, intercompany, transfer pricing). • Hands-on experience with an ERP (QBO, NetSuite, Rillet, Campfire preferred) and financial systems integrations. • Ability to work cross-functionally and influence without formal authority. • Excellent communicator with a bias for clarity, ownership, and operational rigor. • CPA strongly preferred (or equivalent depth in technical accounting).

🏖️ Benefits

• Own the accounting function at one of YC’s fastest-growing companies. • Shape Numeral’s financial architecture from the ground up. • Partner directly with the VP Finance, CTO, CEO, and leadership team on strategic initiatives. • Build a scalable global foundation during a high-growth, high-ambiguity period. • See the immediate impact of your work across the entire company. • Enjoy a flexible, remote-first culture with autonomy, ownership, and trust.