Controller

🕒 August 31

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🔴 Lead

⛔️ Financial Controller

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Surge AI

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2020

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

🔌 API

☁️ SaaS

💰 $25M Series A on 2020-07

Artificial Intelligence • API • SaaS

Surge AI is a company that provides high-quality training data and data-labeling solutions for machine learning teams. It offers an API-driven, SaaS platform that combines human-in-the-loop annotation, quality control, and tooling for collecting, validating, and managing datasets to accelerate model development and improve model performance.

📋 Description

• Own the monthly, quarterly, and annual close, driving faster, cleaner, more automated cycles • Ensure GAAP-compliant financials, with depth in revenue recognition for usage-based and milestone-based enterprise contracts • Own accounts payable, accounts receivable, billing, and collections, including enterprise-scale invoicing • Manage accounting for the global workforce, including contractor payments and payroll in partnership with the PEO • Design and implement internal controls appropriate for the company's stage, strengthening them as the company grows • Coordinate federal, state, and international tax compliance with outside advisors • Manage relationships with outside accountants and tax advisors, and grow the accounting team over time • Evaluate and implement accounting systems and tooling that scale with the business • Partner with the Director of FP&A on the handoff between actuals and planning so reporting and forecasting use the same numbers • Work closely with Legal and People on contract structuring, compensation, and compliance

🎯 Requirements

• 8+ years of accounting experience, ideally including time as an Assistant Controller or accounting lead at a high-growth company • CPA strongly preferred, with strong GAAP fluency and hands-on ASC 606 experience for enterprise revenue • Comfort with international operations, including global payroll and contractor payments across jurisdictions • Builder mentality: you've stood up processes and systems from scratch, not just inherited them • Self-sufficient and resourceful; able to figure things out without needing hand-holding • Clear communicator who can explain accounting judgments to non-finance audiences, including leadership • Hands-on builder who likes to get in the weeds