Arizent

Controller

Arizent
Posted 10/19/2026full-timeNew York City • New York • United StatesSeniorLead💰 $180,000 - $200,000 per yearWebsite
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Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive expertise in accounting operations, financial controls, and revenue recognition, with a strong focus on managing teams and optimizing processes. Proficient in ERP systems and financial forecasting, with a commitment to improving efficiency through automation and innovative solutions.

Highest-signal resume keywords
10+ Years Progressive Accounting ExperienceRevenue Recognition ExperienceHands-On ERP ExperienceCPA PreferredProject Management Experience

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
ERPFlux

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Lead accounting operations and enforce rigorous financial controls
  • Report directly to the Chief Financial Officer
  • Manage the AP Manager, Accounting Manager, their teams, and offshore resources
  • Own the month-end close calendar, checklist, and completion
  • Review and approve journal entries, accruals, balance sheet reconciliations, AP transactions, ACH runs, vendor setups, payments, and wires
  • Perform trial balance flux analysis and maintain financial statement and general ledger integrity
  • Own the chart of accounts, entity coding, and account mapping
  • Oversee subscription revenue recognition and investigate revenue and deferred revenue variances
  • Manage cash, banking relationships, payment controls, liquidity, debt covenant compliance, lender reporting, and cash yield
  • Own capital expenditure budgets, multi-year forecasts, actuals, driver analysis, depreciation and amortization schedules, balance sheet forecasts, cash flow forecasts, interest projections, and tax planning
  • Support headcount, compensation, and organizational planning
  • Own balance sheet, debt covenant, and cash flow sections of monthly board reports
  • Explain period changes and budget-versus-actual drivers and provide accounting inputs to FP&A
  • Communicate directly with board members and manage those relationships
  • Administer stock-based compensation accounting, expenses, disclosures, and grant records
  • Coordinate with legal and HR
  • Develop accounting staff and allocate responsibilities across local and offshore resources
  • Serve as finance owner of ERP, AP, expense, and banking platforms
  • Lead ERP, AP, and travel-and-expense platform migrations
  • Apply AI to accounting processes with the AI and data team
  • Maintain external registrations
  • Build and manage the offshore accounting team
  • Support audits, tax provisions, and tax filings
  • Manage insurance, contracts, procurement, policies, and controls
  • Modernize accounting systems, streamline processes, and improve efficiency

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance
  • 10+ years of progressive accounting experience, including 5+ years as a Controller
  • Full ownership of month-end close in a multi-product and revenue stream environment
  • Revenue recognition experience with subscription products, including review of staff-prepared schedules
  • Stock-based compensation and treasury experience, including wire and payment approval authority
  • Balance sheet and cash flow forecasting from an income statement budget
  • Hands-on ERP experience; Sage Intacct preferred
  • Experience managing an accounting team through supervisors
  • Project management experience
  • Experience coaching and developing staff
  • CPA preferred
  • Subscription Information Media, publishing, or services background preferred
  • Experience managing offshore or distributed accounting teams across multiple time zones preferred
  • Interest in automating close and reporting workflows using AI preferred
  • Start-up or high-growth experience defining and transforming processes and workflows at a small to mid-sized company preferred
  • Self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced environment preferred
  • Experience with Sage Intacct, Emburse Nexonia, Advanced Excel, Google Suite, Claude, Gemini, Ramp, and Brex

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • $15K – $20K bonus
  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Disability and life insurance
  • Paid vacation, sick, personal, and mental health days
  • Parental leave and holiday pay
  • 401(k) program
  • Pretax transportation benefits
  • Fitness reimbursement
  • Inclusive workplace and Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)

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Hard Skills
Month-End Close OwnershipBalance Sheet ForecastingCash Flow ForecastingStock-Based Compensation AccountingTrial Balance Flux AnalysisFinancial Statement IntegrityVendor Setup and PaymentsAccruals and Journal EntriesDebt Covenant ComplianceCapital Expenditure Budgets
Soft Skills
Team DevelopmentCoaching and MentoringCommunication with Board MembersSelf-StarterLeadership
Tools & Technologies
Sage IntacctEmburse NexoniaAdvanced ExcelGoogle SuiteAI and Data Applications
Certifications & Qualifications
CPA Preferred
Industry Keywords
Subscription Revenue RecognitionFinancial ControlsAccounting OperationsHigh-Growth ExperienceOffshore Accounting Management