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Controller

Redwood City, CAOnsiteFull Time$225,000–$300,000 /yrPosted 25 days ago

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Required skills

  • close process
  • GL integrity
  • AP vendors
  • service providers
  • reporting architecture
  • automation
  • AI-assisted tooling
  • Big 4
  • controls
  • startup-paced environment

Nice to have

  • private family office
  • discreet organization

Role summary

A private family office is seeking a Controller to establish and manage its Controllership function. This foundational role involves owning the end-to-end monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes, ensuring GL integrity across multiple entities, and managing relationships with external accounting partners. The Controller will design and build out the function, optimize systems using automation and AI, and establish reporting rigor for FP&A and department heads. The ideal candidate has 12+ years of accounting experience, including 5+ years owning a full close cycle, with a background in structured accounting environments and the ability to adapt best practices to a leaner organization. This hybrid role requires onsite presence in Silicon Valley three days a week.

We are looking for talented professionals to be a part of a dynamic team. We place a focus on professionalism, kindness, integrity, and a high level of confidentiality, with the goal to deliver best in class service while providing a positive working experience for its staff.

About the roleWe are a private family office managing a diverse portfolio and operations across multiple entities and departments. We're building out a Controllership function to bring close discipline and GL integrity to a growing, complex structure. This is a foundational hire: you'll own the close process end to end and shape the team and systems around it. Due to the critical nature of the work, the Controller would be onsite in our Silicon Valley office 3 days a week.

What you'll own

  • Monthly, quarterly, and annual close — build and elevate the accounting cycle, checklist, the SLA and quality control steps
  • GL integrity across all entities — correct coding at the transaction level on a timely manner
  • AP vendors and other service providers — manage relationships with external accounting and finance partners, and hold them to a close timeline and quality standards
  • Function design and process judgment — shape and build out the Controllership function. Build structure where it's missing, adapt what's partially working, keep what's good
  • Reporting architecture — build the department/class structure and reporting rigor that FP&A and department heads rely on
  • Systems and process optimization — assess where automation and AI-assisted tooling can take manual work out of coding, policy audits, allocation and AP workflow; scope and direct specialist help where it makes sense

    • Who you'll partner with

  • FP&A on budget-to-actual alignment and department-facing reporting
  • Bookkeeping and treasury functions on transaction flow and cash operations
  • Legal and HR on classification, compliance, and vendor onboarding
  • External systems and implementation consultants on tooling, automation, and reporting build-outs

    • What we're looking for

  • Demonstrated experience owning an outsourced accounting relationship: holding a vendor firm or BPO to a close calendar and an SLA, through process, influence and collaboration.
  • 12+ years in accounting, including 5+ years owning a close end to end across multiple entities. Background spanning structured, full-scale accounting environments (Big 4, large corporate, or similar), with a clear sense of what good controls and process look like
  • Proven ability to right-size that discipline for a leaner, faster-moving organization — someone who knows the full-scale version and can adapt it to a startup-paced environment without losing the checks and balances that matter
  • Prior experience in a private family office or similarly discreet organization preferred, not required
  • Comfortable with ambiguity — building, adapting, and evolving process rather than working from an existing playbook
  • Strong communicator — able to hold external partners accountable and work cross-functionally with FP&A, Legal, HR, and department operators

    • Salary Range

    The Redwood City, CA base pay range for a new hire in this role is $225,000 - 300,000. Actual placement in range is based on job-related skills and experience, as evaluated throughout the interview process. Pay ranges outside Redwood City, CA are adjusted based on cost of labor in each respective geographical market. Your recruiter can share more about the specific pay range for your location during the hiring process.

    We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. We are committed to equal employment opportunities for all employees as well as providing them with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment.

    Employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the various locations where we operate. We encourage applicants from all ages and backgrounds.

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