Controller
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Controller owning first external audit, multi-entity close, technical accounting, and automation. Supporting Notabene’s infrastructure transforming money movement in the digital economy.
Responsibilities:
- Own Notabene’s first external financial statement audit for fiscal years ending January 2026 and January 2027
- Run the audit readiness assessment, build the remediation plan, contribute the technical view on firm selection, and own the day-to-day auditor relationship
- Own monthly, quarterly, and annual close across Notabene Inc. and Notabene GmbH
- Produce GAAP financial statements, consolidations, intercompany eliminations, and FX translation under ASC 830
- Write technical accounting positions and memos covering ASC 606, ASC 350-40, ASC 718, and emerging stablecoin payment revenue issues
- Own Tabs as the billing and revenue system of record, including contract configuration, usage data integrity, and the bridge from Tabs to the general ledger
- Build payroll allocation methods and a software development capitalization policy
- Design and implement controls over revenue, cash, procure to pay, and payroll
- Evaluate the accounting stack and automate rule-bound, high-volume processes such as categorization, reconciliation matching, usage validation, and collections follow-up
- Own AR and collections with a direct report, plus AP and payroll accounting
- Own US tax compliance with external advisers, including income tax provision and sales tax
- Coordinate Swiss compliance with local accountants
- Own checklists, policies, and reconciliations for external accounting providers
- Report to the VP of Finance and manage one direct report plus external providers
- Raise accounting policy, documentation, systems, and automation standards as the business grows
Requirements:
- Experience as a Controller, Assistant Controller, or Senior Accounting Manager at a venture-backed company
- Track record of raising the standard on process rather than just running what exists
- Experience taking a company through a first external audit, including specifically describing what broke and what was done about it
- Month-end close ownership across two or more legal entities in different currencies
- Deep, hands-on ASC 606 experience applied to at least one revenue model without clean precedent and defended to an auditor
- Detail-oriented accounting execution, including building the calendar, performing reconciliations, and working directly with the ledger
- Experience developing a small team or a single direct report
- Active CPA license preferred
- Usage-based or consumption billing experience, particularly Tabs, Metronome, Maxio, or similar preferred
- Public accounting background, especially audit, preferred
- Software development capitalization under ASC 350-40, including auditable time capture, preferred
- Experience replacing manual accounting work with automation and a clear view on what should stay manual, preferred
- Swiss entity experience, including CHF functional currency and Swiss statutory or VAT exposure, preferred
- Digital assets, payments, or regulated financial services exposure preferred
Benefits:
- Flexible Remote Work: Work from anywhere
- $1000 WFH Stipend: Use within your first year of employment
- MacBook Pro: Procured by you and your manager to find a model that meets your needs
- Unlimited PTO: We trust you to take as much holiday as you need
- Country-Specific Benefits: Statutory offerings and contributions, managed via our employer-of-record
- Equal employment workplace and affirmative action employer
- Inclusive hiring practices, including consideration of candidates without blockchain experience and candidates returning after a gap in employment




















