Hiring: Controller Company: Vast.ai Location: Los Angeles, CA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-17 11:50:42 Employment Type: Full-time / On-site Target Skills & Keywords : Data Warehouse, SQL, SaaS, Stripe, Vendor Management About the job Experience: •8+ years in accounting and finance, including 2+ years at Controller, Assistant Controller, or equivalent senior accounting leadership level in a high-growth company. •12 years of total accounting and finance experience, including time as the first or most senior in-house accounting leader at a high-growth company. Required Skills: •Lead GAAP conversion and audit readiness. Own the transition from cash to accrual accounting, establish GAAP-compliant financial statements and supporting policies, and prepare the company for its first audit in coordination with external advisors. •Own the close and accounting operations. Run the monthly close and core finance operations, including accounts receivable and collections, accounts payable and vendor management, payroll, reconciliations, approval workflows, and close documentation. •Build marketplace revenue accounting. Own accounting for usage-based, multi-party marketplace transactions, including ASC 606 analysis, gross-versus-net principal-agent conclusions, customer credits, refunds, chargebacks, deferred revenue, host/provider payouts, payment processor reconciliations, and unit-economics reporting. •Design payout and cash controls. Create reliable controls over customer funds, host payouts, credits, disputes, fraud adjustments, bank activity, and the reconciliation of product, billing, payments, payout, and general ledger data. •Lead tax and compliance operations. Manage outside tax specialists and internal stakeholders for all tax related matters. •Stand up systems and controls. Select, implement, or improve the finance stack across ERP, billing-to-cash, AP automation, payout tooling, tax engines, payroll, equity administration, and reporting. •Own financial reporting and planning inputs. Run monthly financial reporting, cash visibility, actuals analysis, and operating metrics. Partner with the COO and fractional CFO on the quarterly forecast, annual budget, board and investor reporting, and equity and stock-based-compensation accounting, including ASC 718 and 409A coordination. •Partner cross-functionally. Work closely with engineering, product, data, legal, and operations to translate product and transaction logic into accounting policies, financial controls, and scalable reporting. Qualifications: •Public-accounting experience at a Big 4, national, or top regional firm, paired with in-house operating experience. •10–12 years of total accounting and finance experience, including time as the first or most senior in-house accounting leader at a high-growth company. •Hands-on experience leading or co-leading a cash-to-accrual conversion and first-audit readiness process. •Marketplace-facilitator analysis, international VAT and GST exposure, host/provider withholding, and 1099 and 1042-S information reporting experience. •Demonstrated use of AI and automation tooling in finance operations, especially AP automation, close management, reconciliations, exception review, or payout workflows. •Equity and stock-based-compensation accounting experience, including ASC 718 and 409A coordination. •Comfort working with SQL, data warehouses, BI tools, or product analytics teams to reconcile operational events to financial reporting. •This is a full-time on-site role based in Los Angeles. The role requires close collaboration with the COO, founders, engineering, product, data, and operations teams, especially during close, systems implementation, audit-readiness, and tax-compliance buildout. •45 minutes: Deep dive into Vast.ai’s business model, financials, and your background, virtual. •60 minutes: Structured technical case covering revenue recognition, marketplace reconciliations, and monthly financial reporting. Compensation: •$200,000 - $275,000 / year •Comprehensive health, dental, vision, and life insurance Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!