Controller

The role

You will own the general ledger, monthly close, and revenue recognition. You will build the accounting function, implement an AI-forward ERP, and lead the company through its first audit.

What you will do

• Own the general ledger and the monthly close end to end
• Own revenue recognition under ASC 606
• Own the revenue and cost tie-out from delivery and billing data to the ledger
• Define cost of goods sold, variable costs and cost matching
• Direct the fractional accounting team on operational accounting
• Own stock-based compensation accounting and 409A coordination
• Lead the move to accrual-basis US GAAP financials and the first external audit
• Build controls and evidence for the first audit
• Automate the close with AI and agentic workflows
• Own tax compliance and income tax provision

Required qualifications

• Automation you built that replaced accounting work, with results you can quantify
• ASC 606 experience, ideally with services or usage-based revenue and acceptance terms
• Independent judgment on accounting policy, backed by memos that hold up with auditors
• Cost accounting experience, including cost matching for a contractor or expert workforce
• Advise founders on the accounting impact of deals and decisions before they are made
• Hands-on experience running a monthly close end to end
• A Big Four audit foundation and hands-on industry experience
• A builder who can go from a blank page to a running process without slowing the company down
• High ownership, low ego, and comfort with direct feedback
• Comfortable in a 5-day in-office SF environment

Nice to have

• Experience on the company side of an audit
• ERP selection or implementation, ideally an AI-forward system
• Income tax provision (ASC 740) or corporate tax experience
• SQL, Python, BigQuery or Claude Code
• CPA

Benefits

• Health Insurance: Medical, Vision, Dental
• 401(k) with Employer Match
• Daily UberEats Stipend
• Monthly Wellness Stipend
• Meaningful equity

About the company

AfterQuery is an applied research lab curating data solutions for foundation model development. They are based in San Francisco and serve frontier AI labs.