Corporate Controller

The role

The Corporate Controller will own the accounting and financial operations foundation to support company scaling. This role involves building systems, processes, controls, and teams across accounting, financial operations, and finance systems.

What you will do

• Own monthly, quarterly, and annual close across a multi-entity organization.
• Lead consolidations and accounting across corporate entities and SPVs.
• Own technical accounting for revenue recognition, leases, fixed assets, and stock-based compensation.
• Lead external audits and build policies and controls for public-company readiness.
• Own Financial Operations including payroll, equity administration, cash operations, procurement, AP, billing, collections, and AR.
• Build scalable billing and collections processes for complex pricing models.
• Partner with Commerce and Engineering to translate product pricing into financial operations.
• Own and evolve the accounting technology stack and ERP implementation.
• Use automation and AI to improve team efficiency and accuracy.
• Build and develop the Accounting and Financial Operations organization.

Required qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive accounting experience with meaningful ownership of Accounting and Financial Operations.
• Operated as a Controller, Assistant Controller with significant ownership, or equivalent accounting leader inside a rapidly scaling company.
• Experience building an accounting function through meaningful private-company growth.
• Deep, current US GAAP expertise across revenue recognition, fixed assets, leases, stock-based compensation, and complex commercial arrangements.
• Personally owned a full close and consolidation across multiple legal entities.
• Hands-on experience across payroll, equity administration, AP, billing, collections, and cash operations.
• Led external audits and helped build systems, controls, and policies for public-company readiness.
• Experience implementing or scaling an ERP and surrounding financial systems.
• Strong cross-functional judgment and ability to communicate complex accounting issues to non-accountants.
• Ability to operate independently at high volume and build processes.

Nice to have

• Started career in Big Four public accounting
• Experience preparing a high-growth private company for an IPO or operating through the transition to becoming public
• Experience in AI infrastructure, cloud, data centers, hardware, SaaS, or another financially complex technology business
• Experience with usage-based pricing, high-volume billing, SPVs, equipment financing, or infrastructure-related arrangements
• Experience partnering closely with FP&A, Strategic Finance, or Capital Markets
• Experience building and leading accounting and financial operations teams through rapid growth
• CPA or equivalent accounting qualification

About the company

Gimlet is building the first multi-silicon neocloud designed for fast, efficient AI inference. They combine large-scale compute infrastructure with an execution platform that partitions AI workloads.