Forus
Controller
New York office. Posted 5 months ago
The role
You will own core accounting operations, including monthly close, GL, AP/AR, payroll, tax, and technical accounting. You will design controls, policies, and processes while implementing financial tools and systems to support company scaling.
What you will do
- Own core accounting operations end-to-end including monthly close, GL, AP/AR, payroll, tax, and technical accounting
- Design and document controls, policies, and processes of an accounting function
- Drive technical accounting decisions across revenue recognition, stock-based compensation, multi-entity reporting, and capitalization policies
- Evaluate and implement tools and systems such as ERP, AP/AR, payroll, and adjacent platforms
- Partner with Strategic Finance to produce monthly reporting packages, board materials, and investor reporting
- Work with Legal and Operations to structure contracts, pricing, and financial controls
Required qualifications
- 5–10 years of accounting experience
- Big 4 or equivalent audit experience
- Demonstrated experience implementing modern financial systems and ERPs such as QuickBooks, NetSuite, Ramp, Bill, Rippling, or similar
- Deep working knowledge of US GAAP, financial controls, and technical accounting
- Excellent written and verbal communication
Nice to have
- Experience standing up an accounting function from scratch at an early-stage or hyper-scaling company
Benefits
- Meaningful equity
- Fully covered medical, vision, and dental insurance
- Memberships for One Medical, Talkspace, Teladoc, and Kindbody
- Unlimited paid time off (PTO)
- 16 weeks of parental leave
- 401K plan setup
- FSA option
- Commuter benefits
- DashPass
- Lunch at the office every day
- Dinner at the office after 6:30 pm
About the company
Forus is building an AI-powered network that connects doctors, pharmacies, payers, and biopharma to accelerate new science to patients. The company provides support to doctors and patients to help them get medicine faster, cheaper, and easier.