Assistant Controller

The role

As the Accounting Leader, you will own end-to-end accounting, including monthly close, general ledger, and financial reporting. You will manage revenue recognition under ASC 606 and handle multi-entity accounting for an MSO structure.

What you will do

• Own accounting end-to-end including monthly close, general ledger, and financial reporting.
• Work hands-on to close books, write memos, and build reconciliations.
• Own revenue recognition under ASC 606.
• Manage multi-entity accounting including intercompany, consolidations, and entity-level compliance.
• Drive the company to an audit-ready state and own the audit end to end.
• Leverage AI and automation to improve accounting systems.
• Partner with Sales, Legal and Finance on contracting terms, billing, revenue model and investor reporting.

Required qualifications

• 10+ years in accounting.
• Experience building and leading the accounting function at a high-growth startup or scale-up.
• Deep background in revenue accounting and ASC 606.
• Ability to apply GAAP revenue recognition to new business models.
• Experience managing accounting across multiple entities including intercompany and consolidations.
• Experience taking a company to an audit-ready state and running a financial statement audit end to end.
• Ability to perform hands-on work including closing books, reconciling, and writing technical memos.
• Experience building close and control processes.
• Use of AI and automation in accounting work.

Nice to have

• CPA preferred.
• Big 4 or national audit firm experience, ideally with technology or services clients.
• Experience preparing for a first audit or a SOC 1 / SOX-readiness program.
• Experience at an AI-native company, or at a company through both early stage and scale.
• Familiarity with revenue in legal services or other regulated industries.
• Experience with modern accounting stacks (e.g., NetSuite, Rillet, Campfire) and billing systems.

Before you apply

• An initial conversation about background and motivation.
• A structured exercise to understand approach.
• An onsite visit to the NYC office.

About the company

Finch is building the applied AI platform for consumer law. The platform combines AI agents and legal operators to reduce manual work and expand access to justice.