Controller

The role

The Controller will take oversight of the outsourced accounting function and build the accounting infrastructure, controls, and team. This role involves running the monthly close, designing accounting policies, and managing revenue recognition.

What you will do

• Run the monthly close end-to-end including journal entries, reconciliations, and financial statements
• Design and document accounting policies, internal controls, and workflows
• Apply GAAP judgment to prepay, usage-based, and pay-as-you-go contract mix
• Own the full order-to-cash cycle from invoicing through collections
• Prepare for the first audit by building workpapers and managing external auditors
• Evaluate, select, and implement ERP and other systems
• Identify and adopt AI finance tools
• Hire and manage an in-house accounting team

Required qualifications

• 8 to 10+ years of relevant experience
• Big 4 or national firm experience
• Deep US GAAP expertise
• ASC 606 revenue recognition experience
• Worked with ERP systems and billing systems
• Integrated AI into work and build AI-first workflows
• Clear communicator
• Integrity and discretion

Nice to have

• CPA
• Experience at a high-growth startup
• Been through an ERP or other systems selection or implementation before

About the company

Sparrow is a high-tech, high-touch employee leave management solution. The company is headquartered in San Francisco but all employees work remotely across the country.