Controller (US)

What you'll do

• Own the integrity of Basis's accounting operations, including the monthly close process, reconciliations, accruals, revenue recognition, and financial reporting
• Build and lead audit readiness from the ground up, designing the roadmap, organizing documentation, establishing controls, and preparing the company for its first external audit
• Design and implement scalable financial systems across accounts payable, procurement, expense management, purchasing approvals, vendor commitments, and spend reporting
• Apply an AI-forward mindset to redesign accounting workflows, determining where AI can own work, where human review matters, and how systems remain explainable and auditable at scale
• Serve as the internal owner of the Basis product for the finance function, interfacing directly with Product and Engineering teams to provide practitioner feedback and help shape the product roadmap
• Partner with an outsourced accounting team to manage day-to-day operations while focusing your time on building systems, automating processes, and driving toward a zero-day close
• Deliver clear spend visibility by vendor, team, category, product, customer, and cost driver, giving leadership accurate, timely financial information they can trust

What you need

• We need a Controller with 6, 12 years of progressive accounting and finance experience who has stood up or significantly built out an accounting function at a high-growth company. You should be comfortable owning the full close process, leading audit readiness, and getting your hands dirty as an IC, while also bringing a systems mindset and genuine curiosity about using AI to automate and improve accounting workflows. Bonus points if you have public accounting (audit) experience and a CPA.

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