Controller

Basis

Controller

Full-time

On-site

New York, NY

$200K - $250K

What we're looking for:

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.

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

Dealbreaker

Work experience

Experience managing and executing an external financial audit from beginning to end one or more times

Soft skills

Willingness to perform hands-​on accounting operations as an individual contributor (monthly close,​ audits)

Miscellaneous

Ability to work in-​person five days a week in the NYC Flatiron office

Baseline

Seniority

6 -​ 12 years of experience as an accountant or controller

Work experience

Experience owning accounting operations in-​house at a high-​growth scaling company

Experience building accounting processes and spend systems from scratch (accounts payable,​ procurement,​ expense management,​ purchasing approvals,​ vendor commitments,​ spend reporting)

Experience standing up an accounting function or transitioning an organization from founder-​led or manual processes to a scalable well-​controlled function

Hard skills

Active CPA license

Technical accounting experience (financial reporting,​ revenue recognition,​ accruals,​ capitalization,​ equity)

Experience with workflow or process automation

Experience with financial modeling,​ forecasting,​ and investment analysis

What to ask candidates

• This role requires working on-site five days a week at our NYC Flatiron office. Are you able to commit to that schedule?
• Have you led or been through a full audit cycle from beginning to end? Tell us about that experience and your role in it.
• We're looking for someone who's excited to build and get hands-on rather than manage a big team right away. Can you describe a time you stood up an accounting function or built processes from scratch without relying on a large team?
• How many years of total accounting experience do you have and what's your background — public accounting/audit then in-house or a different path?
• This role involves using and testing AI tools to automate accounting workflows. What's your experience with automation or AI tools in accounting and what excites you about applying them to your own work?
• Can the candidate be on-site? If not, is the candidate willing to relocate?
• What is their salary expectation?
• How actively is this candidate exploring new opportunities?