Corporate Controller

About the role

Karbon is preparing for the next phase of its journey, including the path to becoming a public company. The Corporate Controller is the person who builds the finance function that gets us there. You'll own the close, lead audit, run treasury, and - critically - define what an AI-native accounting function looks like in practice. AI is not a feature of this role. It is a core operating expectation. We are rebuilding how accounting work gets done, and this person will lead that transformation alongside the CFO. You'll be the technical accounting authority across the business and a key partner to the CFO on every major financial decision. If you've done this before at a SaaS company, ideally through a public offering, and you're energized by building something rather than maintaining it, this is the role.

Responsibilities

• Financial Close & Reporting
• Own the monthly, quarterly, and annual close end-to-end, including the general ledger (record-to-report and procure-to-pay)
• Prepare consolidated financial statements in accordance with US GAAP and SEC reporting requirements
• Serve as the technical accounting authority on complex transactions, revenue recognition, and required disclosures
• Lead AI-driven close acceleration - deploy automated reconciliations, AI-assisted variance analysis, and intelligent exception handling to continuously compress cycle time
• Build the KPIs, SLAs, and reporting that demonstrate the value of a high-performing, AI-augmented accounting function
• Commissions & Sales Compensation Accounting
• Own end-to-end commissions accounting in partnership with Sales and Revenue Operations: calculation, payout, accrual, and reconciliation
• Leverage AI tooling to automate commission calculations, flag anomalies, and reduce manual reconciliation cycles
• Ensure ASC 606 / 340-40 compliance on commission capitalization and amortization
• Partner with the People team and RevOps on plan design changes to ensure clean accounting downstream
• Audit & Compliance
• Lead all annual and interim audit projects as the primary contact for independent auditors
• Use AI-assisted audit preparation workflows to organize evidence, flag exceptions, and reduce audit cycle time
• Build and maintain SOX-compliant internal controls across financial reporting
• Document and govern accounting policies in line with US GAAP
• Manage international entity compliance across all operating jurisdictions
• Treasury & Systems
• Manage day-to-day treasury operations including liquidity, FX, and investment activity, in partnership with the CFO on strategy and policy
• Own the financial system stack - ERP, OTC, P2P - and drive its evolution to support scale and public company readiness
• Integrate AI-powered forecasting, scenario modeling, and cash management tools into the core finance tech stack
• Evaluate and implement procurement automation tools that reduce manual processing and improve spend visibility
• AI Strategy & Governance in Finance
• This is where Karbon expects the most differentiated leadership. AI shows up in every section above - this section captures the strategic ownership that sits above the day-to-day.
• Own the AI transformation roadmap for the accounting function - identify opportunities, build the business case, and lead implementation across close, reporting, audit, commissions, and treasury
• Define and enforce the AI governance framework for finance: human-in-the-loop review standards, output validation protocols, and escalation criteria before AI-generated results inform decisions or external reporting
• Act as Karbon's internal subject matter expert on AI in accounting - stay current on the tool landscape, evaluate new capabilities, and bring a clear point of view on what to adopt and when
• Partner with the CFO and FP&A on AI-powered predictive modeling, cash forecasting, and board-ready management reporting
• Set the standard for AI fluency across the accounting team - build capability, drive adoption, and create a culture where automation is the default, not the exception
• Business Partnership & Leadership
• Be the recognized technical accounting expert across the business and a trusted partner to functional leaders
• Partner closely with FP&A on budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and long-range planning
• Work with the People team on headcount planning and compensation analysis
• Mento

Additional Information

About Karbon Karbon is the global leader in AI-powered practice management software for accounting firms. We provide an award-winning cloud platform that helps tens of thousands of accounting professionals work more efficiently and collaboratively every day. With customers in 40 countries, we have grown into a globally distributed team across the US, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the Philippines. We are well-funded, ranked #1 on G2, growing rapidly, and have a people-first culture that is recognized with Great Place To Work® certification and on Fortune magazine's Best Small Workplaces™ List.

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