Vice President, Controller & Finance Transformation
San Francisco, CAFull-TimeDirectorAccounts / Finance
Skills
Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities:
- Accounting Operations, Control & Finance Transformation
- Provide leadership and functional ownership across the Accounting Control and Accounting Operations teams to optimize and scale transactional accounting workflows, general ledger control, and financial close and reporting processes
- Lead the post–go-live stabilization and ongoing optimization of Workday, overseeing and developing the Workday System Administrator as a core resource and business partner
- Embed accounting logic, controls, and validation rules into systems and data pipelines to reduce manual effort and risk
- Partner with Technology & Data teams on integrations, data integrity, and change management controls
- Explore and leverage AI technologies to enable more efficient and effective processes, while maintaining strong oversight and controls
- Drive adoption of best practices to support long-term system health and scalability and improve reporting capabilities for finance executives and business partners
- New Products & Growth Enablement
- Partner with Product, Engineering, Data and Business teams to support new products, revenue streams, and business models from concept through launch and scale
- Serve as the accounting representative in cross-functional growth initiatives to ensure accounting and reporting requirements are embedded early and scale effectively
- Financial Reporting
- Oversee external financial reporting, including GAAP financial statements and required regulatory, lender, and investor reporting
- Support audit readiness and the implementation of new accounting standards, as applicable
- Leadership & Collaboration
- Act as a change agent, driving a culture of continuous improvement and innovation across people, processes and technology
- Develop team members supporting accounting operations, financial reporting, systems, and transformation initiatives
Required Skills, Knowledge and Abilities:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or related field
- CPA license required
- 10+ years of experience in ERP implementation and optimization projects
- Combined Big 4 public accounting and fintech, financial services or other complex regulated industry experience preferred
- Demonstrated experience in accounting operations and financial close and reporting processes
- Major hands-on ERP project experience (design, build and optimization); Workday familiarity is a plus
- Deep understanding of U.S. GAAP, internal controls and financial reporting requirements
- Outstanding project & change management skills: Ability to manage priorities, meet deadlines, balance multiple initiatives and projects simultaneously, and motivate stakeholders to collaborate
- Demonstrated ability to partner effectively with cross-functional leaders to influence business outcomes beyond the accounting function, as well as externally with auditors and users of financial reports
- Entrepreneurial mindset: Self-motivated and eager to identify efficiencies, be hands-on to implement improvements, and champion change
- Exceptional organization, keen attention to detail and commitment to accuracy
- Excellent written communication skills including production of clear and concise process documentation
