Controller, Swayable
$140-170k
+ Equity
3 days a week in office (Williamsburg, NY)
Consumer opinion testing
Be an early applicant
Consumer opinion testing
21-100 employees
Be an early applicant
$140-170k
+ Equity
3 days a week in office (Williamsburg, NY)
21-100 employees
Company mission
To accelerate social and economic progress by making scientific insights instantly accessible to decision-makers.
Role
Who you are
- CPA required
- 5–8 years of accounting experience; a combination of public accounting (Big 4 or mid-size firm) and/or industry experience is a strong plus
- Deep technical accounting knowledge: GL management, accruals, adjusting entries, reconciliations, payroll, and financial statement preparation
- Experience at a high-growth startup or SaaS company, with direct exposure to subscription revenue, ARR/MRR reporting, and ASC 606 is a plus
- Proficiency in QuickBooks (Online or Enterprise); experience optimizing or migrating accounting systems is a bonus
- High attention to detail and strong ownership instincts - you find problems before they surface, and you build the process to prevent them from recurring
- Able to operate independently in a lean environment with support from external accounting vendors / teams
- Clear communicator who can translate financial detail for non-finance stakeholders
What the job involves
- We’re hiring a Controller to own the financial operations of a 50-person, venture-backed SaaS company
- You’ll be responsible for the integrity of our books, the accuracy of our financial reporting, and the day-to-day execution of our accounting function
- This role reports to the Head of Finance
- We work with an external accounting team that handles AR/AP, sales tax, and portions of month-end close - your role is to own and review their output, prepare adjusting entries and accruals, and ensure everything closes accurately and on time
- This is a hands-on role with real ownership and responsibilities
- You’ll be directly responsible for the numbers and continuously building processes to help scale
- The right candidate is technically strong, detail-oriented, and comfortable operating with the independence that comes with being the owner of the accounting function
- Review and oversee the external accounting team (e.g., AR/AP and month-end close functions) - ensuring accuracy and accountability to timelines and quality
- Prepare and post all adjusting journal entries, accruals, and non-routine entries that fall outside the external team’s scope; own general ledger and chart of accounts
- Own the full month-end close process - coordinating with the external team, completing internal entries, and ensuring books are closed accurately and on time
- Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements (P&L, balance sheet, cash flow) and deliver clean reporting packages to leadership
- Maintain SaaS and ARR reporting - tracking subscription revenue, churn, and recurring revenue metrics in line with ASC 606 revenue recognition standards
- Own payroll processing and reconciliation - ensuring timely and accurate payroll runs and proper recording of payroll liabilities
- Manage banking relationships, cash positioning, and daily treasury operations
- Lead the annual audit and tax preparation process, serving as the primary liaison with external auditors and tax advisors
- Own our accounting systems (QuickBooks and integrated tools) - ensuring data integrity, clean integrations, and a well-maintained tech stack
- Identify and implement process improvements that strengthen controls and increase efficiency across the accounting function
Our take
Campaigning, whether for a brand, a charitable cause, or a political office, is getting harder by the year. Siloed demographics, patchy data, and bad market research means many messages aren’t getting through - something that Swayable is looking to change.
The company essentially runs randomized A/B testing on campaign videos to see which is the most persuasive for their clients. Swayable pulls demographic audiences from sites like Facebook, Amazon Mechanical Turk, and Fiverr, and returns analysed performance results to its customers within 12-24 hours.
This kind of rapid-turnaround market insight is crucial for organizatinos looking to fine-tune their messaging. It won the company itself good business, too - Swayable began with Y-Combinator, and has gone on to score a remarkable slate of clients including the Biden Harris campaign, Amazon, Airbnb, and Paramount.
Swayable’s express commitment to truth-telling and fighting misinformation is a smart play in today’s climate. With an impressive team of physicists and founders at the helm, Swayable is in a strong position to continue winning big business.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
7% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Mar 2018
$0.2m
SEED
Feb 2018
$0.2m
SEED
Total funding: $0.3m
Company benefits
- Commission structure
- Equity options
- Full healthcare coverage with no employee contribution required
- Generous PTO and parental leave
- 401K
- Opportunity to support some of the most important storytelling and social change campaigns in the world
Company HQ
Midtown Manhattan, New York, NY
Leadership
James Slezak
(CEO & Co-Founder)Has founding experience with Win Back Respect, Purpose, Peers.org, and New Economy Lab. Along the way has also worked as a McKinsey project lead, and spent time in various director roles at The New York Times.
Valerie Coffman
(CTO & Co-Founder)Previously an NIST physicist, before moving on to found Feastie, and then taking up a CTO/Chief Science Officer role at Xometry.
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