Vice President Corporate Controller, Cockroach Labs
$267-353.4k
+ Stock Options
Cloud-native, distributed SQL database
Posted today
Cloud-native, distributed SQL database
501-1000 employees
Posted today
$267-353.4k
+ Stock Options
501-1000 employees
Company mission
Cockroach Labs' mission is to make data easy by providing an industry-leading model for resilience, horizontal scalability to accommodate fast-growing businesses, and the ability to move data close to business' customers, wherever they reside across the globe.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field
- Active CPA license required
- 15+ years of progressive accounting experience, with 5+ years in a senior leadership role (e.g., Controller, VP, or equivalent)
- Experience at a Big 4 firm strongly preferred
- Proven leadership in a late-stage private or publicly traded SaaS company
- Successful track record in IPO preparation and/or operating in a public company environment
- Deep expertise in US GAAP, ASC 606, and SaaS financial reporting metrics (ARR, NRR, CAC, etc.)
- Strategic systems thinker with experience owning enterprise finance platforms (e.g., NetSuite, revenue automation tools)
- Strong executive presence and ability to collaborate cross-functionally and influence at the board and C-level
- Global leadership experience and international compliance exposure are strongly preferred
- Demonstrated curiosity and awareness of finance innovation, including automation and AI-driven efficiencies
What the job involves
- Cockroach Labs is seeking an accomplished and strategic Vice President, Corporate Controller to lead and scale our global accounting function
- Reporting directly to the CFO, this executive will oversee all core accounting operations while shaping the financial infrastructure needed to support our continued growth and path to becoming a public company
- This is a highly visible and cross-functional leadership role
- You will be responsible for global compliance, financial reporting, internal controls, tax, treasury, and the design of scalable systems and processes
- You will also be a key partner to senior leadership on financial strategy, risk, and operational excellence
- Lead all global accounting functions including general ledger, A/R, A/P, payroll, revenue recognition (ASC 606), and international entity accounting
- Oversee the full close and reporting process, delivering accurate and timely financial statements for internal and external stakeholders
- Establish and maintain a strong internal control environment aligned with US GAAP and public company standards (SOX readiness)
- Drive financial systems strategy, including oversight of the ERP (NetSuite) and revenue recognition systems, with a focus on automation and scale
- Manage global tax, compliance, audits, and statutory reporting across multiple jurisdictions
- Own relationships with external auditors and advisors; manage 409A valuations, annual audits, and tax planning
- Lead treasury strategy, including banking relationships and capital structure planning in partnership with the CFO
- Collaborate closely with FP&A to ensure integrity of key SaaS financial metrics and business analysis
- Build and develop a high-performing, globally distributed accounting team with strong succession planning and leadership development
- Play a key leadership role in preparing the organization for an IPO, including public company reporting, systems, and governance readiness
- First 30 Days:
- Partner with the CFO to align on priorities. Deep dive into systems, team capabilities, and key financial processes
- By 60 Days:
- Build trusted relationships across the leadership team. Begin optimizing close, controls, and tax workflows. Initiate the roadmap for IPO readiness
- By 90 Days:
- Deliver a comprehensive:
- Three-year roadmap for accounting policy, controls, and compliance
- Systems roadmap focused on revenue infrastructure and automation
- Scaling plan for the accounting function to meet global growth and public company standards
- Reporting to Sailesh Munagala - Chief Financial Officer
Our take
Cockroach Labs was founded by a team of ex-Google employees who wanted to build a database management system similar to Google’s Spanner. The result is CockroachDB, an open-source distributed SQL database. It offers local or global scaling with familiar SQL, failproof fault tolerance, and guaranteed transaction consistency, and can be deployed across any cloud.
Maintaining full SQL compliance with global cloud capabilities will help Cockroach Labs take advantage of the wave of companies needing to scale their existing SQL databases onto the cloud. Cockroach Labs grew from a $2 billion valuation to $5 billion in under a year, proving itself as an enticing and approachable prospect in this developing sector.
It already commands a high-end raft of clients including Comcast, Bose, and Baidu - but competition is stiff, particularly with industry giants like Oracle and AWS. Its hope is that CockroachDB’s high failure tolerance and geo-distribution will provide attractively swift functionality whilst allowing customers to remain within their legal jurisdictions - and will prove pivotal in 5G use cases. Its success to date, targeted updates to ease network migrations, and its recent expansion into EMEA markets, suggest it has a strong shot.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
11% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Dec 2021
$278m
SERIES F
Jan 2021
$160m
SERIES E
Total funding: $633.2m
Company benefits
- Employee referral bonus + donation match
- Connect and Contribute days
- Flexible Working
- Spring Health and an Employee Assistance Program to provide free counseling and support mental health
- $2500 annually to support learning and development through workshops, conferences, and networking events
- We dedicate company time to bond over everything from trivia and karaoke to paint-alongs and fitness classes
- Flexible Time Off
- 100% health insurance coverage & One Medical membership
- Gym discounts & free Citibike membership
- FSA
- 401(k)
- 12 weeks of paid parental leave & $500 in baby bucks
- Relocation Support
Company HQ
Chelsea, New York, NY
Leadership
Spencer Kimball
(Co-founder & CEO)Worked at WeGo Systems as CTO for 3 years before joining Google as a Software Engineer for almost 10 years. Also, previous CTO of Viewfinder and Engineer at Square.
Peter Matiss
(CTO)Previously Software Engineer at Square, Co-Founder at Viewfinder and Software Engineer at Google.
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