Controller, Netlify
$170-230k
Unified code automation platform for websites and apps
Be an early applicant
Unified code automation platform for websites and apps
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
$170-230k
201-500 employees
Company mission
To make sure the web changes for the better.
Role
Who you are
- Meaningful accounting leadership experience, ideally blending public accounting and in-house operational roles at high-transaction, product-led SaaS companies
- Strong understanding of U.S. GAAP, tax compliance, revenue recognition, and how to apply accounting principles across systems and processes
- Hands-on exposure to financial systems like NetSuite, Orb, or Zuora, and confidence working with large datasets in tools like Excel or Snowflake
- Proven ability to adapt in high-growth, evolving environments, bringing structure without overengineering and helping the business scale efficiently
- Experience documenting accounting policies, maintaining internal controls, and contributing to audit readiness
- Curiosity and systems thinking: interested in learning how tools, workflows, and even lightweight internal app-building can drive business impact
- A collaborative and proactive working style, with a track record of partnering cross-functionally to support deal structure, billing, and revenue processes
- A thoughtful approach to leadership and able to build and support inclusive, high-performing teams while operating independently when needed
- We welcome candidates based in North America for this position
- This Role is a Great Fit If:
- You’re energized by building and refining, whether it’s improving workflows, evolving systems, or documenting processes that help others move faster
- You enjoy applying your accounting expertise to new and nuanced challenges, especially in a product-led, high-volume environment
- You’re excited by the potential of AI and internal app-building, and you see opportunities to experiment with automation or lightweight tools to reduce friction
- You feel confident navigating ambiguity and are excited to help shape how things are done
- You’re naturally curious and motivated to learn, especially when it comes to systems, tooling, and understanding how things connect across the business
- You thrive in collaborative environments and enjoy building relationships across teams like Sales, Customer Success, and RevOps
- You’re drawn to roles where finance plays a strategic role, not just one that reports the numbers
- You prefer working with a team that supports one another, shares wins, and believes in progress over perfection
What the job involves
- Netlify’s Finance & Accounting team plays a pivotal role in enabling strategic decision-making and long-term growth
- As stewards of financial integrity, the team ensures accurate reporting, scalable systems, and operational excellence
- The Controller role exists to support this transformation: leading key accounting processes, collaborating cross-functionally, and helping drive our path to audit readiness and financial maturity
- Own and manage all compliance-related functions, including payroll, procurement, billing, collections, tax, treasury, and audit, ensuring rigorous adherence to evolving standards
- Partner cross-functionally with teams like Sales, Customer Success, Procurement, and RevOps to proactively support contract structure, billing, and revenue processes with clarity and accountability
- Prepare and review financial reports, including statutory filings, while building collaborative relationships with external auditors and internal teams across regions
- Identify opportunities to streamline finance workflows through tooling, lightweight internal app development, or AI-powered solutions, bringing a curious and systems-minded approach to how we scale
- Drive scalable, inclusive process improvements across the order-to-cash and payables cycles, balancing structure with flexibility to meet the needs of a high-volume, product-led SaaS environment
- Leverage and adapt financial systems such as NetSuite, Orb, and Airbase, with openness to exploring new tools or building lightweight internal applications to reduce manual work and increase efficiency
- Maintain audit readiness and ongoing compliance with evolving US GAAP, tax, and jurisdictional standards, helping ensure financial integrity and operational clarity
- Contribute to strategic initiatives, including tooling evaluations and deeper use of systems like Snowflake to support thoughtful, data-informed decision-making
- Foster a culture of curiosity and continuous learning, surfacing insights from customer and transactional data, identifying trends, and collaborating on solutions that help move the business forward
- Collaborate closely with the CFO and cross-functional teams to drive finance transformation, focusing on improving workflows, implementing systems, and advancing automation in an inclusive and scalable way
Application process
- When applying please include:
- A resume or short listing of your job history & skills (link to a LinkedIn profile would be fine)
- We appreciate a cover letter explaining why you would enjoy working in this role at Netlify to get to know you a bit better, though this is not required and will not impact your application
Our take
Servers have been essential to web development since the rise of the internet, but advancements in online infrastructure are causing them to become antiquated. This has resulted in a demand for an alternative to servers that is easier to deploy and scale on today’s web.
Netlify provides a platform that takes care of back end infrastructure for front end developers. The technology uses a new server architecture named Jamstack which migrates development functionality to a web browser. As a result, websites can be rendered directly through API microservices instead of calling servers.
Netlify aims to cut costs and save time by removing the necessity for a server within a client’s stack. The company has more than 4 million developers, and continues to focus on scaling its enterprise customers which stands at over 475 and currently includes Google, Facebook and Unilever.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-13% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Dec 2021
$105m
SERIES D
Mar 2020
$53m
SERIES C
Total funding: $214.1m
Company benefits
- We offer full benefits including flexible time off, sponsored mental health resources, at least 16 weeks of parental leave, $2k/yearly learning and development allowance, 401k, and more
- Build out a home office with a generous starting stipend. Expense your internet, cell phone, or co-working membership within a monthly allowance
- We are a distributed culture but we also like to get together and meet! Netli-meet your coworkers at annual team offsites and all hands
Company HQ
Financial District, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Christian Bach
(CCO & CSO)Editor, Lineproducer & Researcher at Winston ApS. Was CEO & Owner of CAPSIZE products ApS. Was Partner & CDO at CONNECTED A/S. Jury member of the Danish Digital Award.
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