Controller, Chainguard
$185-205k
Receive stock options upon hire and promotion. Plus, you can participate in secondary offerings and have 10 years to exercise your options
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Software supply chain security company
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Software supply chain security company
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
$185-205k
Receive stock options upon hire and promotion. Plus, you can participate in secondary offerings and have 10 years to exercise your options
More information about location
201-500 employees
Company mission
To make the software supply chain secure by default.
Role
Who you are
- CPA required; Big 4 experience strongly preferred
- 10+ years of progressive accounting experience, with at least 3–5 years in a leadership role; experience at a high-growth tech company strongly preferred
- Deep understanding of US GAAP, technical accounting, and SEC reporting
- Strong leadership, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills
- Analytical and detail oriented with a track record of streamlining processes and close cycles
- Proficiency with ERP and reporting systems - experience implementing or optimizing Quickbooks and systems like Netsuite
- Preferred: Experience in public or high-growth technology companies, navigating rapid scale, SaaS financial models, and evolving accounting standards
- If your experience is close but doesn’t fulfill all requirements, please apply
What the job involves
- We are seeking an experienced Controller to lead our core accounting and financial reporting functions
- This role will oversee the general ledger, month-end close, technical accounting, financial reporting, and more ensuring accuracy, compliance, and timely reporting. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, highly analytical, and experienced in managing a broad set of corporate accounting functions
- Lead all aspects of general ledger accounting operations and oversee monthly/quarterly close processes with flux analyses and reconciliations
- Manage financial reporting, ensuring compliance with US GAAP and internal reporting
- Enhance monthly/quarterly close process, automating where possible to ensure timely, accurate close cycles
- Provide expertise in technical accounting, including guidance on new accounting standards and complex transactions
- Oversee accounting for prepaids, accruals, capitalized software, and equity
- Manage tax compliance and reporting in partnership with external providers
- Establish, document, and enforce robust internal controls and accounting policies
- Partner closely with FP&A, Legal, IT, and business leaders to ensure accurate and timely financial insights
- Support external audits, including coordination with external auditors and preparation of audit materials
- Oversee ERP and accounting systems, driving system improvements, automation, and integration with other SaaS tools
- Mentor and develop the accounting team, building scalable processes and supporting professional growth
Our take
Developers rely on open source code and apps in their day to day work, but when the provenance of the code is unknown this creates potential weaknesses that cybercriminals can exploit. Chainguard exists to build security into the coding supply chain by making it possible for companies to enforce security policies based on auditable signatures baked into the code, and by providing a security-first set of container images with no known vulnerabilities for cloud app developers.
In the wake of huge cyber attacks like the Log4j vulnerability and Solarwinds breach, software supply chain security has been an area of major focus for startups hoping to solve problems in this sector. However, most of these focus on scanning and detection of threats. Chainguard's approach comes from the other end of the process, focusing on building security into the software itself. It was built by former Google engineers aware of software developers existing workloads, so is designed to be easily installed and integrated into existing automation systems like Terraform.
Chainguard completed a Series C funding round led by Lightspeed Ventures in 2024, minting it as a new Unicorn on the cybersecurity scene. It is using this funding to expand its go-to-market internationally and expand its Chainguard Images product.
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Insights
55% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Apr 2025
$356m
SERIES D
Jul 2024
$140m
SERIES C
Total funding: $612m
Company benefits
- Equity/stock options
- Unlimited PTO
- Remote work with flexible coworking and team meetup opportunities
- Home office and internet stipend
- 100% health/dental/vision insurance coverage for you and your family
Company HQ
Everest, Kirkland, WA
Leadership
Dan Lorenc
(CEO & Co-Founder)Before co-founding Chainguard was a Software Engineer at Google, Disqus and Microsoft.
Kim Lewandowski
(Head of Product & Co-Founder)Prior to co-founding Chainguard was a Product Manager with Google. Before that was the Head of Product & Engineering at Brit + Co and the founder of Spotwag.
Matthew Moore
(CTO & Co-Founder)Was a Software Engineer at VMware, Google and Microsoft.
Ville Aikas
(Co-founder)Was a Senior Staff Engineer at VMware and a Software Engineer for Google and the University of Washingtom. Was previously Owner at VA Systems.
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