Controller, Notabene

• Experience as a Controller, Assistant Controller, or Senior Accounting Manager at a venture-backed company, with a track record of raising the standard on process rather than just running what exists
• You have taken a company through a first external audit and can describe specifically what broke and what you did about it
• Month-end close ownership across two or more legal entities in different currencies
• Deep, hands-on ASC 606, applied to at least one revenue model without clean precedent, and defended to an auditor
• You operate in the detail. You build the calendar, do the reconciliations, and touch the ledger
• Experience developing a small team or a single direct report

Desirable

• Notabene is planning on going through its first external financial statement audit, covering the fiscal years ending January 2026 and January 2027. You will own that process
• You will also own the close, the books, and the accounting policy for a two-entity, multi-currency business whose revenue includes subscription fees, usage-based transaction billing, and a payments network take rate that has no clean accounting precedent anywhere
• The accounting function is already substantially built. Close runs, the books are in order, and readiness work for the audit is well underway
• What we need is someone to own it, finish it, and take it through the audit, while raising the standard on policy and documentation as the business gets more complex
• You will be the most senior accounting voice in the company, reporting to the VP of Finance, with one direct report and a set of external providers
• You will not have a large team before late 2027, and that is deliberate
• Capacity here comes from better systems and better automation, and you will be the one deciding what those look like
• Audit. Run the readiness assessment, build the remediation plan, contribute the technical view on which firm we engage, and then own the auditor relationship day to day
• Close and reporting. Own the monthly, quarterly, and annual close across Notabene Inc. and Notabene GmbH. Produce GAAP financial statements, consolidations, intercompany eliminations, and FX translation under ASC 830
• Technical accounting. Write the positions and the memos. ASC 606 across three revenue models, ASC 350-40 for internal-use software capitalization, ASC 718 for stock compensation expense, and whatever emerges as stablecoin payment revenue matures
• Revenue and billing systems. Own Tabs as the billing and revenue system of record, including contract configuration, usage data integrity, and the bridge from Tabs to the general ledger
• Cost accounting. Build the payroll allocation method for people whose work splits across functions, and the capitalization policy for development work, so departmental margin reflects where effort actually goes
• Controls. Design and implement controls over revenue, cash, procure to pay, and payroll. Not SOX. Controls that operate, are evidenced, and can be walked by an auditor
• Automation. Evaluate the accounting stack and the processes running on it with a bias toward automation, including agentic tooling where work is rule-bound and high volume. Categorization, reconciliation matching, usage validation, and collections follow-up are the obvious places to start
• Accounting operations. Own AR and collections with your direct report, plus AP and payroll accounting. Employee onboarding and HRIS administration sit with People, not with you
• Tax. Own US tax compliance in coordination with our external advisers, including the income tax provision and sales tax. Coordinate Swiss compliance with our local accountants
• External providers. We produce revenue in-house, our Swiss accountants produce their piece, and our outsourced firm assembles the close. You will own the checklist, the policies, and the reconciliations, so providers execute against a Notabene-owned close rather than holding it themselves
• Within a year you are successful if:
• Notabene has a clean audit opinion on both fiscal years, with no material weaknesses and no second cycle on auditor requests
• The close hits its calendar consistently, starting with the revenue close landing on time
• Revenue recognition is documented in a written memo that stands up in fieldwork, rather than living only in the billing system configuration
• Multi-entity consolidation and FX translation run cleanly enough to survive audit scrutiny, with intercompany and CTA tied and supported
• Payroll allocation across departments and software development capitalization are written policy applied consistently, not judgment applied after the fact
• Key accounting controls are documented, operating, and evidenced
• At least two accounting processes that are manual today run without a person in the loop, and still hold up under audit