Vice President Controller, Metropolis
$260-275k
Autonomous commerce platform for urban mobility
Posted today
Autonomous commerce platform for urban mobility
21-100 employees
Posted today
$260-275k
21-100 employees
Company mission
To disrupt traditional city infrastructure to empower the future of urban mobility.
Role
Who you are
- CPA certification with Big 4 or equivalent experience
- 15+ years of accounting experience, with at least 5 years in a high-growth industry environment preferred
- Proven expertise in M&A and post-merger integration
- Strong understanding of SEC reporting, SOX compliance, and IPO processes (preferred)
- Experience with real estate, property management, payments, marketplaces, and Software/SaaS accounting
- Demonstrated success in managing multi-location accounting and reporting
- Process-oriented mindset with a focus on streamlining financial close processes
- Exceptional leadership and mentoring abilities, fostering growth within teams
- Highly collaborative, detail-oriented, and adaptable to ambiguity and experimentation
- Strong communication skills, with a focus on clear organization and presentation
- Ability to manage competing priorities in a deadline-driven environment while maintaining precision and accountability
What the job involves
- The Vice President, Controller will be a strategic and operational leader, owning critical financial processes and ensuring the integrity of Metropolis’ accounting operations
- Reporting to the Chief Accounting Officer, this role will lead a high-performing team to drive financial excellence, compliance, and process optimization in a fast-paced, transformational environment
- Financial Operations: Lead financial close processes, revenue accounting (including SaaS), client reporting, contract compliance, cost allocation, and shared services (AR & AP)
- Insights & Collaboration: Develop actionable financial insights and collaborate with FP&A to provide timely data to operators and executive management
- Strategic Initiatives: Support corporate and business initiatives, including M&A, software implementations, and new business model integrations
- Team Leadership: Inspire and manage a team, setting goals, conducting performance appraisals, and fostering professional development
- Process Optimization: Act as a change agent, implementing automation to streamline processes and enhance operational efficiency
- Compliance & Audits: Lead compliance activities, including annual external audits, SOX, and SOC-1, ensuring potential risks are communicated to leadership
- Transformation: Drive process improvements in a dynamic and high-growth environment
Our take
Driven by computer vision and AI technology, Metropolis offers a seamless parking and checkout experience by turning cars into wallets. This eliminates the need for physical tickets and pay machines, allowing property owners to maximise the financial performance of their parking assets and offer a modern service to customers.
Metropolis aims to revolutionise parking by integrating future mobility solutions, such as autonomous vehicle deployment, charging stations, and eVTOL infrastructure. Its approach includes dynamic pricing to optimise revenue during demand surges.
Co-founded by Alex Israel, a former ParkMe founder, the company has expanded rapidly following a $167M Series B fundraise and partnerships with Premier Parking and Uber. The company's recent acquisition of SP Plus Corporation, funded by a $1.8 billion investment, positions it as a leader in AI-driven mobility solutions. As a pioneer in its category, Metropolis continues to push the boundaries of parking and mobility technology.
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Insights
7% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Oct 2023
$1.1bn
SERIES C
Jun 2022
$167m
SERIES B
Total funding: $1.3bn
Company benefits
- Equity options - We offer ownership opportunities through stock options
- Wellness benefits - A wellness program designed to support a variety of needs
- Health insurance - We subsidise high-quality health insurance coverage for full-time and hourly employees
- We subsidize high-quality health insurance coverage for full-time and hourly employees
- 401(k) match - Plan for your future with a 4% company match
- Parental leave - Receive support prior to, during leave, and as you transition back to work
- Time off - Unlimited PTO for salaried employees, and a generous PTO package for our hourly employees
- Paid holidays - We observe major holidays with company-wide closures, and double hourly rates for those who work
- Hybrid environment - Magic happens face to face, but we support a flexible working model
Company values
- We are innovators - Revolutionising an industry is not for the timid. We challenge the status quo and build remarkable products and services for the real world. We have the conviction to disrupt and drive innovation. We move fast and know that excellence is only achieved through agility and iteration
- We are owners - Progress is not inevitable; it must be forged by vision, determination, and a bias for action. We take ownership because there is no other room. We own our actions – we do what we say, we say what we do, and strive to be worthy of compliment in all things, big and small
- We are leaders - We are a product-led technology company – leading while others follow. We work in different cities and in different roles but we are all on one team. We value our diversity and challenge each other out of principle and with respect. We demand excellence in ourselves and of one another. We are building the future together and we’re just getting started
Company HQ
Downtown, Santa Monica, CA
Articles
Leadership
Alexander Israel
(CEO)Former Vice President & General Manager at INRIX. Co-founder and former COO at ParkMe. BA in Business & Economics at University of Puget Sound.
Travis Kell
(CFO)Former Senior Vice President at Winton Group. Previously Director of Hedge Fund Solutions at BlackRock. BA in Business at University of Puget Sound.
Courtney Fukuda
(Chief of Staff)Formerly hedge fund solutions group at BlackRock. Managed senior relationships with sovereign wealth fund, central banks and other major institutional investors. BA in Economics at Yale University.
Peter Fisher
(CCO)Formerly growth equity Investor at Transamerica Investment Management, BA in Political Science at Boston College.
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