Controller

Radley Green Ltd; New York (NY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Radley Green is partnering a fast-growing AI native business seeking a Controller to redesign finance workflows with AI and lead the function from inception. You will own the monthly close, drive reconciliations and reporting, and manage an outsourced team while expanding scalable systems across AP, procurement and expenses.

The role emphasizes building processes, approaching the first external audit, and delivering zero-day close with collaboration from Product and ML engineers.

Qualifications

• CPA qualification with auditing depth.
• 3–5 years of public accounting experience (audit).
• Experience building or significantly scaling an accounting function in a high-growth company.
• Confident owning the full month-end close and leading audits.
• Startup experience preferred, but strong candidates from larger companies welcome.
• Interest in using AI to automate finance processes.

Responsibilities

• Own the monthly close, reconciliations, accruals, revenue recognition and financial reporting.
• Lead audit readiness from scratch: roadmap, documentation, controls and first external audit.
• Build scalable systems across AP, procurement, expenses, purchasing approvals, vendor commitments and spend reporting.
• Redesign workflows with AI to decide where automation applies and maintain explainability.
• Act as finance's internal customer of the product, providing feedback to Product and Engineering.
• Oversee outsourced accounting team and focus on systems, automation and zero-day close.
• Provide leadership with clear spend visibility by vendor, team, category and cost driver.

Skills

CPA Qualified

Public accounting (audit)

Scaling accounting function

Month-end close

Audit readiness

AI in finance

Startup experience

Education

Certified Public Accountant

Job description

Location – New York

Radley Green is partnering a fast-growing AI native business that went from seed to a $1B+ valuation in under three years, recently closed a large funding round, and is backed by tier-one VCs and well-known tech angels.

Why this role stands out

• Be the Controller at a company that is at the forefront of building AI tech - This isn't a standard Controller seat. You'll use the company's own AI to rebuild finance workflows: redesigning the close, automating reconciliations and pushing towards a zero-day close. Very few companies anywhere can offer this.


• Build the function from the ground up. You'll stand up the accounting function, take the business through its first external audit, and put in systems that scale. An outsourced accounting team handles execution, and you'll have room to hire as the company grows.


• Work with a team of accountants who get what you do. Product teams pair accountants with ML engineers to test agent quality. You'll work with them, give direct product feedback and speak to customers. It's an unusually collegial setting for a Controller.


• Get a front-row seat on a steep trajectory. This is one of the most significant AI applications in the economy, at a company growing very fast.

What you'll do

• Own the monthly close, reconciliations, accruals, revenue recognition and financial reporting


• Lead audit readiness from scratch: roadmap, documentation, controls and first external audit


• Build scalable systems across AP, procurement, expenses, purchasing approvals, vendor commitments and spend reporting


• Redesign workflows with AI: decide where AI owns the work, where human review matters, and how to keep it all explainable and auditable


• Act as finance's internal \"customer\" of the product, feeding back to Product and Engineering and helping shape the road map


• Manage the outsourced team day to day while you focus on systems, automation and a zero-day close


• Give leadership clear spend visibility by vendor, team, category, product, customer and cost driver

What they're looking for

• CPA Qualified


• Progressive accounting and finance experience, including 3–5 years in public accounting (audit)


• Has built or significantly scaled an accounting function in a high-growth business


• Confident owning the full month-end close and leading audits


• Hands-on and happy to be an IC: this isn't a role for building a big team


• Thinks in systems and is curious about using AI to automate. A self-learner and tinkerer.


• Startup experience preferred, but strong candidates from larger companies are welcome


• A steep career path so far. They're not looking for a long-serving Controller, but for someone ready to lead and build.

This is a world-class role for a Controller with a Public Accounting background and subsequent experience building out a finance function, systems and processes for a high growth business.