Controller

Ruxlo; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Ruxlo LLC seeks an experienced Controller to own the monthly, quarterly and annual closes for two entities: Ruxlo LLC (SaaS) and Arnhem Inc. You will manage Pilot, oversee accrual GAAP reporting, and establish robust controls for a growing finance function in Manasquan, NJ.

Responsibilities include SaaS KPI reporting, multi-entity accounting, payroll and equity records, and coordination with external CPAs/auditors. Strong GAAP, ASC 606, and ERP experience preferred.

Qualifications

• At least 7 years of progressive accounting experience, including controller experience at a SaaS company.
• CPA preferred; public accounting experience is a plus.
• SaaS accounting: ASC 606, deferred-revenue, ARR, churn, net revenue retention, CAC and LTV.
• Multi-entity accounting with intercompany and related-party transactions.
• Hands-on inventory accounting: valuation and COGS.
• Strong QuickBooks Online skills; experience with an ERP migration is a plus.
• Experience managing outsourced bookkeeping/ accounting firms and working with external CPAs/auditors.
• Willingness to use AI tools to speed reconciliation, reporting and analysis.
• Onsite availability 4 days/week in Manasquan, NJ.

Responsibilities

• Own the monthly, quarterly and annual close for Ruxlo LLC and Arnhem Inc., ensuring accrual-based GAAP statements.
• Manage Pilot relationship: set expectations, review work, fix recurring issues.
• Report SaaS KPIs: MRR, ARR, churn, net revenue retention, CAC, LTV, gross margin, burn and runway.
• Own payroll accounting, benefits accruals and equity compensation records with HR/PEO; multi-state payroll tax.
• Design and implement internal controls; tighten them as the team grows; ensure timely filings.
• Manage cash, forecasting and system planning (QuickBooks Online today).
• Coordinate with outside CPAs/auditors and lenders; ensure clean consolidation where applicable.

Skills

SaaS accounting

GAAP knowledge

Accrual accounting

Multi-entity accounting

Inventory accounting

AI tools usage

Internal controls

Decision making

Education

CPA preferred

Tools

QuickBooks Online

Job description

About Ruxlo

LinkedIn is your professional network. Facebook and Instagram are your social networks.

Ruxlo is your home's network.

Your home. Your neighborhood. Your town.

Ruxlo benefits everyone involved in real estate.

Builders, architects, contractors and realtors do work that is quickly forgotten. A lawn sign stays up for a month or two, and after that no one knows who did the work. We're replacing that with one durable digital record attached to the parcel itself. Work is recorded by the professional who did it and confirmed by the owner who paid for it. When the house sells, the record stays. Think Carfax for homes.

Around the property is your neighborhood, where you can comfortably connect and communicate with neighbors through the Ruxlo app, see other property profiles and ask about the contractors your neighbors used. Further out is your town, where you choose the notifications you want, such as recycling, bulk waste pickup, farmers markets or any other event the town sponsors.

Underneath all of it, is our database of 150 million properties, users can leverage AI natural language search to get the information they are looking for quickly.

We're backed by an experienced SaaS founder and CEO who bootstrapped and exited a GovTech SaaS company in early 2026. We've assembled a fantastic team and have a unique opportunity to help define a category at the intersection of AI, data and real estate, the largest asset class in the country.

The Role

We're hiring our first Controller. You'll report to Michael Bonner, our CEO, and own the books for two businesses under common ownership: Ruxlo, an early-stage SaaS company, and Arnhem Inc., an established food ingredient business with inventory, customers and vendors. Each keeps its own books on an accrual basis, and you are responsible for both.

Day-to-day bookkeeping for Ruxlo is currently handled by Pilot, our outsourced bookkeeping firm, and you'll own that relationship: directing their work, reviewing what they produce and holding them to a high standard. Beyond Pilot, there is no in-house accounting team, so you'll step in hands-on whenever the work needs it. Some of the books you take over need cleanup before they can be trusted, and that work comes first. The close cadence, controls and reporting structure are largely still to be built, and you'll build them.

The seat owns the accuracy of the books and the processes behind them. It does not own fundraising or financial strategy, which sit with the founder and outside advisors, though your numbers are what both rely on. We measure success by whether the numbers can be trusted, not by volume of activity. The Controller who succeeds here closes every entity on a predictable schedule, keeps each set of books standing on its own, gets filings out on time, and hands a lender, investor or buyer financials that hold up on the first pass.

What's hard: two sets of books, one person, and books that need repair before they can be trusted. If that sounds like the appeal rather than the warning, we should talk.

What You'll Own

Ruxlo LLC

• - Own the monthly, quarterly and annual close: reconciliations, accruals, close checklists, and accrual-basis GAAP statements on a predictable schedule.
• - Manage the relationship with Pilot, our outsourced bookkeeping firm: set expectations and deadlines, review and approve their work at each close, and fix recurring issues at the source.
• - Calculate and report the SaaS KPIs leadership runs the business on, including MRR and ARR, churn, net revenue retention, customer acquisition cost, lifetime value, gross margin, burn and runway, with definitions that stay consistent from month to month.
• - Own subscription revenue recognition and deferred revenue under ASC 606, and keep historical statements and schedules that hold up when investors run diligence.
• - Own payroll accounting, benefits accruals and equity compensation records with HR and our PEO, including multi-state payroll tax.
• - Design and run controls suited to a small team, including payment approval, vendor-change verification and separation of duties, and tighten them as the company grows.
• - Manage cash and forecasting.
• - Plan our systems: QuickBooks Online today, and a decision on when it stops being enough.

Arnhem Inc.

• - Own the monthly, quarterly and annual close on an accrual basis, moving any books still kept on a cash basis to accrual.
• - Run inventory accounting, including counts, valuation and landed cost, so cost of goods sold and gross margin mean something.
• - Report margin by product and customer, manage receivables and collections, and match payables against vendor bills.
• - Clean up legacy balances and the chart of accounts so the books tie to the tax returns.
• - Manage cash and forecasting, and put payment approval, vendor-change verification and separation of duties in place.

What You Bring

Core Competencies

• - Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• - Ability to work well independently or as part of a team
• - Adaptable and comfortable working in ambiguity
• - Strong ownership and follow-through
• - Effective use of AI tools in daily work
• - Sound decision-making and prioritization
• - Open to feedback, and able to give it well
• - Collaborative across functions

Position Specific Requirements

• - At least 7 years of progressive accounting experience, including direct accounting or controller experience at a SaaS company. Public accounting (audit) experience and a CPA are strongly preferred.
• - Deep GAAP knowledge and hands-on accrual-basis accounting, including full accrual closes you have owned on your own. Experience converting books from cash to accrual is a strong plus.
• - SaaS accounting experience is required, not optional: subscription revenue recognition (ASC 606), deferred revenue, and calculating and reporting SaaS KPIs such as ARR, churn, net revenue retention, CAC and LTV.
• - Multi-entity accounting experience: separate books, intercompany and related-party transactions, and consolidated reporting.
• - Hands-on inventory accounting, including valuation and cost of goods sold.
• - Strong QuickBooks Online skills, and experience building controls at a small company.
• - Working knowledge of payroll accounting (including multi-state), sales tax and 1099 compliance.
• - Experience working directly with outside CPAs, auditors and lenders.
• - Experience managing an outsourced bookkeeping or accounting firm, holding it to deadlines and quality, and stepping in hands-on when the work needs it.
• - Willingness to use AI tools to speed up reconciliation, reporting and analysis, and the discipline to verify what they produce.
• - Ability to be onsite 4 days/week in Manasquan, NJ.

Preferred Experience

• - Cleaning up and re-basing books that have drifted from the tax returns.
• - Import accounting: landed cost, duties, freight and customs records.
• - S-corporation and pass-through entity tax, including state elective taxes.
• - Taking a company through its first audit, or through financing, sale or M&A diligence.
• - Equity compensation accounting and an ERP migration.
• - Experience in a startup environment.

Ruxlo LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
AI disclosure: As part of our recruiting process, Ruxlo may use AI-assisted tools to help screen, review, and organize applications, as well as to support scheduling and communication. These tools assist our team and all final hiring decisions are made by humans. We work to ensure these tools are used fairly and without unlawful bias. If you have questions about how AI is used in your application, would like to request a reasonable accommodation or an alternative review process, please contact us at [phone].