Controller

Notabene; United States; Hybrid; USD 190,000 - 215,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-friendly policy

WFH stipend

MacBook Pro

Unlimited PTO

Country-specific benefits

Job summary

Notabene is seeking a senior accounting leader to own the external audit, close, and policy for a two-entity, multi-currency business. You will direct ASC 606, ASC 350-40 for software capitalization, ASC 718 for stock compensation, and ensure robust policy and documentation.

This role reports to the VP of Finance with one direct report and external providers. You will establish controls, drive automation, and lead accounting operations across AR, AP, and payroll, while coordinating tax and

Qualifications

• Experience leading accounting in a venture-backed company.
• Proven track record taking a company through a first external audit and addressing issues.
• Month-end close ownership across multiple entities/currencies.
• Deep hands-on ASC 606 revenue recognition experience.
• Experience building policy, processes, and documentation.

Responsibilities

• Audit: Own readiness assessments and auditor relationship.
• Close and reporting: Manage monthly/quarterly/annual close for two entities and produce GAAP statements.
• Technical accounting: Write memos on ASC 606, ASC 350-40, and ASC 718.
• Revenue and billing systems: Own configuration and data integrity between Billing and GL.
• Cost accounting: Develop payroll allocation and software capitalization policies.
• Controls: Design and implement controls over revenue, cash, procure-to-pay, and payroll.
• Automation: Assess and improve accounting tech stack with an automation focus.
• Accounting operations: Oversee AR, collections, AP, payroll accounting.
• Tax: Coordinate US tax compliance with external advisers; Swiss coordination.
• External providers: Own the checklist, policies, and reconciliations across providers.

Skills

Financial leadership

Audit readiness

Month-end close ownership

ASC 606 revenue recognition

ASC 350-40 software capitalization

ASC 718 stock compensation

Detail-oriented

Job description

About Notabene

Notabene is building infrastructure that's transforming how money moves in the digital economy. We're evolving beyond our compliance foundations to enable the next generation of digital financial services between regulated institutions with unprecedented efficiency. With nearly 50 employees across 14 countries and having recently closed our Series B round last November with support from leading investors including Y Combinator, DRW, F-Prime, Jump Capital, Castle Island, and Green Visor Capital, we're looking for people like you to help shape the future rails of the crypto industry.

About Notabene

Notabene is building infrastructure that's transforming how money moves in the digital economy. We're evolving beyond our compliance foundations to enable the next generation of digital financial services between regulated institutions with unprecedented efficiency. With nearly 50 employees across 14 countries and having recently closed our Series B round last November with support from leading investors including Y Combinator, DRW, F-Prime, Jump Capital, Castle Island, and Green Visor Capital, we're looking for people like you to help shape the future rails of the crypto industry.

Location

US-based, Remote East Coast. Candidates in the NYC area have a hybrid option.

The impact you will have

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.

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

What you will be doing

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.

What You Bring

• 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

Nice to have

• Active CPA license
• Usage-based or consumption billing experience, particularly Tabs, Metronome, Maxio, or similar
• Public accounting background, especially audit
• Software development capitalization under ASC 350-40, including the time capture that makes it auditable
• Experience replacing manual accounting work with automation, and a clear view on what should stay manual
• Swiss entity experience, including CHF functional currency and Swiss statutory or VAT exposure
• Digital assets, payments, or regulated financial services exposure

Benefits

• Flexible Remote Work: Work from anywhere!
• $1000 WFH Stipend: Use within your first year of employment.
• MacBook Pro: Procured by you and your manager to find a model that meets your needs.
• Unlimited PTO: We trust you to take as much holiday as you need.
• Country-Specific Benefits: Statutory offerings and contributions, managed via our employer-of-record.

We offer competitive compensation and benefits tailored to factors such as location, role complexity, and experience.

The estimated base salary range is $190K- $215K per year.

Notabene is proud to be an equal employment workplace and an affirmative action employer. By valuing inclusion and diversity of all forms, we strictly prohibit and do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, ancestry, citizenship, sexual orientation.