Senior Controller – Technical GAAP, SOX & Finance Lead

Houzz; United States; On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible PTO

Home internet stipend

Medical, dental, and vision benefits

Maternity/paternity leave

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Professional Development Reimbursement

401(k) retirement plans

FSA – Medical & Dependent Care

HSA with company contribution

Healthy at Houzz program

Job summary

Houzz is seeking an experienced Assistant Controller to partner with the VP of Financial Operations & Controller. This senior role will lead accounting operations, technical accounting, and financial reporting, with scope from Senior Manager to Director based on experience.

You will guide policy, controls, and a scalable finance function while driving process improvements and AI-enabled automation. You will manage payroll, order-to-cash, close governance, and intercompany activities, while

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive accounting experience with leadership across technical accounting, reporting, controls, and operational accounting.
• CPA licensed with public accounting background, preferably Big 4 or national firm, in tech/SaaS environment.

Responsibilities

• Oversee US GAAP research, policy development, and audit-ready documentation.
• Lead end-to-end accounting operations including payroll, order-to-cash, close governance, and reconciliations.
• Manage international accounting and tax compliance, multi-currency consolidation, intercompany eliminations, and tax filings.
• Build and develop a high-performing accounting team with scalable playbooks and strong controls.
• Drive accounting transformation via standardization, automation, and responsible AI adoption.
• Strengthen internal controls environment with SOPs and process standards across accounting operations.
• Lead SOX readiness, control design, scoping, and deficiency remediation, with training and ownership.

Skills

Leadership

Technical accounting

US GAAP

Audit readiness

Cross-functional communication

Process improvement

AI/Automation mindset

SOX readiness

Financial reporting

Education

CPA license

Public accounting (Big 4 or national firm)

Tools

NetSuite

Numeric

Anrok

Salesforce

SQL

BI tools

Job description

Houzz is seeking an experienced Assistant Controller to partner with the VP of Financial Operations & Controller. This senior role will lead accounting operations, technical accounting, and financial reporting, with scope from Senior Manager to Director based on experience.

You will guide policy, controls, and a scalable finance function while driving process improvements and AI-enabled automation. You will manage payroll, order-to-cash, close governance, and intercompany activities, while