Controller

Controller ABOUT ASHBY We’re building the next generation of enterprise software and we’re starting with a suite of products that empower talent leaders, recruiters, and hiring managers to be a driving force for revenue & efficiency via a holistic, data-centric talent strategy. We are well funded and backed by great investors, including Y Combinator, Elad Gil and Lachy Groom. We have thousands of amazing customers including Snowflake, OpenAI, Shopify, Ramp, Notion, and Zapier (and many others who we cannot name!). Our growth and retention metrics are best-in-class among our peers: we have tens of millions in ARR, growing >100% year over year, over 4,000 customers, very low churn, and many years of runway. In short, it's the perfect time to join! 🚀 Join Ashby as our first Controller to lead the full accounting lifecycle in a high-growth SaaS environment, with a focus on audit readiness, operational rigor, and building the systems, controls, and team needed to support our next phase of scale. ABOUT THE JOB: Hi, I’m Shane and I’m the VP of Finance & Operations at Ashby. I’ve been at Ashby for almost two years and am excited to hire our first Controller! Ashby’s growth over the past several years has been rooted in the belief that strong accounting is not just a back-office function, but a core pillar of a healthy and durable business. With a solid foundation already in place today, we are entering a new phase of scale that calls for a Controller to lead the next chapter of our accounting evolution. This role will own the full accounting organization end-to-end, adding increased rigor to our close, controls, audit preparedness, and financial reporting while continuing to strengthen a durable, scalable infrastructure to support long-term growth. The Controller will partner closely with Finance and executive leadership as the company evolves in complexity, visibility, and external expectations. YOUR INITIAL RESPONSIBILITIES WILL INCLUDE: - Owning the end-to-end accounting function, building on an established foundation to further strengthen accuracy, speed, and scalability across the organization. - Leading the monthly, quarterly, and annual close with a focus on consistency, rigor, and continuous improvement. - Ensuring precise financial reporting in accordance with US GAAP, including oversight of complex areas such as revenue recognition, stock-based compensation, and technical accounting. - Enhancing audit readiness, serving as the primary owner of external audits and strengthening internal controls and documentation. - Partnering with cross-functional leaders to ensure the chart of accounts, reporting structure, and accounting policies continue to evolve with the business. - Overseeing and optimizing execution across cash management, accounts payable, accounts receivable, billing, taxes, statutory compliance, and eventually payroll. - Driving thoughtful improvements to accounting systems, workflows, and automation to support scale and reduce manual tasks. - Partnering with external accounting firms to oversee international subsidiary accounting, review local statutory results, and ensure accurate consolidation into the US parent. YOU SHOULD APPLY IF: - You have taken a company public in an accounting leadership role. You have led an accounting function through stages of growth beyond where Ashby is today, understand what breaks at scale, and are motivated to build ahead of it. - You are energized by developing people. You take pride in teaching, mentoring, and leveling up the team around you, and you measure your success not just by output, but by how much stronger the organization becomes under your leadership. - You are deeply grounded in the fundamentals. You care about clean reporting, disciplined processes, and strong controls not because they are required, but because they are the foundation of everything else. - You naturally operate with a long-term mindset. Ashby is not yet a public company, but yo ... (truncated, view full listing at source)