Controller, Marketplace & Fintech

Job Title: Controller
Team: Finance
Location: Onsite - Sawtelle (Between Santa Monica & West LA)
Employment Type: Full-time, Salary, Exempt
Reports To: VP, Finance

About Plug
Plug is the marketplace for used electric vehicles. Consumers get an instant cash offer backed by battery-health data, and dealers across the US bid in real time on that inventory. Former Tesla executives founded Plug in 2023. We've facilitated $150M in EV sales and raised a $20M Series A led by Lightspeed Venture Partners.

Why Plug

• You'll own a piece of the biggest infrastructure opportunity in automotive.

• You'll work on a platform built exclusively for EVs, with nothing adapted from legacy automotive.

• You'll be part of an AI-native company. We're rethinking how work gets done at a fundamental level.

• You'll work directly with operators who have scaled multi-billion-dollar businesses in automotive, EV, and marketplaces.

• You'll have real ownership, high autonomy, and a direct line to company outcomes.

Role Overview
Plug needs a Staff-level Controller to build out our accounting function. We currently run QuickBooks Online with an outsourced accounting team. You'll own the close, run our first financial statement audit day-to-day, and move work from the outsourced team to in-house or automated processes. You'll report to the VP, Finance. This is an individual contributor role with no direct reports for now.

Our accounting is operational. We buy, consign, and auction vehicles. We hold consumer and lienholder funds while titles are clear. We run a dealer financing program through a subsidiary and report monthly to a lender. Each of those flows hits the ledger, and you'll ensure it's right.

What You'll Own

• Close and reporting: The monthly GAAP close across Plug Technologies and its dealer subsidiary, including intercompany and consolidation. You'll build the close calendar, reconciliations, and accounting policies. The VP, Finance approves policies.

• Inventory and revenue: Owned and consigned vehicles, and revenue recognition under ASC 606. You'll write memos on whether Plug is principal or agent for each transaction type.

• Funds in transit: The reconciliation process and controls for consumer payouts, lienholder payoffs, title and escrow balances, and dealer settlements. You'll automate the daily match and work the exceptions.

• Lender reporting: Prepare the monthly borrowing base certificate, covenant calculations, and supporting schedules. The VP, Finance signs and owns the lender relationship.

• Treasury and spend: Run AP (Bill.com), the corporate card program, and expense policy. Support daily cash positioning and the short-term forecast. The VP, Finance approves payments.

• Audit and diligence: Run our first day-to-day audit and write technical accounting memos. Build the data room for Series B diligence. The VP, Finance owns relationships with the auditor and investors.

• Tax and vendors: Work with outside providers on sales and use tax, 1099s, and entity filings. Direct the outsourced accounting team's close work, and take tasks back as you automate them.

• Automation: Use AI and our data stack to automate reconciliations and close tasks, so the function scales more slowly than the business does.

Success at 12 Months

• Close the books in 7 business days or fewer, with full reconciliations.

• We're audit-ready, with a completed audit and a remediation plan for any findings.

• Series B diligence ran off a data room you built.

• Inventory, funds in transit, and lender reporting reconcile on a set cadence, with documented controls.

• At least half of the outsourced work is in-house or automated.

What You'll Bring

• 8+ years of progressive accounting experience, including owning a multi-entity close end-to-end at a high-growth company.

• Strong US GAAP knowledge, including ASC 606, inventory accounting, and multi-entity consolidation.

• You've led a first audit day-to-day or run an audit end-to-end.

• Lender reporting experience, including borrowing bases and covenant compliance.

• Funds-flow or treasury experience, ideally at a company that holds or moves customer funds.

• You're comfortable with data and use AI in your own work. You can point to specific examples.

• Clear writing. Your memos and schedules are easy for an auditor or lender to follow.

Nice to Have

• CPA

• Public accounting experience

• Marketplace, automotive, fintech, or payments background

• SQL, Snowflake, Metabase, or Modern Treasury

• QuickBooks Online, or experience migrating a general ledger

How We Work
We hire builders who scope their own work, move fast, and decide with data. You'll work independently and report to the VP, Finance. The role follows the close and audit calendar, so expect heavier hours around month-end, lender deadlines, and fundraising.

Not sure you should apply? Do it.
Research consistently shows that people from under-represented groups are more likely to talk themselves out of applying if they don't meet 100% of the listed requirements. You don't need to check every box. If this role excites you and you bring most of what's listed under "What You'll Bring," we want to hear from you.

Compensation and Benefits
Annual salary: $140,000 to $180,000 plus equity

Salary ranges come from independent, third-party benchmarking against national compensation data. Where an offer falls within the range depends on relevant experience, specialized skills, training and qualifications, current business needs, and market conditions. We review ranges periodically and may adjust them as the market changes.

Benefits & Perks

• Health, Vision, and Dental insurance

• 401(k) plan

• Equity

• Unlimited PTO

• Daily lunch and dinner stipend, plus a fully stocked kitchen

• Dog-friendly office and on-site EV charging

This full-time position is in-person, based in Sawtelle (between Santa Monica and West Los Angeles). We will not provide relocation assistance to successful candidates. We do not offer sponsorship at this time.

Acknowledgments
Plug is an equal opportunity employer. We don't discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, pregnancy, age, marital status, military or veteran status, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. Plug will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring and the California Fair Chance Act.