Controller

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New York City, NY
In-Office
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Fintech • Natural Language Processing • Software • Analytics
The AI platform for financial services.
The Role
The Controller will oversee accounting operations, ensuring financial accuracy and compliance, manage close processes, and support business strategy through financial insights.
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Why Rogo

At Rogo, we are building Wall Street's first true AI analyst. Our mission is to empower finance professionals at the world’s top investment banks, private equity funds, and investment firms with AI that delivers unparalleled speed, accuracy, and insight. We are not just improving financial workflows; we are redefining them from the ground up.

This is a unique opportunity to join a generational company at a key inflection point. With a rapidly growing client base, proven product-market fit, and backing from world-class investors, we are scaling quickly and defining a new category of enterprise AI.

Our team is sharp, motivated, and deeply committed to the mission. We operate with intensity, take ownership of complex problems, and stay relentlessly focused on our users. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment, demand excellence, and want to help build the future of finance, we invite you to join us.

The Role:

We’re seeking a highly skilled and experienced Controller to lead the company’s accounting operations, ensuring the accuracy and integrity of financial information, and maintaining strong internal controls. This role will oversee the monthly close process, financial reporting, compliance, and accounting policy implementation, while supporting cross-functional teams with financial insights.

You will be joining at an inflection point where your work will directly shape our path to market leadership. As the company scales, you’ll have the opportunity to leave an outsized impact and grow with the business.

What You Will Own:

Financial Close & Reporting

  • Own and manage the month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes

  • Prepare, review, and analyze financial statements in accordance with GAAP

  • Reconcile general ledger accounts and ensure completeness and accuracy of accounting records

Accounting Operations

  • Oversee daily accounting activities including AP, AR, payroll accounting, and cash management

  • Standardize and document key accounting processes including month-end close, procurement, payroll accounting, expense management, internal controls, and compliance workflows

Internal Controls & Compliance

  • Establish, monitor, and strengthen internal controls across all accounting processes

  • Ensure compliance with GAAP, company policies, and regulatory requirements

  • Lead external audits and coordinate with auditors for timely completion

Technical Accounting

  • Research complex accounting issues and provide guidance on treatment

  • Draft and maintain accounting policies and memos for key transactions

  • Support new system implementations, accounting tool integrations, and automation

Business Partnership

  • Collaborate with FP&A, operations, and cross-functional leaders to provide analysis and insights

  • Develop strong understanding of the business to help drive business strategy and decision-making

  • Support budget vs. actual variance analysis

What You Will Need:

Required

  • 8-12 years of progressive accounting experience

  • CPA certification

  • Strong understanding of US GAAP

  • Proficiency with ERP systems, with preference for Sage Intacct

  • Advanced Excel skills and strong analytical ability

Bonus

  • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field

  • Prior public accounting or Big Four experience

  • Experience with international reporting standards

  • Experience with M&A integrations

  • Experience in a high-growth or multinational environment

  • Experience in B2B SaaS and/or AI industry

Who You Are
  • You thrive in fast-paced environments. You are high-intensity and care a lot about what you do, and you're ecstatic to work at a startup.

  • You are ambitious. You have fun solving problems that others think are impossible.

  • You are curious. You find joy in learning about AI, technology, and finance.

  • You are an owner. You are autonomous, self-directed, and comfortable working with ambiguity.

  • You are collaborative, organized, thoughtful, and kind.

Why Join Rogo?
  • Exceptional traction: strong PMF with the world's largest investment banks, hedge funds, and private equity firms.

  • World-class team: we take talent density seriously. We like working with incredibly smart, driven people.

  • Velocity: we work fast, which means you learn a lot and constantly take on more.

  • Frontier technology: we're developing cutting-edge AI systems, pushing the boundaries of reinforcement learning and published research, redefining what's possible, and inventing the future.

  • Cutting Edge Product: Our platform is state-of-the-art and crazily powerful. We're creating tools that make people smarter, reinventing finance works.

Top Skills

Excel
Sage Intacct
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The Company
HQ: New York, NY
55 Employees
Year Founded: 2021

What We Do

Artificial intelligence is transforming the global financial services industry. Rogo is the first generative AI company built to help financial firms navigate this transformation. Our mission is simple: Improve how firms work by deploying bespoke AI solutions

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