Corporate Controller

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San Francisco, CA, USA
Hybrid
160K-190K Annually
Senior level
Automotive • Robotics
The Role
Lead and manage full-cycle accounting including month-end close, AR/AP, payroll, tax compliance, consolidated GAAP financial statements, audits, and equity compensation. Improve accounting processes, internal controls, and systems; manage global outsourced partners and a small offshore team; partner with FP&A and leadership to provide financial insights and support fast growth.
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Swift Navigation is hiring. Let us introduce ourselves. Swift is changing the way we navigate and understand the world. Swift’s precise positioning technology platform improves location accuracy from several meters to centimeter-level and is used by millions of devices across the globe. Swift’s technology is trusted by users across industries, enabling safer driving, improving efficiency for last-mile delivery and commercial transport operations, increasing accuracy for mobile devices and creating new possibilities for rail, robotics and machine control. That’s what we offer our customers and partners, but it’s the work we do together as a team that is the best part of our days. We collaborate—across the globe—to tackle problems, to pursue our mission and to make a real impact in the world. We are diverse, flexible, supportive and we believe our team is our most important asset and offer a host of benefits and programs to ensure that they know it.

Swift Navigation is looking for an outstanding Corporate Controller responsible for managing the entire accounting function, including full-cycle month-end close, accounts receivable and payable, payroll, and tax compliance. This includes managing the creation of financial statements and management reporting, managing the organization's cash, and managing external audits. The Corporate Controller will play a key role in developing and establishing policies and procedures for the accounting team.


We are looking for a strategic thinker who is passionate about making an impact at a fast-growing company. You guide our executive team to make sound financial decisions. You help save the company money by decreasing costs, managing debt effectively, and identifying and eliminating inefficiencies. You ensure the company has efficient and effective accounting systems. You seek to understand business drivers and KPIs. You are the ultimate team player, able to collaborate and build effective relationships throughout the company. You are curious, take initiative, have a bias for action, and possess strong organizational and communication skills.

 

Duties/Responsibilities:

  • Own day-to-day accounting operations, including managing and mentoring small dedicated offshore team.
  • Manage the invoicing process, ensuring timely and accurate billing, and oversee collections to minimize outstanding receivables and maintain healthy cash flow
  • Oversee global payroll, accounts payable, and employee reimbursements to ensure proper coding, reduction in reclass entries, and timely payment processing
  • Effectively manage global outsourced accounting, tax, compliance partners for the company’s non-US subsidiaries
  • Manage close procedures, including preparation of the close calendar, monitoring close deliverables, review of journal entries and account reconciliations, preparation and review of flux analysis
  • Manage annual tax filings, sales tax compliance, financial audits, and 409a valuation
  • Preparation of timely and accurate consolidated financial statements and ensuring they are prepared in accordance with GAAP and internal company policies
  • Develop/improve accounting processes; ensure internal control procedures are adequate, properly documented, and regularly reviewed, with a particular focus on enhancing use of technology and development of automated solutions
  • Oversee equity compensation accounting, including tracking equity grants, managing stock-based compensation expense, and ensuring compliance with relevant regulations and disclosures
  • Partner and coordinate with the FP&A and Financial Operations Teams on forecasts and supplemental analyses, ensuring compliance with local regulations and timely financial reporting
  • Partner with company’s leadership team to drive meaningful business insights and help drive decisions
  • Support initiatives to optimize and reengineer internal systems and processes related to lead-to-cash, improving efficiency, transparency, and accuracy
  • Build and maintain strong, cross-functional collaborative relationships with all levels of the organization, ensuring open communication and alignment on financial priorities

Required Education, Experience, Skills:

  • 7+ years of proven experience, ideally at high-growth public and/or mid-to-late-stage private SaaS companies with global, multi-subsidiary footprint
  • CPA and Big 4 public accounting experience or equivalent strongly preferred
  • Bachelor's degree in accounting or related field, master’s degree strong plus
  • Demonstrated high academic achievement from top-tier university preferred
  • SaaS revenue accounting experience and solid knowledge of ASC 606 is strongly preferred
  • Competence with financial software and technology with NetSuite experience preferred, ADP payroll, Zenskar (SaaS order mgmt), Drivetrain (FP&A), Tipalti (AP mgmt), and month-end close tools such Floqast all pluses
  • Advanced knowledge of Google Sheets & Excel (e.g. arrays, power query, dynamic pivot tables, external integration) and basic SQL knowledge strongly preferred
  • Proven experience evaluating, selecting, and integrating AI-driven tools into core accounting and finance workflows to deliver quantifiable efficiency gains
  • Tax and audit experience
  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with highest standards of accuracy and precision; highly-organized
  • Excellent Leadership skills and the ability to work well as part of the broader Finance Team
  • Ability to prioritize and juggle multiple projects while staying calm under pressure; problem-solver who can roll up their sleeves to deliver results while implementing solutions to support the company’s future growth
  • Passionate desire to learn & for continuous improvement
  • Ultimate team player with excellent written and verbal communication skills; can establish credibility, build consensus, and partner cross-functionally without direct authority

Perks:

  • A flexible work environment includes remote work opportunities.
  • Flexible vacation, competitive salary and benefits packages, stock options.
  • Tech talks, mentorship programs, employee events.
  • Growth and learning opportunities from a tech environment include working closely with an international team of scientists, engineers, platform architects, programmers, executive staff and professionals.

We are committed to pay transparency and providing fair compensation to all employees. The salary range for this position across the U.S. is $160,000 to $190,000 USD + equity + benefits annually. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process. Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits.


Swift Navigation is a diverse and inclusive team. We are an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds to apply regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability status or other defining characteristics.


Swift Navigation will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of SFPC Art.49.

Skills Required

  • 7+ years of accounting experience, ideally at high-growth public or mid-to-late-stage private SaaS companies with global subsidiaries
  • CPA and Big 4 public accounting experience or equivalent
  • Bachelor's degree in accounting or related field (master's degree strong plus)
  • SaaS revenue accounting experience and solid knowledge of ASC 606
  • Experience with NetSuite; familiarity with ADP, Zenskar, Drivetrain, Tipalti, and Floqast
  • Advanced Google Sheets and Excel skills (arrays, Power Query, dynamic pivot tables, external integration) and basic SQL knowledge
  • Proven experience evaluating, selecting, and integrating AI-driven tools into accounting and finance workflows
  • Tax and audit experience, including managing annual tax filings, sales tax compliance, financial audits, and 409A valuation
  • Experience managing full-cycle accounting: month-end close, journal entry review, account reconciliations, flux analysis, and consolidated financial statement preparation under GAAP
  • Experience managing global outsourced accounting, tax, and compliance partners for non-US subsidiaries
  • Experience overseeing equity compensation accounting, tracking grants, and managing stock-based compensation expense
  • Strong leadership, organizational, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills; ability to mentor/manage a small offshore team
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The Company
HQ: San Francisco, CA
114 Employees
Year Founded: 2012

What We Do

Swift Navigation, Inc. has been redefining GNSS positioning technology since 2012. What began as the industry’s first low-cost, high-accuracy, real-time kinematic (RTK) receiver has evolved into an ecosystem of GNSS positioning solutions for autonomous applications. The Starling® Positioning Engine is an integrated software solution for precise positioning while the Skylark™ Cloud Corrections Service delivers GNSS corrections across the contiguous U.S.—eliminating traditional geographical restrictions. Piksi® Multi and ruggedized Duro® and Duro Inertial RTK receivers deliver centimeter-level accuracy at an affordable price, making them ideal for commercial and industrial applications. Swift Navigation’s technology benefits a multitude of industries and applications—including autonomous vehicles, precision agriculture, robotics, rail, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and surveying. Swift Navigation is enabling a future of autonomous vehicles to navigate and understand the world. Its products deliver 100 times better accuracy than the GPS in a cell phone—at a fraction of the price of the competition. By optimizing inexpensive, off-the-shelf cell components with sophisticated software, Swift Navigation has built a reputation for defining a new category of GNSS systems as the industry’s first low-cost, high-accuracy RTK receiver. Swift Navigation is enabling a world where fields farm themselves, drones fly safely and autonomous transportation can take you home. Visit the company online at www.swiftnav.com. Visit the company online at www.swiftnav.com or follow Swift on Twitter @Swiftnav

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