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Assistant Controller

Gridware· Finance
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Hybrid (San Francisco, CA)$165k - $190kFull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Assistant Controller at Gridware, a San Francisco-based technology company focused on grid management and active grid response. The role is hands-on, aimed at building scalable accounting processes and managing day-to-day close, with potential to grow into a Controller role.

Responsibilities

  • Own the monthly, quarterly, and annual close process, ensuring accuracy and timeliness
  • Manage and mentor accounting staff (or manage outsourced bookkeeping/accounting resources, if applicable)
  • Prepare and review journal entries, account reconciliations, and financial statements
  • Ensure compliance with GAAP and help establish and maintain accounting policies as the company grows
  • Own revenue recognition under ASC 606 across combined hardware, software subscription, and services offerings
  • Own deferred revenue and contract balances
  • Manage inventory from an ASC 330 perspective
  • Support the CFO in building scalable finance systems, processes, and internal controls
  • Manage AP/AR, payroll accounting, and cash management processes
  • Support audit readiness and manage relationships with external auditors, tax advisors, and other financial partners
  • Help prepare materials for board meetings and investor reporting
  • Assist with forecasting and variance analysis
  • Evaluate and help implement accounting systems/tools (e.g., NetSuite, QuickBooks, Ramp, Bill.com) to support scale
  • Ensure compliance with multi-state tax, sales tax, and other regulatory requirements as applicable

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of progressive accounting experience, including some combination of public accounting (Big 4 or regional) and industry experience
  • Deep knowledge of GAAP and technical accounting, specifically ASC 606 revenue recognition for bundled hardware and software subscriptions (including deferred revenue and allocation across deal components)
  • Hands-on ASC 330 inventory + COGS experience at a company selling bundled hardware and software subscriptions
  • Experience owning or heavily contributing to a monthly close process
  • Comfortable operating with limited infrastructure and building processes from scratch
  • Detail-oriented with strong organizational and project management skills
  • Excellent communication skills and ability to explain financial concepts to non-finance stakeholders
  • Experience with modern accounting/finance tech stacks (NetSuite, QuickBooks, Bill.com, Ramp, Rippling, etc.)
  • A builder's mindset and ability to shape a function in a startup environment

Skills

Required:GAAPASC 606 revenue recognitionASC 330 inventoryMonthly close processAccounting systems/toolsCommunication

Benefits

  • Health, Dental & Vision (Gold and Platinum with some providers plans fully covered)
  • Paid parental leave
  • Alternating day off (every other Monday)
  • “Off the Grid”, a two week per year paid break for all employees
  • Commuter allowance
  • Company-paid training
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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About Gridware

Protecting the grid today, preparing the grid for tomorrow

Gridware exists to enhance and protect the mother of all networks: the electrical grid. The grid touches everyone and makes our modern economy possible. But it’s also fragile. When the grid is compromised, everything grinds to a halt, and the consequences can be dire: wildfires burn, land is destroyed, property is damaged, progress stops, and lives are lost. Our team builds smart sensors that help utility companies to immediately detect, find, and fix outages and take steps to prevent new outages, and other related disasters, from happening at all. The need for power will only increase. We protect the grid of today while we build the grid of tomorrow. Gridware is privately held and backed by the best climate-tech and Silicon Valley investors. We are headquartered in the Bay Area in northern California.

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