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Founding Controller

Recall.ai· G&A
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San Francisco$215k - $265kFull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Controller to own accounting close, financial reporting, and revenue recognition for a usage-based business, partnering with CFO, Revenue Operations, Sales, and Product/Engineering to ensure accurate financials and scalable controls.

Responsibilities

  • Own the end-to-end monthly, quarterly, and annual close process, delivering accurate financials on a tight timeline.
  • Lead revenue recognition for usage-based and hybrid (subscription + consumption) contracts in accordance with ASC 606, including variable consideration, minimum commitments, overages, and true-ups.
  • Partner with Engineering and Data teams to validate metered usage data reconciles to billing systems and revenue recognized in the general ledger.
  • Manage relationships and integrations with billing/metering platforms (Stripe Billing, Metronome) and the ERP/GL system.
  • Maintain deferred revenue, unbilled receivables, contract assets and liabilities, and related revenue schedules and reconciliations.
  • Oversee accounts receivable, accounts payable, payroll, and general ledger operations, including collections on usage-based invoices.
  • Design, implement, and continuously improve internal controls and accounting policies as the company.
  • Manage the annual financial statement audit, acting as the primary point of contact for external auditors (Big 4).
  • Some FP&A work on revenue forecasting and usage trend analysis, given variability of consumption-based revenue (Snowflake experience valued).
  • Ensure compliance with multi-state and multi-country sales tax/VAT obligations tied to usage-based billing.
  • Help prepare board- and investor-ready financial reporting packages.
  • Manage the accounting team as the organization grows.
  • Evaluate, implement, and optimize finance systems (ERP, billing/metering, expense, and payroll platforms) to support scale.

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of progressive accounting experience, including 3+ years in a Controller or accounting leadership role.
  • Direct experience with usage-based, consumption, or hybrid subscription/usage revenue models (ASC 606 variable consideration).
  • Hands-on experience with billing/metering platforms (Stripe Billing, Metronome) and ERP systems (NetSuite, QuickBooks Online, or similar).
  • Track record of fast, accurate month-end close in a high-growth environment.
  • Experience building and documenting internal controls, ideally with SOX or audit-readiness exposure.
  • Strong GAAP technical accounting skills and comfort with ambiguity as processes are built from scratch.
  • Excellent communication skills to explain usage-based revenue mechanics to non-finance stakeholders, executives, and the board.
  • Builder mindset: able to handle day-to-day accounting while designing scalable processes and systems.
  • Passed a clean audit with a Big 4.

Skills

Required:Close ownership and financial reportingASC 606 revenue recognitionBilling/metering platformsERP/GL systems
Nice to have:SOX/audit readiness
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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The API to Get Transcripts, Recordings, and Metadata from Meetings

Recall.ai provides an API to get recordings, transcripts and metadata from video conferencing platforms like Zoom, Google Meet Microsoft Teams, and more. Get this data with our Meeting Bot API, Desktop Recording SDK, or Mobile Recording SDK.

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