Controller

Sygaldry Technologies•Ann Arbor, MI

26d•Onsite

About The Position

Sygaldry Technologies is seeking an exceptional accounting leader to serve as their Assistant Controller / Controller. This is the first dedicated accounting hire and the number two in finance. The role will own the accounting function day to day, including close, controls, systems, and audit, with real autonomy and direct exposure to the leadership team and board-facing work. The individual will join at a genuine inflection point, with the chance to architect the finance stack, building on the tools and processes already in place and introducing new ones as the company scales. Sygaldry recently completed its first external audit, and is migrating off QuickBooks onto a modern GL platform. As the first dedicated accounting hire, this role will build the capacity, controls, and systems a growing, multi-entity hardware company needs: owning and administering the GL, establishing segregation of duties, running the close, handling cost, WIP, and fixed-asset accounting as the company scales toward production, and growing into full ownership of the annual audit. With operations across multiple entities, locations, and currencies, the role carries real international and multi-entity scope. The ideal candidate spots when a system or process is holding the team back, makes the case for the change, and has the experience to implement it end to end. Strong Accounting Managers ready to step up into this scope are encouraged to apply; title and level (Assistant Controller through Controller) are calibrated to experience.

Requirements

Hands-on cost, WIP, inventory, and fixed-asset accounting in a manufacturing, hardware, or physical-product environment, including subledger ownership, capitalization, and depreciation.
Multi-entity, multi-location, and multi-currency experience, including consolidation and foreign-currency accounting.
7+ years of progressive accounting experience, including full ownership of a close cycle.
CPA required.
System deployment and administration — led or been core to an ERP/GL implementation (NetSuite, Campfire, Rillet, or similar) and can administer one, with the initiative to spot a system or process gap, make the case, and drive the change.
Experience operating within a spend-management / procurement (P2P) system (e.g., Ramp, Zip, Airbase, Coupa).
Has been through external audits (Big Four or national firm) and can own the company side of one.
Comfortable in a lean, high-autonomy function, including hands-on with the technical work, and able to manage an outsourced bookkeeping partner rather than relying on a large in-house team.
Strong technical GAAP foundation and the judgment to know what to escalate.
Direct, low-ego communicator who prefers signal over ceremony.

Nice To Haves

Experience at a venture-backed startup that scaled toward or through an IPO.
Exposure to SOX / ITGC readiness or public-company reporting.
Deep tech, quantum, or advanced-hardware manufacturing experience.

Responsibilities

Own and administer the GL and connected finance systems; complete the migration off QuickBooks, and proactively identify, propose, and implement system and process improvements as the company scales.
Own inventory and work-in-process for hardware builds and the fixed-asset subledger for lab and production equipment — capitalization, depreciation, and roll-forwards — scaling the approach as the company moves toward production.
Own consolidation across US and international entities, multi-currency accounting and FX, intercompany transactions, and transfer pricing.
Establish segregation of duties and scalable controls across procure-to-pay, payroll, and journal entries as the finance team grows, partnering with the Head of Finance on the approval and authorization structure.
Run the monthly and quarterly close end to end and drive the cadence toward a tight 4–5 business day close.
Partner on the current audit and grow into full ownership of the annual audit: workpapers, PBC management, and the day-to-day auditor relationship.
Serve as the accounting point of contact in the spend-management / procurement system, verifying that transactions are correctly coded and supported before they route for final approval and sync to the GL.
Oversee AP, AR, payroll accounting, and expense, managing the third-party bookkeeping partner who handles much of the day-to-day.
Apply GAAP to recurring areas independently, and partner with the Head of Finance on complex policy positions (R&E capitalization under §174, revenue recognition as commercialization approaches).
Provide clean, reconciled actuals that feed monthly management reporting and board materials.