Controller

Treeline•San Francisco, CA

17d•Hybrid

About The Position

As our Controller, you'll be the operational backbone of Treeline's finance function — running the day-to-day engine (accounts payable, corporate spend, reconciliations, and month-end close) while building the systems that let it scale. This is a mission-critical, foundational hire: you'll bring existing finops experience and pair it with a modern, AI-native tool stack to turn manual work into repeatable processes. You'll get a front-row seat to a fast-moving, multi-entity rollup and a clear path to grow with the function as the company scales. If you’re detail-obsessed, dependable and hungry to build the systems behind a scaling finance org, this role has room to grow with the company as much as you can.

Requirements

4+ years of experience in finance, accounting or operations role
CPA (or actively CPA-track) with fluency in US GAAP and financial statement preparation. Strong command of the financial reporting process, from journal entries, accruals and prepaids to balance-sheet reconciliation and revenue recognition
Experience owning modern enterprise ERPs (Rillet, Campfire, NetSuite), AR / invoicing platforms (ChargeBee, Recurly) and AP / spend management platforms (Ramp, Bill.com )
You bring a controls-and-audit-trails mindset, with hands-on experience implementing segregation of duties, approval thresholds, payment / vendor safeguards (bank-detail verification, dual approval) and fraud prevention into everyday processes
Willingness to learn new technologies and adopt a data-first (vs. spreadsheet-first) approach on a modern, AI-native tech stack
Exceptional written and verbal communication skills - you can explain numbers to non-accountants and hold a firm line with vendors, auditors and internal stakeholders
You thrive in a fast-paced environment where the playbook is still being written and are comfortable with ambiguity

Nice To Haves

Experience with M&A integration and multi-entity consolidation
Literacy with advanced data analytics tools including SQL and Python - or the appetite to build it

Responsibilities

Take end-to-end ownership of finance operations in an anchor finance role, owning reporting, expense management, books and records and other business processes end-to-end, providing dependable partnership to leadership in scaling the finance operation
Own the finance tech stack (ERP + AP / spend tools), working with Head of Finance to establish and maintain repeatable process and clear documentation to drive scalability for finance operations
Produce accurate, GAAP-compliant financials (P&L, balance sheet, cash flow) by owning all accounting processes and book closing cycle across all entities, from journal entries, accruals, prepaids to closing checklist documentation
Fluent with multi-entity reporting and consolidation across operating entities, owning intercompany transactions, entity-level coding and parent cost allocation
Manage payroll processing across entities with PEO provider, maintaining accurate coding, accruals and reconciliation of employee compensation, benefits and contractor payments
Manage cash across entities and bank accounts — weekly cash positioning and payment runs, supporting the Head of Finance on forecasting
Own the administrative backbone of the legal entity structure across Treeline and acquired entities, maintaining corporate records repository including formation documents, corporate org chart, state / foreign qualifications, annual reports / franchise-tax filings, among others
Own the external audit and tax relationships end-to-end — serving as the point of contact for auditors and tax preparers. Coordinate federal and multi-state income, franchise, and sales-and-use tax filings across all entities and manage 1099 and information-return cycles