Controller

Sunday Robotics•Redwood City, CA

34d•$225,000 - $275,000

About The Position

Join Sunday in building the future of home robotics. At Sunday, we're developing personal robots to reclaim the hours lost to repetitive tasks, with an ambitious goal to make generalized robots broadly accessible. We have built a talented team, secured capital, and validated our technology, and are now seeking passionate individuals to join us in the next phase of our growth. As Controller, you'll be Sunday's first accounting hire, reporting to the Head of Finance. You'll own accounting and financial operations end to end, starting by moving our books in-house from an external bookkeeper, then building the team, systems, and controls to support a fullstack AI robotics company as we scale from prototype to production. You'll work cross-functionally with Hardware, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Software, Legal, and People Ops to set the accounting foundation for our commercial launch.

Requirements

8+ years of progressive accounting experience
Public accounting background; Big 4 strongly preferred
Hands-on ERP implementation in a manufacturing or hardware environment
Hands-on inventory and product cost accounting experience
Broad technical accounting depth: revenue, capitalization, software, IP
Experience leading a company through external audits
Track record of building finance processes from scratch at a fast-growing company
Builder mindset: you do the work yourself while building the team around you

Nice To Haves

CPA
Controller or Assistant Controller experience at a venture-backed hardware, robotics, autonomous vehicle, or consumer electronics company
Experience taking a company from pre-revenue to commercial launch
Experience with contract manufacturers in Asia
Experience with modern spend and automation tools such as Ramp

Responsibilities

Own the monthly, quarterly, and annual close under US GAAP
Select and drive implementation of a manufacturing-ready ERP, including chart of accounts design, inventory, BOM, and costing
Manage AP, vendor payments, and spend controls
Build and lead the accounting and financial operations team
Transition accounting from our external bookkeeper to an in-house function
Own audit readiness
Design product costing and COGS methodology, including standard costs, overhead allocation, and accruals
Set accounting policy and write technical memos across revenue, inventory, capitalization, software, R&D and IP, leases, and equity comp
Assess the accounting treatment of supplier, manufacturing, and compute agreements
Design and document internal controls
Support the Head of Finance on budgeting, burn, and unit economics
Manage outside tax advisors on income, sales/use, and R&D credit matters