Corporate Controller

Armada • United States (Remote), CA

16d • $225,000 - $300,000 • Remote

About The Position

Armada is hiring a builder-minded Director, Corporate Controller to lead its global accounting function and bring it to public-company standards. The role sets controllership strategy, owns the close and accounting policy, builds the controls environment, and leads accounting workstreams for IPO readiness. The Controller will architect processes and systems for a scaling, multi-entity manufacturing-and-deployment business while personally resolving complex technical accounting questions.

The position reports to the VP, Finance and directs accounting and tax through managers and senior individual contributors. It partners with FP&A, Treasury, Legal, and the Executive Team. The role is remote-based in the United States.

Armada provides modular AI infrastructure for edge deployments, serving organizations in more than 60 countries. The company describes its work as building infrastructure for sovereign and edge AI, including rugged, deployable computing for customers that cannot rely on centralized cloud.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or a related field.
• Active CPA license.
• 12+ years of progressive accounting experience, including 5+ years leading an accounting function as a Controller or Director at a high-growth company.
• Track record of building and leading multi-layer accounting teams, including hiring and developing managers.
• Big 4 or national-firm public accounting experience.
• Deep US GAAP judgment, especially ASC 606 for complex hardware-plus-services arrangements, with the ability to write and defend accounting memos.
• Track record of leading external audits and building SOX-ready controls before they were required.
• Multi-entity, multi-currency consolidation experience across international subsidiaries.
• Ability to work with ambiguity and a fast pace, with a preference for building processes and playbooks.
• Executive presence and ability to explain complex accounting matters to executives, the board, auditors, and investors, and reconcile competing stakeholder views.
• Experience owning a departmental budget and multi-year functional roadmap.

Nice To Haves

• IPO or S-1 experience, or experience as Controller at a newly public company.
• Government contracting accounting experience, including FAR, DFARS, DCAA, or CAS, and related systems.
• Experience in data centers, edge computing, robotics, aerospace/defense, or industrial hardware.
• International operations experience in the Middle East, Latin America, Europe, or Asia-Pacific.

Responsibilities

• Own the global month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close, targeting a predictable 7–10 business days.
• Deliver accurate, timely US GAAP financial statements, including multi-entity consolidation and foreign currency translation across international subsidiaries.
• Own the accounting content of board, investor, and lender reporting packages and ensure ongoing debt covenant compliance.
• Establish and document accounting policies and technical positions, and defend them with auditors and senior leadership.
• Lead revenue recognition for complex hardware, deployment, software, and services contracts, including multiple performance obligations and variable consideration.
• Advise sales, legal, and deal teams on accounting implications of complex customer and government contract terms before signature.
• Own accounting for leases, stock-based compensation, debt and financing transactions, contract costs, and foreign operations.
• Own the external audit relationship and lead the annual audit, negotiating significant accounting and scope matters with the audit partner.
• Define the SOX readiness roadmap and direct internal control design and implementation to achieve a SOX-ready environment within 12 months.
• Own accounting workstreams for IPO readiness, partner with legal, FP&A, and external advisors on deliverables and timing, and drive finance process improvements.
• Own accounting and compliance for US government contracts, including invoicing and cost compliance.
• Partner with tax and treasury on intercompany strategy, transfer pricing, statutory audits, and local filings across international entities.
• Set the accounting systems roadmap and own and scale NetSuite and associated procure-to-pay, billing, payroll, inventory/MRP, and consolidation tools.
• Develop methods to automate, standardize, and document close and reporting processes as the business scales.
• Build, lead, and develop the accounting and tax organization, including hiring and developing managers, setting performance standards, and defining career paths.
• Help establish finance strategic plans and objectives and translate them into a multi-year controllership roadmap for people, processes, systems, and controls.
• Cascade functional strategy into goals, priorities, and evaluation criteria for the accounting and tax team.
• Own the accounting department budget, including headcount, audit and advisory fees, and systems spending.
• Advise the VP Finance and executive team on accounting implications of strategic decisions, transactions, and financings.

Benefits

• Competitive base salary and equity.
• Subsidized medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Health savings accounts (HSA), flexible spending accounts (FSA), and dependent care FSAs (DCFSA).
• Retirement plan options, including 401(k) and Roth 401(k).
• Unlimited paid time off.
• 14 paid company holidays per year.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director