Partner 36, Corporate Controller

a16z•San Francisco, CA

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is a venture capital firm founded in Silicon Valley in 2009, backing entrepreneurs building the future through technology across various stages and sectors. With over $100B under management, a16z invests in seed to growth-stage technology companies. The firm is seeking a Corporate Controller to report to the Chief Operating Officer. This role will own the firm’s financial operating system, encompassing corporate accounting, treasury, firmwide consolidation, planning, reporting, and financial systems. The objective is to ensure accurate financial data, disciplined processes, scalable systems, and clear performance visibility across the management company and related entities. The Corporate Controller will lead corporate accounting operations, payroll, accounts payable, expense accounting, treasury and cash management, firmwide financial consolidation, budgeting, forecasting, and management reporting. This leader will collaborate closely with Fund Finance, Tax, HR, Legal, IT, vertical leadership, and firm leadership to ensure financial information is accurate, timely, actionable, and built on repeatable processes. The ideal candidate will be a strong accounting operator with experience leading finance teams in a complex investment management, asset management, private equity, venture capital, or similarly multi-entity environment. While technical accounting expertise is valuable, the primary focus is on operational excellence, financial discipline, systems architecture, process modernization, and team leadership. Given a16z’s scale, global operations, multinational entity structure, and growth, this leader will build and improve the infrastructure to support the firm’s next stage. This includes owning the Workday financial roadmap, enhancing expense and accounting automation, strengthening financial data architecture, and modernizing the team’s approach to reduce manual work, improve accuracy, and increase the speed and quality of financial reporting. Core systems include Workday, Navan, and Planful. This role requires an in-office presence 2-3 days a week in our Menlo Park, CA or San Francisco, CA office.

Requirements

CPA required
12+ years of experience leading accounting, treasury, financial operations, and/or corporate finance functions within investment management, private equity, venture capital, asset management, or similarly complex multi-entity organizations
Experience leading finance organizations through operational scale, entity complexity, global expansion, and systems modernization
Strong operating experience across corporate accounting, treasury, cash management, expense operations, financial systems, and management reporting
Demonstrated ability to lead and develop senior finance, accounting, and systems leaders
Experience partnering with Tax, Fund Finance, HR, Legal, IT, and business leaders in a complex operating environment
Deep revenue recognition, public-company reporting, or audited management company experience is helpful but not required

Nice To Haves

Technical accounting expertise is helpful
Deep revenue recognition, public-company reporting, or audited management company experience

Responsibilities

Own the firm’s financial operating system
Lead corporate accounting, treasury, cash management, firmwide consolidation, budgeting, forecasting, reporting, expense accounting, and financial systems
Ensure financial data is accurate, timely, controlled, and decision-useful
Establish operating rhythms across close, forecast, budget, cash, and reporting cycles
Lead corporate accounting operations
Oversee management company accounting, including GL, AP, payroll, expenses, accruals, allocations, intercompany activity, and entity reporting
Drive monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes
Maintain accounting policies, procedures, documentation, and controls
Manage treasury and cash visibility
Own treasury operations, liquidity visibility, and cash reporting across corporate entities
Partner with Fund Finance, Tax, Legal, and banks on cash movement, entity funding, borrowing, and financing workflows
Build scalable cash forecasting, payment control, and reporting processes
Own firmwide consolidation, planning, and reporting
Lead consolidation across verticals, central teams, and corporate entities
Oversee budgeting, forecasting, multi-year planning, and management reporting
Report on P&L, cash flow, expenses, headcount, margins, and key operating drivers
Strengthen expense accounting and allocation discipline
Ensure accurate expense coding, approvals, accruals, allocations, and reporting
Partner with Fund Finance and Tax on classification across management company, funds, and related entities
Improve visibility into spend, ownership, and budget accountability
Own financial systems architecture
Lead the Workday financial roadmap, including chart of accounts, entity structure, cost centers, spend categories, and reporting dimensions
Partner with HR, Tax, Fund Finance, IT, and business stakeholders to improve system accuracy, usability, and scale
Ensure Workday, Navan, Planful, and related systems produce reliable financial data
Drive automation and AI-enabled modernization
Implement automation across accounting operations, expenses, reporting, reconciliations, and financial data management
Apply AI tools to reduce manual work, improve accuracy, accelerate reporting, and strengthen controls
Build a culture of continuous improvement with appropriate financial rigor
Partner cross-functionally with clear ownership
Work with Fund Finance, Tax, HR, Legal, IT, vertical leaders, central teams, and firm leadership to support business needs
Provide financial insight, risk identification, and decision support grounded in accurate data
Translate financial complexity into clear implications
Develop a high-performing finance organization
Lead and develop accounting operations, consolidation, planning, and systems leaders
Set expectations for ownership, responsiveness, accuracy, documentation, and discipline
Build a team culture balancing service, operational excellence, curiosity, and modernization