Senior Controller

Basic Capital • New York, NY

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About The Position

Basic Capital is hiring its first Controller to own accounting, tax, and finance operations. The role manages accounting and annual tax requirements for proprietary investments held on the platform through individual LLCs, including books, reconciliations, partnership filings, and monthly reporting to lenders and capital partners. It also supports Basic Capital’s corporate finances, including monthly close, budgeting, accounts payable and receivable, payroll, and payments.

This is a builder role focused on creating processes, controls, and automation that can scale from thousands to tens of thousands of entities. The Controller will work directly with engineering and capital markets teams, including partnering with engineering to automate accounting workflows using AI and performing detailed data work to keep entities reconciled. The role is optionally fully remote within the United States.

Requirements

• Experience with partnership or LLC accounting, including capital accounts, allocations, and K-1s.
• Hands-on experience preparing partnership returns in UltraTax CS or similar professional tax software, such as CCH Axcess Tax, CCH ProSystem fx, Lacerte, or GoSystem Tax RS.
• Controller-level experience, including monthly close, budgeting, accounts payable and receivable, and financial reporting.
• Strong data skills, with comfort in SQL, advanced Excel, or both.

Nice To Haves

• Active CPA license.
• Tax experience, ideally with partnerships, funds, or multi-entity structures.
• Structured finance accounting experience, such as securitizations, loan tapes, SPVs, or warehouse facilities.
• Experience in lending, consumer finance, or fund administration.
• Experience working with engineers to build or automate financial workflows.

Responsibilities

• Own accounting and administration for more than 1,000 individual LLCs, including the monthly loan tape and servicing tape.
• Prepare and file year-end tax returns and K-1s for every LLC.
• Partner with engineering to automate accounting workflows using AI and perform data work to keep every entity reconciled.
• Oversee corporate accounting and payments as the company grows.
• Support corporate accounting and operations, including monthly close, budgeting and forecasting, accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, and payments.
• Build the controls, policies, and audit readiness needed by a growing financial company.
• Prepare monthly reporting for lenders and capital partners.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed