VP, Controller

Runpod

5d•$260,000 - $330,000•Remote

About The Position

Runpod is the AI Developer Cloud, serving over a million developers with a platform for experimenting, training, fine-tuning, deploying, and scaling AI. Having recently closed a $100M Series A, Runpod is at a critical juncture in AI infrastructure. The Finance team is essential for supporting this rapid growth through robust financial operations, reliable reporting, and scalable systems and controls. The VP, Controller will lead the accounting organization, ensuring the integrity of financial reporting, managing the close process, technical accounting, compliance, and controls. This role involves setting the strategy, team, and systems to ensure accounting scales ahead of the business. It's a senior leadership position for an individual with experience building and leading accounting functions in high-growth technology companies, who is also willing to be hands-on. The VP, Controller will act as a strategic partner to the CFO and leadership team, manage relationships with auditors, the board, and investors, and make key decisions regarding policy, structure, and tooling. The goal is to transform Runpod's accounting function into a scaled, audit-ready organization capable of supporting future growth, including larger financings and public company readiness.

Requirements

8+ years of progressive accounting experience, including 5+ years leading accounting teams
CPA license.
Experience building and scaling an accounting function at a high-growth technology, SaaS, cloud infrastructure, or similarly fast-moving company.
Deep expertise in US GAAP, technical accounting, and financial reporting.
A track record of designing and owning internal controls in a modern, integrated finance stack, including SOX or SOX-readiness work.
Experience leading external audits as the primary owner of the auditor relationship.
Comfort presenting to executives, boards, and investors, and turning complex accounting topics into clear decisions.
Strong judgment and a builder mindset: you set the direction and still go deep when the work calls for it.
Successful completion of a background check.

Nice To Haves

Experience with SaaS and/or usage-based revenue recognition, including ASC 606.
Experience leading accounting through a major financing, a first Big 4 audit, or IPO readiness at a venture-backed company.
A track record of using automation and AI to transform accounting workflows.
Public accounting experience.

Responsibilities

Lead Runpod’s accounting organization, setting its strategy, structure, and priorities as the company scales.
Build, hire, and develop a high-performing accounting team
Own the monthly, quarterly, and annual close and deliver timely, accurate financial statements in accordance with US GAAP.
Serve as the company’s authority on revenue recognition and technical accounting, and set and maintain Runpod’s accounting policies.
Own the external audit relationship end to end and lead Runpod through increasingly rigorous audits.
Design and own an internal control environment built to the standard of a much larger company, with a clear path to SOX readiness.
Present financial results and key accounting matters to the CFO, executive team, board, and investors.
Partner with leaders across Finance, Legal, People, Revenue, and other teams on contracts, deal structures, equity, and decisions with accounting impact.
Set the roadmap for accounting systems and drive automation and AI across accounting workflows.
Oversee tax, compliance, and equity accounting, and manage the company’s outside accounting and tax advisors.
Lead the accounting work behind financings and other strategic transactions, including diligence and complex accounting events.