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Financial Controller

Pylon

San Francisco, CAFull-time$210–240K/yrPosted 4mo agoStill listed 1 day ago

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At a glance

Compensation
$210–240K/yr
Location
San Francisco, CA
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

CPA

Job overview

Pylon is hiring its first Controller to own all accounting aspects, oversee third‑party relationships, and support scaling from Series B onward, reporting to the VP of Finance in a high‑growth, venture‑backed environment.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Accounting OperationsInternal ControlsAutomationRelationship ManagementASC 606Multi‑Entity ConsolidationsERP ImplementationTechnical AccountingGAAP

Qualifications

CPAController ExperienceSenior Accounting Manager ExperienceFull-Cycle Close Process ExperienceAudit Process ExperiencePublic Accounting BackgroundFirst-Audit Experience

Benefits

Parental Leave
Paid Time Off

Full job description

Pylon is the only agentic support platform, purpose-built for B2B companies. For leaders scaling AI-native support teams, Pylon lets humans and agents collaborate on customer work – investigating, resolving, and acting on every signal across every channel that matters.

Unlike platforms built before the AI era, Pylon enriches every interaction with deep account-level context, automates the low impact customer work, and surfaces answers before your team even has to ask. The result: faster responses, happier customers, and a system that continuously improves itself.

We're backed by a16z, BCV, General Catalyst, and Y Combinator. More than 1,500 companies including Linear, Cognition (makers of Devin), Modal Labs, and Incident.io run their support and customer success workflows on Pylon. We're also featured on the Enterprise Tech 30 List. The Role We're hiring Pylon's first Controller. This is a high-impact, foundational role. You'll own all aspects of accounting, oversee relationships with third-parties, and support the business as we scale from Series B and beyond. The role reports to the VP of Finance. What You'll Do

  • Financial Reporting: Own month-end close processes, consolidations, and financial statement preparation in accordance with GAAP

  • Accounting Operations: Oversee processes including AR (Order-to-Cash) and AP (Procure-to-Pay), partnering closely with sales, rev ops, legal, and operations teams

  • Systems & Infrastructure: Implement and own the systems that will enable the business to scale (from ERP to reporting infrastructure)

  • Controls & Audit Readiness: Design and implement robust internal controls and establish audit-ready processes

  • Automation: Leverage AI agents and automation to reduce manual workflows such as transaction categorization and reconciliations

  • External Relationships: Manage relationships with auditors, tax advisors, and banking partners

Requirements

  • Professional experience in a Controller or Senior Accounting Manager role at a high-growth venture-backed start-up

  • Experience owning a full-cycle close process and audit process

  • Experience building or improving systems and processes from the ground up, not just inheriting a mature function

  • Deep technical accounting knowledge including ASC 606 and multi-entity consolidations

  • CPA required

Nice to Haves

  • Prior public accounting background

  • First-audit experience

  • ERP implementation or migration experience

This Role Might NOT Be For You If

  • You want a team from day one; you’ll build the team as we scale

  • You prefer steady-state maintenance over building and improving processes

  • You don’t love being in the details

Our perks 🚆 Commuter benefits 🌱 Parental leave 🏝️ 14 company holidays + unlimited PTO 🗺️ Annual offsite 🍽 Lunch, dinner, and snacks at the office 🏋️ Fitness stipend

More about Pylon Funding: Series B led by a16z and BCV ($51M total raised) Founders: Advith Chelikani, Robert Eng, and Marty Kausas Team: Currently 100+ and growing!

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