Metabase is the easiest way for people to get insights from their data, from tiny startups who get up and running quickly to major corporations with tens of thousands of users. That's why people
love us.
We bring data tools with the elegance and simplicity of consumer products to the crufty world of enterprise business intelligence. We provide an opinionated open source starting point for how companies should measure, analyze and share their data, which is used by tens of thousands of companies.
Metabase's BizOps & Finance team builds the systems keeping the company running smoothly behind the scenes. We cover a wide range of areas — finance and accounting, sales operations, legal operations, compliance, and account management — but we treat them all as flavors of operations. Whatever the task, we take a systems-driven approach — design it, build it, and run it (ideally, automatically). Our goal is to free the rest of the company to focus on building great software.
We're hiring an experienced Controller to own accounting and financial operations at Metabase. It's a broad startup controller role: you'll own core accounting and audit, along with tax, payments, and expense management. Today we run as a small, high-leverage team that delivers much of this through external firms - accountants and tax professionals - so your initial focus will be on managing those partners. Over time, there's scope to bring accounting in-house.
This is a role for someone who's an expert in their domain but comfortable in a fluid, ambiguous environment - and energized by building out our financial operations as well as running them.
Responsibilities
General ledger & close — manage and review the month-end close (run today through external accountants); investigate and resolve discrepancies
Audit — own the external auditor relationship; coordinate information requests internally; investigate and resolve issues that surface
Tax — manage external tax accountants; handle direct execution like new-state registrations and payments
Accounts payable & expenses — run the payment cycle; own and troubleshoot the corporate card / expense system
Over time — lead implementation of new systems (ERP, rev rec, payments); potentially build an in-house close process
About You
Seasoned accountant with an active CPA
Expertise with US GAAP, SaaS revenue recognition, stock based compensation, multi-entity / international accounting
Owned full-cycle month end close / quarter end close processes and managed audits end-to-end
Prior experience in a startup and / or big 4 audit a plus
Undergraduate qualification in accounting, finance, or a rigorous quantitative field
Strong investigative skills - you spot when something is off and can reconstruct what happened
High bar for accuracy, with exacting attention to detail and little tolerance for errors
Strong organizational skills - you can keep multiple streams of work running in parallel
Low ego attitude - you’re ready to roll up your sleeves and get stuck in
Based in the US
