Partner, Financial Controller

As a Controller at cLabs, you'll work cross-functionally across our business teams and with our bookkeepers and partners to scale our financial accounting processes, develop robust internal controls, and manage the day to day financial activity of cLabs. You'll be at the frontline working with our talented team to ensure timely settlement of transactions and reporting. We're growing incredibly quickly and are looking for someone who can step up and help build out our accounting operations, controls, and management.

You will:

• Define financial operations. You'll help define processes, systems, and metrics for financial operations leveraging your accounting, communication, and analytical skills
• Develop internal control systems. You'll work directly with team leaders and project managers to develop financial controls, metrics, and systems. You'll identify and evaluate business and technology risks, internal controls which mitigate risks, and related opportunities for internal control improvement and implementation
• Scale processes for continued growth. We’ll need to constantly upgrade to ensure our financial reporting obligations are met. You’ll utilize critical thinking skills to identify control deficiencies, evaluate their risk implications, and create appropriate solutions to address
• Be a leader. You should proactively identify areas of opportunity. cLabs is an entrepreneurial environment and we want people who will take advantage of this;
• Oversee and own with the team the monthly financial close, reporting, financial forecasting, general ledger, tax, payroll, accounts payable, insurance, audit, and digital asset planning
• Ensure compliance with all local, state, federal, and international tax requirements and filings
• Facilitating custom financial report creation to apprise the Celo Ecosystem of key results.

You have:

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance or its equivalent. CPA preferred
• 5+ years of progressive experience as a Financial Controller
• Strong technical skills and experience in financial reporting, US GAAP accounting, and IFRS
• Successfully evaluated, implemented, and integrated financial systems and tools
• Experienced people manager who enjoys teaching and developing the team
• Excellent communication skills (verbal and written) who enjoys discussing the impact of finance and accounting issues to senior management and non-finance business partners
• You get stuff done. You'll have (sometimes ambiguous) responsibilities.
• You are entrepreneurial and know how to solve problems on your own, but you also know when to ask for support
• Results driven with a high level of ownership, initiative, teamwork, accountability, and integrity
• Strong numeracy and analytical skills;Highly organized and detail-oriented
• You're excited about cryptocurrency and understand the basics.

What we offer:

• Competitive salary, equity, and coin plan
• Challenging problems
• User Research Trips
• Beautiful office space
• Team outings, TGIFs, and more