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$180,000.00/yr - $230,000.00/yr

OverviewWe're hiring a Corporate Controller to lead our accounting function and play a critical role in helping Modern Treasury scale into the flow of funds. Reporting to the VP of Finance, you'll be responsible for ensuring financial integrity, operational excellence, and regulatory readiness as we grow into a financial infrastructure provider. This is a highly visible role that will require close collaboration across teams, especially as we deepen our integration into payment flows and financial systems.What You'll Do:

• Own and evolve all accounting operations including month-end close, payroll, accounts payable/receivable, T&E, billing, and collections
• Design and implement internal controls and policies aligned with operating in regulated financial flows
• Ensure compliance with GAAP and lead the preparation for annual audits and potential SOX readiness
• Work closely with Product, Engineering, and Compliance to align financial operations with money movement architecture and evolving regulatory requirements
• Lead accounting for money-in-transit (M-I-T), settlement cycles, reconciliation processes, and customer funds management
• Build scalable systems, reporting, and processes for fund flows across multiple banking partners and rails (ACH, RTP, wire, etc.)
• Manage relationships with external auditors and third-party vendors
• Hire and grow a high-performing accounting team
• Provide financial data and insights to business leaders to drive decision-making
• Partner cross-functionally to support customer onboarding, product launches, and risk mitigation strategies

What we're looking for:

• 8+ years of relevant accounting experience, including 3+ years in public accounting (Big 4 strongly preferred)
• 3+ years of experience in a fast-paced fintech or financial services environment, ideally in a company operating in or entering the flow of funds
• Strong understanding of US GAAP and financial reporting requirements
• Experience building and scaling accounting operations and ERP systems (e.g., NetSuite)
• Familiarity with money movement infrastructure, banking integrations, and funds flow accounting preferred
• Proven ability to hire, lead, and grow high-performing teams
• Excellent communication skills and comfort working cross-functionally
• CPA required

About Modern TreasuryModern Treasury is the leading payment operations platform built for the Instant Economy. It helps customers build their best business with faster payments, smarter workflows, and real-time visibility. The payment operations platform and best-in-class developer tools help companies move, track, and reconcile money in real-time. Founded in 2018, San Francisco-based Modern Treasury serves leading companies across broad sectors of the economy.WEEK BY WEEKIn your first week, you will:

• Onboard with our team and get immersed in our product and culture
• Meet key partners across Finance, Product, and Engineering
• Begin to understand our fund flows and reconciliation processes

In your first month, you will:

• Take ownership of the monthly close process and accounting operations
• Start improving reporting accuracy and workflows
• Assess our existing accounting policies and systems

In your first three months, you will:

• Oversee all aspects of corporate accounting and reporting
• Implement systems and processes for funds movement and reconciliation
• Build the foundations for regulatory audits and future controls

Modern Treasury is committed to equal employment opportunity and does not discriminate in any employment opportunities or practices based on an individual's race, color, creed, gender (including gender identity and gender expression), religion (all aspects of religious beliefs, observance or practice, including religious dress or grooming practices), marital status, registered domestic partner status, age, national origin or ancestry (including language use restrictions and possession of a driver's license issued under California Vehicle Code section 12801.9), natural hair, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, medical condition (including cancer or a record or history of cancer, and genetic characteristics), sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical condition), genetic information, sexual orientation, military and veteran status or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state, or local laws. It also prohibits unlawful discrimination based on the perception that anyone has any of those characteristics, or is associated with a person who has or is perceived as having any of those characteristics.Modern Treasury participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.Compensation Range: $180K - $230K

Seniority level

• Seniority levelExecutive

Employment type

• Employment typeFull-time

Job function

• Job functionAccounting/Auditing and Finance
• IndustriesTechnology, Information and Internet

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