VP of Accounting

Job Summary:

As Ruggable's Vice President of Accounting, you will play a critical role in preparing Ruggable for a possible future as a publicly traded company. In your capacity as our Accounting leader, you will oversee the preparation and reporting of all financial statements and analysis, ensure compliance with all applicable accounting standards and regulations, and manage a team of accounting and tax professionals. You will also help us mature our Tax, Treasury, and Risk functions as the complexity of our business grows. This role is ideal for a seasoned Accounting professional with a passion for team-building, vision-setting, and process improvement.

What You’ll Do:

• Be a strategic thought partner to the CFO as well as key cross-functional leaders
• Oversee management and direction of the team, including hiring, performance management, optimizing organizational structure, and long-term vision setting
• Implement more sophisticated Accounting practices (e.g., standard costing) as needed to more precisely measure our financial performance
• Scale and optimize our Accounting systems, including driving a timely an effective implementation of several NetSuite modules
• Reduce time to close by identifying and capitalizing on opportunities to automate or streamline highly manual reporting processes
• Write the playbook to prepare our Accounting and Tax teams for successful international expansions
• Ensure a successful and timely annual audit
• Establish our enterprise-level Treasury and Risk Management strategies
• Eventually, build out Internal Audit and External Reporting functions to set us up for success as a public company

What You’ll Need to Have:

Required:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field
• 15 years of experience in Accounting & Finance, with at least 5 years in a senior management role
• Controller experience at a publicly traded company or $1B private company
• Strong command of SEC, Sarbanes Oxley (SOX), and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) standards
• Experience scaling and optimizing a complex Accounting organization
• Exceptional communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills
• Ability to be onsite, 2-3 days a week in LA

Preferred:

• Experience managing an Accounting team through an IPO or other transaction, either leading the team or as second-in-command
• Experience with NetSuite and/or major ERP implementations
• Prior role at a Big 4 Accounting firm
• Active CPA license

Compensation:

• $200,000 - $250,000 per year base salary
• An annual bonus percentage that varies based on level of role
• Employer matching (up to 3% of base salary) for company sponsored 401K plan

Salary : $200,000 - $250,000