Financial Controller

Financial Controller

Position Overview

RegScale is seeking a founding member of its finance team to drive effective, efficient, and mature financial operations as a Financial Controller. This role is crucial for supporting major growth initiatives, including new product introductions, partnerships, and international expansion. The ideal candidate is a hands-on finance leader who thrives in high-growth, fast-moving environments with a “do it yourself” attitude and is eager to shape the financial future of a category-defining company.

Key Responsibilities

Financial Reporting & Analysis

• Own monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes, ensuring timely and accurate financial statements under GAAP.
• Complete internal and investor financial reporting and deliver actionable insights to leadership and investors.
• Develop financial dashboards to track SaaS metrics (e.g., ARR, NRR, CAC, LTV, burn efficiency).

Planning, Budgeting, & Forecasting

• Act as a key stakeholder for the company-wide budgeting process and ongoing forecasting.
• Partner with department heads to align financial goals with operational strategies and true outcomes.
• Support long-term financial planning, including scenario modeling.
• Monitor and manage cash flow to ensure runway visibility and capital efficiency.

Controls, Compliance & Risk Management

• Manage, process, and execute all AR and AP requirements.
• Implement scalable accounting policies, internal controls, and financial systems.
• Ensure compliance with tax filings, ASC 606 revenue recognition, and similar other requirements.
• Manage relationships with external accountants, auditors, and tax advisors.

Program Building & Leadership

• Cultivate a culture of financial accountability throughout the organization.
• Evaluate and implement various financial systems to support scaling.

Key Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field; CPA strongly preferred.
• 7+ years of progressive experience in finance/accounting, including 2+ years in a financial leadership role.
• Experience with high-growth enterprise SaaS companies.
• Expert understanding of GAAP and SaaS KPIs.
• Experience with multi-entity consolidation and international operations.
• Hands-on experience with financial technology systems (including, but not limited to ERP, banking, billing, and tax software), and enthusiasm about adopting finance-specific AI tools.
• Advanced Excel skills.

Who You Are

• Builder: You enjoy setting up and managing scalable processes and improving what exists.
• Strategic: You see the big picture but can dive deep into the details when needed.
• Startup-Ready: You’re adaptable, thrive in ambiguity, and are excited about rolling up your sleeves.
• Collaborative: You work cross-functionally with transparency and strong communication.
• Honest: You’re a trustworthy individual.

Company Information

RegScale is a continuous controls monitoring (CCM) platform purpose-built to deliver fast and efficient GRC outcomes. We help organizations break out of the slow and expensive realities that plague legacy GRC tools by bridging security, risk, and compliance through controls lifecycle management. By leveraging CCM, organizations experience massive process improvements like 90% faster certification times, and 60% less audit prep time. Today’s expansive security and compliance requirements can only be met with a modern, CCM based approach, and RegScale is the leader in that space.

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